Chuck Finder's Steelers site of the week, 10/14/99

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Chuck Finder's Steelers site of the week, 10/14/99

Thursday, October 14, 1999

Steelers site of the week

Here is a Web site you should hear.

This simple Internet place, www.members.home.net/steelerfan/steel.html , is the audio and video home to Steelers Super Bowls, the Immaculate Reception and other trinkets. Ed McConnell, an Ellwood City native banished to Baltimore 30 years ago, bought a computer in April 1998 for one reason: listening to Pirates games on the 'net. Within months, he was compiling links to other sites and a library of Black and Gold broadcasts.

He has Steelers radio broadcasts of all five Steelers Super Bowls, originally available on broadcast.com. But he maintains that site wasn't able to offer more than a fraction of Super Bowl XIII until he found and mailed them a complete copy of the WTAE-AM broadcast -- "to give Steelers fans worldwide the chance to hear this classic Super Bowl's entire game." With RealPlayer, you can also catch at McConnell's site the video and audio from Franco Harris' reception and Bob Prince highlights from such Pirates moments as Harvey Haddix's perfect nine-inning game.

Oct. 7 Steelers site of the week: McMillen & Wife's Pittsburgh Steelers Extravaganza

Sept. 23 Steelers site of the week: Steelers Reference Guide

Sept. 16 Steelers site of the week: AFC Central team home pages

You can reach Chuck Finder at cfinder@post-gazette.com