Steel City sports fans can be forgiven for wondering if the city is infringing on some ancient Native American burial ground.
The Pirates’ pitching staff was shredded by injuries last summer. The Steelers lost star quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and played huge chunks of the season without James Connor and JuJu Smith-Schuster to name a few.
Saving its worst for last, the injury curse has claimed a slew of black-and-gold skaters such as Sidney Crosby, Nick Bjugstad, Brian Dumoulin, Patric Hornqvist, Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin and Justin Schultz to the tune of 139 man-games lost through the Christmas break.