Pittsburgh Article(s) of the Week

This is a new feature that i'm trying out. I read as many Pittsburgh sports blog and news articles as possible and I usually have a couple favorites. I'd like to share these articles with you, because good journalism needs to be celebrated and promoted. We can't turn into a Sportscenter buzznews/drama world where we get instant one liner updates and overdramatic Brett Favre news. The great journalists bring sports, personality, and humanity together in their writing. These are guys like John Buccigross, Bob Ryan, Rick Reilly, and Mike Lupica. In Pittsburgh, Ron Cook is my personal favorite, although he's often controversial and, well, odd.

Considering Pittsburgh had such a great week, there are two great articled i'd like to highlight from the sports journalism world.

The first is Jay Marrioti's "Yinz Should Admit It: Pittsburgh Rules"

In this article, Marrioti pieces together the true magnitude of Pittsburgh's accomplishment this year, as a small city getting two championships in one sports cycle year. I don't really like his writing on the Pirates, but that's taken care of in the next article:

That is Ron Cook's "Pirates' GM rolling the dice for future"

Cook gives a valiant effort at tackling the Nate McLouth trade to praise the GM. He's not completely on board, but I kind of like his 'on the edge' tone. That's the only way he's not going to be completely ostracized by the rest of Pittsburgh's sports community. No journalist in their right mind will completely support the Pirates; it's too soon to take that risk, because a big fall could make one look very, very silly.


In other non-sports related news, check out the new Dave Matthews Band album "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. It has some of his best work. "Shake Me Like A Monkey," "Seven," and "Why I Am" are amazing jams.