Rooney happy to bring football to Ireland
Rooney on hand to launch Croke Park Classic…. Source: Pittsburgh Steelers : News
Rooney on hand to launch Croke Park Classic…. Source: Pittsburgh Steelers : News
We’ve previously heard from players grousing about playing in London, with some saying saying they’d rather quit than have to go there on a regular basis, and some Jaguars acknowledging multiple games would hurt them. But if it was just one game, and it was in Dublin, Ben Roethlisberger said the Steelers would be all-in.…
Steelers chairman emeritus Dan Rooney is coming home. According to Timothy McNulty of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rooney is stepping down as the United States’ ambassador to Ireland Friday. Rooney was named ambassador by President Barack Obama, and has served as our country’s top diplomat in Dublin for more than three years. Rooney was an ……
The news that the NFL will play two games at Wembley Stadium in London next year came as a disappointment to some in Ireland, who thought that if the NFL was ready for a second game across the pond, it should have been at Croke Park in Dublin. Croke Park, a stadium that seats 82,300…
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*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** In this down period of Pittsburgh Steelers news, it is amazing the stories that can make headlines. Interesting enough, the latest story to create a buzz is more about future scheduling, vice being player related. That question, could Steelers play a regular-season game…
The NFL for whatever reason keeps trying to push games overseas. The Steelers have ties to Ireland, and the BBC wrote a quick piece about how the Steelers may find their way into playing a game there due to Dan Rooney. Notre Dame playing in Ireland made for a perfect match, but, with Dan Rooney’s…
PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) — According to a report by the BBC, the NFL has a desire to expand a regular season game into Ireland and the Steelers could be involved. The league has played a regular season game at London’s Wembley Stadium since 2005 and it will continue that tradition this season. With the…
Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:23:48by DAN STEFANO … Source: TribLIVE RSS Feeds
Back in January 2011, there was some speculation that the Steelers would be playing a regular season game in Dublin later that year. That never came to pass, but the idea of bringing a game to the Emerald Isle never went away. The BBC reports that the NFL came to Croke Park in Dublin this……