One of the most frequent complaints that football fans have when it comes to off-field coverage of the game is that it so heavily focuses on the negative stories. That is why I always feel obliged to cover the good stories when they come up as well, such as Ryan Shazier’s acceptance of the Ed Block Courage Award.
The NFL announced the nominees from each team for the fifth annual Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award yesterday, so I figured it would only make sense to cover that as well. For this year, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ nominee is veteran right guard David DeCastro, whose teammates spoke of him in glowing terms.