As the Pirates closed out a lost weekend of baseball in St. Louis, they also saw themselves looking up at the team that had just swept them in the standings. With just three weeks left in the season, the Bucs seem to be playing their worst baseball of the season. In all three games, the offense failed to show up (unless you count coming back from a 12-1 deficit to make it a respectable 12-8 final) and the starting pitching was awful. Many fans who came home late from work would turn on the ... Read More
Steeler Pride Not Only Thing Injured These Days
I didn’t have many expectations heading into this Steeler season and that’s probably a good thing in the wake of Sunday’s 16-9 disaster against the Tennessee Titans. The score makes it seem like this game was closer than it really was. Pittsburgh’s only offensive score came with 1:23 left to go in the game and the Steelers still needing an onsides recovery to have any chance. I’ve always been in the camp of people who felt that the Steelers would always have a chance in a game if Ben ... Read More
Pirates swept by Cardinals, fall 1.5 games back
ST. LOUIS -- There are many, as Pirates manager Clint Hurdle likes to say, "beautiful things" about a pennant race. Foremost is the privilege of even participating in one. "We get to do this, we've earned the opportunity to play these meaningful games based on what we've done the entire season," Hurdle elaborated. Another attraction is that a pennant race is a test of will, talent -- and endurance. It is a gauntlet run with the acceptance that there will be mishaps, some major. No one gets ... Read More
Steelers lose opener to Titans
PITTSBURGH, PA -- The Steelers opened up their season with a very poor showing against the Tennessee Titans, losing 16-9. After a gift on the first play of the game, the offense showed very few promising signs, and the Steelers, for the first time in eleven seasons, lost their home opener. The opening play of the game had Steeler Nation up in roar. Titans return man, Darius Reynaud, gave up a safety on the first play of the game. He fielded the ball, barely stepped out of the end zone, and ... Read More
PSAC West goes 4-1 in Saturday’s action
After three PSAC West teams took the field Thursday night, the final five were in action Saturday. Four of the five teams, Cal U, IUP, Clarion, and Slippery Rock left with a victory, while Mercyhurst dropped their first game by one point. Cal U 22, Hillsdale 19 After being held scoreless in the first half, the Vulcans rallied to pick up their first victory of the season over the Hillsdale Chargers. Sophomore quarterback Cody Schroeder rallied his team by throwing three second-half ... Read More
St. Louis defeats Pittsburgh 5-0
ST. LOUIS -- The low-hit Jeff Locke was back Saturday night. If only he had been accompanied by the low-walk Locke, the Pirates could have had a better shot at that elusive 82nd win and first place, too. Locke wasn't, they don't and they aren't. With St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright ending his own pitching slump in more dominant fashion by blanking the Bucs on two hits for seven innings, the Cardinals upended the Pirates, 5-0, to push a half-game ahead of them in the National League Central ... Read More
Steelers vs. Titans Week 1 preview
Game Notes: Tennessee Titans (0-0; 0-0 away) at Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0; 0-0 home) Sunday, September 8 - 1:00 pm (televised locally on CBS/KDKA) Heinz Field - Pittsburgh, PA A winless preseason is in the rearview mirror for Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers as they open the 2013-2014 regular season Sunday afternoon at Heinz Field, where they will host Mike Munchak and the Tennessee Titans. There were plenty of poor individual performances and some team weaknesses exposed in ... Read More
Robert Morris beats Morgan State, picks up first victory of season
Robert Morris played their second game of the season this afternoon and defeated the Morgan State Bears by a score of 31-14 Last Saturday, the Colonials lost to Eastern Kentucky, and they are 1-1 after their victory today. The Colonials opened the game up with a 75-yard touchdown run from Junior Ryan Thermil. The run was called back due to a personal foul, and Robert Morris was forced to punt away later that drive. “Even though the play was called back, it was still a positive. It was ... Read More
Pittsburgh Power Takes First Rebuilding Steps
When you are a team coming off back-to-back losing seasons it only makes sense to make some major changes to the roster. Tonight the Pittsburgh Power took their first steps towards revamping the roster that will be on the field for the 2014 season. Everyone knows to be successful in the AFL you need a quarterback. If you can add a former league MVP at the position, you are doing something right. Even though he had a down year last season you still have to be excited to see Tommy Grady being ... Read More
2013 Steelers season preview
Right as the next NFL season is set to officially begin, Steelers fans can either optimistically dream of Mike Tomlin, Ben Roethlisberger and friends raising a seventh Lombardi Trophy on the stage at MetLife Stadium, or they can sit anxiously and await kickoff Sunday and every other game with reservations and angst and pessimism. Both outlooks are bound to elicit conversation and there are valid arguments for either school of thought. While a Super Bowl run would be perhaps a surprise to many, ... Read More