professional sports teams and a few excellent fan pages.
Unfortunately, most of the fan links on this page no longer work. I am trying to find suitable substitutes. If you have any suggestions, let me know.
The boys in Green have returned to their glory days winning an unprecedented 17th NBA championship in 2008! Injuries cut the playoffs short in 2009 and they fell 4 ponts short to the hated Lakers in game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals. But they managed to defeat three superstars along the way: eliminating Dwayne Wade and the Miami Heat in round one; de-throned the Chosen One/King James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in round two; and kryptonited Superman Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals. The core may be old and Miami may have jumped up a notch stealing away Chris Bosh and LeBron James, but watch for Boston to drive for the Finals again in 2011.
Bostonian Steve has a great Boston Celtics page with various pictures, articles, and links. You should check it out if you are a Celt fan.
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One year removed from the Stanley Cup, the Pens had a disappointing playoff this year as they closed out the Igloo and move on to a new arena next season. Sid the Kid has some work to do, but here's to a new era in the new arena.
The Pens have the most distinctive voice in hockey in announcer Mike Lange. "Heeeeeeeeee shoots and scores!!" To hear some of his famous calls try Fly's Phabulous Page-O-Hockey! Mike Lange Sound Files!. There are too many classic calls to pick any favorites, so just try out these links, and "Get in the fast lane Grandma, cause the bingo game is ready to roll!!!"
Toki Barron also has a few Mike Lange files, among other things, on the Pittsburgh Penguins Homepage.
Also see Rick's Penguin Page and PPHQ for more of the Penguins and Mike Lange.
What can be said? The Pirates haven't had a winning season since that fateful game against the Braves in 1992. The Bucs had the dream outfield of Barry Bonds (still with an extremely thin body and head), Andy Van Slyke, and Bobby Bonilla and mound ace Doug Drabek. I was just a few months into legal drinking age at the time. All that has happened since then is 18 straight years of losing. But every spring Hope Springs Eternal!
The Pirates web site has photos of PNC Park which opened in April of 2001.
Glenn's Pittsburgh Pirate Page is an excellent source of Pirate history and trivia, as well as current Bucco news. He has links to other MLB info and the latest news on the proposed new ballpark in the 'Burgh. Stop by and show your support for the Bucs!
Click here to join the Pittsburgh Pirates e-mail discussion list.
Also returning to their glory days (but with a QB of quite questionable character), the Black and Gold are always contending in the smash mouth AFC North division.
Steelers Live has great articles and information on the Black and Gold.
Steelers Fever has many quality downloads for fans of the 2006 and 2009 World Champion Steelers!
The Pittsburgh Steelers Fan Ring is the best place to find other fan pages dedicated to the team from Steel-Town.
What Mike Lange is to the Penguins, Myron Cope was to the Steelers. Visit Arlin's Myron Cope's Sounds Page for clips of this "unique" announcing style. Yoi!
Click here to join the Pittsburgh Steelers official message board.
Heralded as the "most famous minor league team in baseball" due in large part to Toledo native Jamie Farr's portrayal of Corporal Klinger in the T.V. show M*A*S*H. I haven't found any fan pages for the 'Hens on the Web. Send any links my way if you have them.