Asked and Answered: Feb. 20

Bob Labriola

Let's get to it:

PAUL BUREK FROM FLOWERY BRANCH, GA: Can you help me remember how Chuck Noll was given the nickname "The Emperor"? Was it Myron Cope?

ANSWER: It indeed was Myron Cope who gave Chuck Noll that nickname, and as for how that came about, I will quote the appropriate passage from Cope's book, "Double Yoi!"

"The Steelers had returned from Miami where they