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10-05-2009, 04:30 PM
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As we reported the other week, Blizzard COO Paul Sams is now co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/25/paul-sams-owns-part-of-the-steelers/) (who are stepping up (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2009-10-04-steelers-chargers_N.htm) lately), and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette hit up Mr. Sams for a quick interview (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09277/1002640-66.stm) about being at the intersection of Azeroth and Steeler Nation. Turns out the man who collects everything Blizzard (http://www.wow.com/2008/11/13/paul-sams-and-his-blizzard-collection/) has also been a Steelers fan since he was four years old, even though he's from California. And we were right with all of the speculation: he got connected with the Steelers management through Legendary Pictures producer Thomas Tull (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09277/1002903-66.stm), and when the chance came to own part of the franchise, he jumped.
They also talk about expanding out to Carnagie Mellon University -- Blizzard has a thriving educational program in Irvine (http://gaming.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/11/will-next-great-blizzard-developers-creators-come-from-irvine/3747/), but Sams says that they are looking to expand that, so Pittsburgh is a possibility. And finally, he says that the Warcraft movie (http://www.wow.com/2009/10/02/warcraft-movie-subtitled-on-imdb-likely-fake/) is being scripted at the moment -- Sam Raimi will do Spider-man 4, and then it's all Azeroth for him. In the meantime, let's see about getting some of this Steelers news in the game -- even if we can't get an epic football to toss around, surely we'll at least see a Tauren somewhere named "Bill COW-her," right?Filed under: Virtual selves (http://www.wow.com/category/virtual-selves/), Blizzard (http://www.wow.com/category/blizzard/), Humor (http://www.wow.com/category/humor/), NPCs (http://www.wow.com/category/npcs/), Interviews (http://www.wow.com/category/interviews/)
Interview with Paul Sams, Steelers owner (http://www.wow.com/2009/10/05/interview-with-paul-sams-steelers-owner/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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As we reported the other week, Blizzard COO Paul Sams is now co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/25/paul-sams-owns-part-of-the-steelers/) (who are stepping up (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2009-10-04-steelers-chargers_N.htm) lately), and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette hit up Mr. Sams for a quick interview (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09277/1002640-66.stm) about being at the intersection of Azeroth and Steeler Nation. Turns out the man who collects everything Blizzard (http://www.wow.com/2008/11/13/paul-sams-and-his-blizzard-collection/) has also been a Steelers fan since he was four years old, even though he's from California. And we were right with all of the speculation: he got connected with the Steelers management through Legendary Pictures producer Thomas Tull (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09277/1002903-66.stm), and when the chance came to own part of the franchise, he jumped.
They also talk about expanding out to Carnagie Mellon University -- Blizzard has a thriving educational program in Irvine (http://gaming.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/11/will-next-great-blizzard-developers-creators-come-from-irvine/3747/), but Sams says that they are looking to expand that, so Pittsburgh is a possibility. And finally, he says that the Warcraft movie (http://www.wow.com/2009/10/02/warcraft-movie-subtitled-on-imdb-likely-fake/) is being scripted at the moment -- Sam Raimi will do Spider-man 4, and then it's all Azeroth for him. In the meantime, let's see about getting some of this Steelers news in the game -- even if we can't get an epic football to toss around, surely we'll at least see a Tauren somewhere named "Bill COW-her," right?Filed under: Virtual selves (http://www.wow.com/category/virtual-selves/), Blizzard (http://www.wow.com/category/blizzard/), Humor (http://www.wow.com/category/humor/), NPCs (http://www.wow.com/category/npcs/), Interviews (http://www.wow.com/category/interviews/)
Interview with Paul Sams, Steelers owner (http://www.wow.com/2009/10/05/interview-with-paul-sams-steelers-owner/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Read (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09277/1002640-66.stm) | Permalink (http://www.wow.com/2009/10/05/interview-with-paul-sams-steelers-owner/) | Email this (http://www.wow.com/forward/19184697/) | Comments (http://www.wow.com/2009/10/05/interview-with-paul-sams-steelers-owner/#comments)
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