Keidel: Black & Bold

By Jason Keidel
In the interest of candor, my blood type is black & gold.
Among my trinkets and tchotchkes is a Terrible Towel from 1978, when we — yes, we — had just three rings, halfway to Sixburgh. I also have a signed Franco Harris football card, a Joe Greene jersey and another of Hines Ward, Troy Polamalu and Big Ben. My closet is bulging with Pittsburgh Steelers attire — hats, caps, socks, sweats, sweaters and hoodies.
I still speak in the collective. It’s