As the regular season winds down, the Penguins are starting to get their team back to full strength. Thursday, James Neal and Paul Martin practiced with the team during the morning skate. They were held out of Thursday's game against the New Jersey Devils but have a strong chance to come back for the season finale against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Neal has 18 goals and 14 assists with the Penguins this season. Despite missing seven games due to a concussion, Neal is still ... Read More
Final NFL Mock Draft as 2013 NFL Draft nears
We are less than 24 hours away from the 2013 NFL Draft, so it’s time to unleash my final mock draft of the year. I expect there to be a lot of movement in Thursday’s first round, so this draft could go haywire very quickly, but there’s a lot of talent to be had as team’s will attempt to solidify their future. With that being said, let’s take a look at my final 2013 NFL Mock Draft of the season. 1. Kansas City Chiefs Player Name: Luke Joeckel Position, School: OT, Texas ... Read More
Pirates rally late to beat Phillies 5-3
MLB.com PHILADELPHIA -- On a night Wandy Rodriguez did just enough to keep his team in the game, the Pirates did just enough to secure a win on Wednesday. Rodriguez allowed three runs, including solo home runs by Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, on nine hits, but Pittsburgh rallied against the Phillies' bullpen for a 5-3 win at Citizens Bank Park. Roy Halladay had a third straight solid outing before the relief corps surrendered three runs over the seventh and eighth ... Read More
Pitt’s Ray Graham hoping to hear name called in NFL Draft
With the 2013 NFL Draft only a day away, it won't be a good day for the University of Pittsburgh, a school that usually produces a few NFL players per year. It will be a long wait for Roger Goodell to utter the words "From the University of Pittsburgh," as only running back Ray Graham is expected to hear his name called during this draft. When Graham's name will be called is anyone's guess though. Last year was the first year since 1999 that no Pitt player was chosen in the draft and ... Read More
Snedden’s Take: Beyond the First Round – Intriguing Steelers Draft Candidates
Over the next few weeks, the NFL Draft will become a hot topic of conversation in town. More so than in any recent year, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be truly “on the clock” – continuing the reformation of their roster with a bounty of young players. The importance of the draft is never lost on this franchise, but 2013 may end up being a draft that lays the backbone of the next great Steelers teams. The Steelers always utilize the Draft as their main source of talent, shrugging off ... Read More
Rest the Stars
The Pittsburgh Penguins have clinched the number one seed in the Eastern Conference, and they have done so without quite of their star players in the lineup. For the most part of the last month they have been without players like Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, James Neal, Paul Martin, and Kris Letang. So I say that why even bring them back during the regular season when they are healthy and risk them getting re-injured. Let them take the time to get all the way back to one hundred percent ... Read More
James Harrison, a Cincinnati Steeler
After James Harrison was cut by the Steelers the thought was that the Baltimore Ravens would be a good fit for him moving forward. Staying within the same division is good for players because they already know the other teams so going to the Ravens made sense. Harrison’s agent set up a meeting between Harrison and Baltimore, but before that date came the Ravens had signed Elvis Dumervil. At that point Harrison became a cold commodity on the free agent market and there was some talk about a ... Read More
Buffalo snaps another Penguins’ win streak with 4-2 win
Once again the Buffalo Sabres faced the hottest team in the league on the road, and once again they emerged with a win. The effort was certainly better for the Pittsburgh Penguins who lost on April 2nd to the Sabres, snapping a 15 game winning streak, but Buffalo grinded out a win despite already being eliminated from playoff contention. Ryan Miller stopped 40 of 42 shots, earning the second star of the game and a win. The Penguins welcomed back Marc-Andre Fleury, Kris Letang, Evgeni ... Read More
New College Football Playoff introduced
Today the NCAA announced the name of the new playoff formatted college football season, but I've already told you that title. Did you miss it? Just look in the title of this article. Yes, you're seeing that right. The new name for the college football playoff series is just that: College Football Playoff. A spokesperson for the NCAA made it clear that the goal of the name was to get as far away from BCS (Bowl Championship Series) as possible. Well, if BCS is a Lamborghini, CFP is a 1963 ... Read More
A.J. Burnett showing dominance through the strikeout
So far throughout the 2013 season, Pittsburgh Pirates ace A.J. Burnett has pitched well enough to have more than one win. Despite his less than spectacular start Monday night against the Philadelphia Phillies, Burnett has posted a 2.79 ERA and 1.14 WHIP with an opponent’s batting average of only .208. In his five starts this season, Burnett is certainly looking like he can build off what was a very good 2012 campaign. But even though he has only started 1-2 and has strong number across the ... Read More