Pittsburgh Sports Memories - Messy Exits

Messy Exits

10/03/22 • 78 min

There is an art to making a graceful exit. Some Pittsburgh sports figures have mastered that art - people like Jerome Bettis, Mario Lemieux, and Ben Roethlisberger. But others have had problematic exits. On this episode we will focus on the sports personalities who have had very messy exits from Pittsburgh and from the public in general.
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Forgotten Controversies

Remember the time that the NFL refused to play the National Anthem at a Steelers game? Or the time Mario Lemieux said he would rather play for someone else other than the team he owned? Or the time the Browns endangered the life of their QB in an attempt to beat the Steelers? Or the time Roberto Clemente was accused of disrespecting the city decades after his death? These were all controversies which generated a lot of outrage at the time but have since been largely lost to history. In this episode, we will re-examine the forgotten controversies of Pittsburgh sports. How many will you remember?
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The Pittsburgh-Detroit Connection

Pittsburgh and Detroit are both blue collar, rust belt towns who had to reinvent themselves in recent years, but the sports histories of these two cities are more entwined than you may realize. Over the years there have been rivalries, allegiance switching, scandals, and multiple championships won on the other city’s soil. We’ll take a close look at the rich Pittsburgh-Detroit sports history which involves everyone from Ty Cobb to Marian Hossa to Groucho Marx!
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