BLUEBERRIES. FOR THE past decade, any time my mom, Joy, or her sister, Bonnie, have eaten the antioxidant-rich superfood, whether paired with Greek yogurt in a morning bowl of granola or sprinkled into a spinach salad in the depths of a Florida summer, their minds have drifted to Franco Harris.
"Ever since he told your mom he ate them every morning for his health, I can't think of one without thinking of the other," Aunt Bonnie told me last week, hours after we learned he had died at age 72.
In 2013, I was in Pittsburgh to report a story on why, according to several national polls, the Steelers have the largest percentage of women fans of any franchise in big-four sports.