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Labriola on a 'happy' New Year Jan 01, 2021 at 07:00 AM Ready or not, here it comes: • Did you ever celebrate New Year's Eve in an airport? This is a story about the time the Pittsburgh Steelers traveling party was walking through the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport when the ball dropped and ended the 1980s. • It all began nine months earlier in the glorified boiler room that passed for an NFL weight room the Steelers used during their days at Three Rivers Stadium. It was the start of the offseason program leading up to the 1989 season, and if the...

Focus on Sport-Getty Images Enhanced by soundbite machine John McKay's presence, the expansion Bucs effort will live on as long as the NFL does. The ex-USC coach's two-plus months of two-a-day practices set a bad tone for Tampa Bay's inaugural season, with injuries further weakening the NFL's worst modern-era roster. The 0-14 Bucs' minus-287 differential is the worst ever. The Steve Spurrier-quarterbacked team came within one score just twice -- once to the expansion Seahawks -- and lost five shutouts. The Bucs did not notch their first win until Week 13 of 1977, but McKay's rebuilt de...