Bittersweet ‘Steeler Town’ return for McCarthy

PITTSBURGH native Mike McCarthy will come face-to-face with the city of his birth in the Super Bowl on Sunday week after the showdown so long desired by the purists became a reality on Sunday night.

Two of the NFL’s most storied teams will clash in the billion-dollar Cowboys Stadium after McCarthy’s Green Bay Packers won the NFC Championship game against the Chicago Bears prior to the Pittsburgh Steelers derailing the New York Jets in the AFC equivalent.

Pittsburgh’s 24-19 victory in Heinz Field means the Irish-American Rooney family have now delivered eight AFC titles to Steeler Town and they will be aiming to add to their record haul of six Super Bowls next month.