PITTSBURGH -- Under the radar and with little fanfare, Terry Bradshaw made a rare trip this week to the town he helped put on the football map.
The former Steelers quarterback visited a local studio to narrate a multimedia display that will be on display for fans at Heinz Field this season.
Bradshaw, who won four Super Bowls with the Steelers in the 1970s, told WTAE-TV's Sam Merrill that he has enjoyed a good relationship with the team ever since leaving town. Yet, rumors of a feud are the first topic people bring up whenever he visits, and he's not sure why.
He is baffled at how people read so much into what he does and does not say, or how many trips he does and does not make back to town.
The notion that Bradshaw lost any affection he ever had for the city and its fans "was not a misperception 15 years ago. Now it would be," he said.
"I got wiser, I really did. The city didn't do anything (negative) to me; everybody gets booed when they're young."
Bradshaw and team owner Dan Rooney were even scheduled to meet in person Friday -- the first such meeting in some time, though they have spoken by telephone.
Before leaving again, Bradshaw had one message for Steelers fans who may have felt that their hero from years past had kept them at arm's length.
"This is my city, my team," he said. "I'm proud of what we did here."
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