The week I moved to the Green Bay area, the ushers at church handed us kitchen magnets listing the Packers schedules with a little plug for the men’s ministry. That was when I realized that sports and religion blend quite frequently here in cheese town.
A recent Wall Street Journal article about how Steelers is practically a religion in Pittsburgh could similarly apply to this city. Of course, we will be interested to see if religion angles come out in some of the inevitable profiles of key players.
On the Steelers’ side, we’ve talked before about coach Mike Tomlin’s Christian faith, safety Troy Polamalu’s Orthodox Christian faith, and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s attempt to capture the team’s faith as a whole.
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