STEELER NATION ROAD-TRIP BOOK RELEASED

Last year, on September 17, Pittsburgh sportswriter Jim Wexell
embarked on a road trip to chronicle Steeler Nation.

The book, Steeler Nation: A Pittsburgh Team, An American Phenomenon,
is available today at http://www.pittsburghsportspublishing.com

The book tells the tale of a six-week football road trip that swung
south from Pittsburgh through Atlanta and Mobile, west through New
Orleans, Phoenix and Los Angeles, north to Seattle, and then back east
through Yellowstone Park, Denver, St. Louis and Cincinnati.

The trip covered nearly 10,000 miles as Wexell talked to Steelers
fans, players, ex-players, as well as their family, friends and
rivals, while the Steelers played their way to a division
championship. The author found fans in the most remote outposts of the
country and he walked in the footsteps of the current Pittsburgh Steelers.

The lives of 19 current Steelers are examined, including James
Harrison, Heath Miller, Willie Parker, Lawrence Timmons, Hines Ward,
Ike Taylor, Casey Hampton, Troy Polamalu, Brett Keisel, Aaron Smith,
and Ben Roethlisberger, and the result is plenty of fresh information
about the group that made up the core of the 2005 championship team.

Along with pre-game tailgates and post-game interviews, included in
Wexell's trip are visits with the greatest Steelers bars and fans in
the country, and interviews with former Steelers greats such as Greg
Lloyd, who discusses his past, present and future with typical Lloyd
passion.

Wexell spent the first two weeks of the trip with friend and RV owner
Jan "Pappy" Jones. The two rode in a 35-foot motor home with Wexell's
car in tow. Jones dumped the load in Tombstone , Arizona , but Wexell
and his car made it home with all but a muffler and common sense
intact. The trip continued into the northeast corner of the country to
complete the season, the Steelers' landmark 75th in the NFL.

Wexell hosts a radio talk show on Fox Sports Radio 970 in Pittsburgh
and has covered the Steelers since 1995 for numerous area newspapers,
Steelers Digest, Pro Football Weekly, and SteelCityInsider.com.

It's the trip every Steelers fan would love to make, and Jim Wexell
takes you with him in this 256-page journey. Steeler Nation: A
Pittsburgh Team, An American Phenomenon, is available at
http://www.pittsburghsportspublishing.com .