Why I love Pittsburgh

Sunday night's 11:00 pm tv news, Monday morning's 6:30 am tv news, and even the local NPR station's Monday morning newsbreaks all led off with the same story.

Casey Hampton showed up to Steeler training camp so overweight and out of shape that Coach Tomlin placed him on the physically unable list. Of course, it would sound more serious if he weren't a Pro-Bowler.

This morning, we stopped for coffee on our way to the zoo. I saw a New York Times someone left behind, and I glanced at the front page. "Heh," I joked. "Casey Hampton is not on the front page."

"Perhaps he is on page two, " my nephew said helpfully.

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