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Inside

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The Post-Gazette continues its periodic look at things for the hockey fan to do while the NHL is dark. Today: The Wheeling Nailers.

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In case there was the chance of a letdown, Bengals receiver Chad Johnson gives the Steelers bulletin board material for the week.

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Post-Gazete fearless NFL forecastwer, Gerry Dulac, takes a whirl on games ifor Week 12, including the intruiging Texans-Tirtans game.

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Stevie why? Detroiters haven't seen Steve Yzerman on the ice this season because of the NHL lockout. Now they can't even look at him on the side of a downtown building.

The 170-foot-by-100-foot wall mural of the Red Wings captain was painted over with white paint this week after gracing the Cadillac Tower building for two years.

A Red Wings sponsor purchased the rights to advertise on the wall and wanted the mural to serve as a tribute to Yzerman and Detroit's hockey fans. A spokeswoman said Wednesday that the company decided against renewing its rights to advertise there.

Reeling in the years: The Brooklyn Dodgers' 1955 World Series championship banner -- the only one the team ever won -- was unveiled Wednesday following a $16,000 restoration.

The blue and white cotton and nylon banner -- inscribed "World Champions 1955 Dodgers" -- received about three months worth of tender loving care, said Marlene Eidelheit, head of the textile lab that did the restoration. She said after a "gentle cleaning," workers restored the tattered edges and some of the lettering.

The Dodgers won the banner when they beat the despised cross-town rival New York Yankees following decades of frustrating defeats. But it only flew for a brief time in Brooklyn before Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley packed up the team and moved to Los Angeles in 1957.

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Today's question: Which bowl game will the Pitt Football team go to?

Yesterday's question: If there is a three-way tie for second in the Big East, which team should get the conference's bid in a New Year's Day bowl?

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Pitt

78%

WVU

12%

Rutgers

10%

Total votes: 246

Trivia

Question

Who was the former Pitt Football coach who was drafted by the New England Patriots in 1960?

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A question posed to Steelers beat writer Ed Bouchette on his internet Q&A this week:

Q: Did it take you long to learn how to spell Ben Roethlisberger's last name?

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