The Pitt Panthers basketball team announced their 2014-15 non-conference schedule on Tuesday and it has a little bit better look than in years past. Instead of the totally soft out of conference schedule that Jamie Dixon often comes under criticism for, the Panthers schedule includes their first-ever Maui Invitational appearance and a road game at Indiana as part of the Big 10-ACC Challenge. Pitt will play eight home non-conference tilts and 11 of Pitt's potential non-conference opponents ... Read More
Wheeling Nailers re-sign Tyler Fernandez
The Wheeling Nailers added some goal scoring punch to the lineup on Monday when they announced the re-signing of forward Tyler Fernandez. The 25-year old got an opportunity last season and took advantage of it. After only appearing in 16 ECHL games throughout his first three professional seasons, Fernandez appeared in 54 games last year with the Nailers. He responded by scoring 13 goals with 12 assists. The 13 goals tied him for fifth on the team. Prior to joining the Nailers, ... Read More
Pitt’s Tyler Boyd and James Connor earn preseason honors
As the college football watch lists began to be unveiled on Monday, a couple of Pitt Panthers received some preseason honors. Sophomores Tyler Boyd and James Connor, who both made strong impressions during their freshman campaigns, were named to both the Maxwell Award and Paul Hornung Award watch lists. The Maxwell Award, one of the more prestigious awards out there, is given to the college football player of the year each season. Here's the entire watch list for the Maxwell Award: RB Ameer ... Read More
Wasted Chances Result in Walk-Off Loss
Seven innings of one-hit, shutout baseball tossed by starter Charlie Morton was not enough to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates (47-42) to victory in the opener of a four-game series at Busch Stadium on Monday evening. In a game delayed briefly (twice) by rain, Cardinals 1B Matt Adams hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to break a scoreless tie, giving St. Louis (48-42) a 2-0 victory. They moved back into second place over the Pirates in the NL Central by half a game. Cardinals ace ... Read More
Six Washington Wild Things named to Frontier League All-Star Game
Washington, PA-The Frontier League announced Monday that the first-place Washington Wild Things will have outfielders Stewart Ijames, CJ Beatty and Daniel Poma alongside infielder Carter Bell and pitchers Shawn Blackwell and Jonathan Kountis represent the team at this years’ Frontier League All-Star Game at GCS Ballpark, the home of the Gateway Grizzlies, in Sauget, IL on Wednesday, July 16th. This is the second straight season that Ijames and Beatty will represent Washington at an All-Star ... Read More
Wheeling Nailers start busy offseason
The Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t been the only local hockey team around having a busy offseason as their ECHL affiliate, the Wheeling Nailers have had a busy week as well forming their roster for the 2014-15 season. Wheeling’s first move of the offseason was re-signing forward Patrick McGrath. During his first season in Wheeling, McGrath became a fan favorite thanks to his willingness to drop the gloves. The 21-year old played in 45 regular season games and six playoff contests with the ... Read More
Pirates midseason awards, return of Burnett podcast
We are live! Join in on the fun as the guys give their midseason Pirates and baseball awards, talk about A.J. Burnett returning and more! ... Read More
The Pressure is on Jarvis Jones to Produce
As the Pittsburgh Steelers sit just weeks away from reporting to Latrobe for training camp, all eyes should be on one player. That would be 2014 first-round pick Jarvis Jones. There have been many reasons for the Steelers decline over the course of the past three seasons, but one of the biggest issues has been the disappearance of the Steelers pass rush. As the Steelers begin to transition to a younger, faster and more athletic defense, to avoid a third straight disappointing campaign, ... Read More
Penguins sign Steve Downie to one-year deal
Day two of free agency hasn’t been nearly as busy for Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford, but he has still been able to add to the current team. On Wednesday he was able to add another forward to the mix when he inked Steve Downie to a one-year, $1 million deal. Downie, who played parts of last season with both the Colorado Avalanche and Philadelphia Flyers, racked up 24 points (four goals) in 62 games played. The Pens will be the fifth franchise Downie has suited up for ... Read More
Pittsburgh Steelers should get back to using play-action pass
One thing that has been lost in the shuffle the past couple seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers has been the play-action pass. To be more accurate, the play-action game has been more like extinct. However by the looks of things that should all change this season. In addition to seeing some more of the no-huddle offense, we could also see the play-action pass back as a real weapon in the Steelers’ offense. That alone is good news for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as he has long excelled ... Read More