"They put him in a white uniform like it was an away game, and then they celebrated Patriots' Day," one fan grouses. "Everybody knows they observe Patriots' Day only in New England."
PITTSBURGH - Steelers blogs and message boards are alive with conspiracies that the producers of 'Dancing with the Stars' were trying to knock Hines Ward off his game on Monday night's show. Although Ward danced very well, several key elements from previous weeks were missing.
"First of all, where was the black and gold costume?" said local fan Jack Dammer. They had him wear a white Naval uniform. He looked sharp, but it's like they were sending him into a hostile stadium for an away game.
"Maybe they were trying to get inside Hines' head," Dammer said. "They kept repeating the word 'patriots.' I guess they were trying to hint at the fact that we don't always beat New England in football, like we do to, say, Cleveland. Oh well, it didn't work."
Indeed. Despite the odd juxtaposition of a sultry dance and the song 'Proud to Be an American,' Ward and Johnson came in first place for the night with 27 total points. "It was a weird night with the dances and the patriotic music choices," Dammer says, "but I laughed when Hines said he 'made pillow love' to practice without his partner. I'm just glad he didn't try that with the Terrible Towel. That would taken the bizarreness of the night to a whole new level."
