Sports


Front Row, 50-Yard Line, Heinz Field:

Guy on Cell Phone: Yeah, Dad. You here yet?
— Yeah, we’re right on the 53 yard line.

— Overheard by Amber

Side of a Moving Van, Regent Square.
Hours after the State Announced the Slots License Winner:

Penguins Moving

— Seen by ambrose

Penn Ave, Strip District.
A 30-something Guy browses the Steelers-related merchandise on the street, reading a few clever t-shirts outload:

Guy: [turning to no one in particulay] What’s a Jag-Off?

Everyone around ignores him.

Guy: I’m serious: What is a Jag-Off?

Bus Stop, Fifth and Bigelow, Oakland.
A Pitt Girl in a Cleveland Browns sweatshirt leans against a wall, waiting for a bus. A middle-aged Office Lady walks by with friends.

Office Lady: Are you a Browns fan?”
Pitt Girl: Yes.

Office Lady hugs her and walks away as the Pitt Girl looks bewildered.

The Cut, CMU campus.
A bunch of students are playing loud techno music at a barbecue while clubs hold fundraisers nearby. A guy in an Eagles jersey is selling donuts when a friend passes by:

Friend: Eagles suck!
Eagles Fan: Steelers suck!
Friend: STEELERS!
Eagles Fan: EAGLES!
Random Passer By: COWBOYS!

The blasting techno music at the barbecue is suddenly replaced by the Fox NFL theme.
— Overheard by Ka-CHANG

Men’s restroom of the new North Shore parking garage. Before the Backyard Brawl:

Elderly Pitt fan: [pointing at the sinks] Why is there a line? We have three open urinals! [Points to WVU fan in line.] Wait, make that four!

— Overheard by Neal

Heinz Field. Pitt / WVU Backyard Brawl Halftime.
The Pitt marching band and majorettes are on the field:

Disgruntled WVU Fan: YOUR FLAG GIRLS SUCK!

— Overheard by coreyw

East Carson Street, Southside. Steelers Game Night.
A Drunk Guy, beer in hand, leans out of an SUV’s backseat window to hit on the only three women in the street not in Steelers jerseys:

Drunk Guy: HEYYY LADIES. I’m from Missouri.

Near Dowes on 9th, Downtown:

Guy: Has anyone seen Franco Harris?

63B Outbound, in front of the US Steel Building, Downtown. Early evening.
A nearby cop is writing a ticket to a motorist:

Bus Driver: He’s from Ohio; double it!
Bus Passenger: Did you tell him to double it?
Bus Driver: Yeah, and if I knew he was from Cleveland, I’d have told him to triple it.

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