The Pittsburgh Penguins power play is always a story and a topic for criticism among Penguins fans, but that power play has a new look only two days into training camp. Coming off a season in which the power play lived up to expectations, finishing among the top five in the NHL, Penguins' head coach Dan Bylsma has switched things up by moving James Neal to the left point alongside Kris Letang. Neal and Letang manned the points on the first unit with Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Chris ... Read More
Examining the Pirates Starting Pitching options for 2013
Right before the holidays, the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to sign left-handed pitcher Francisco Liriano, pending a physical. Over the holidays though Liriano hurt his right elbow, and has put the signing in major jeopardy. The Pirates aren’t too thrilled with the fact that he got hurt even though it is his non-throwing elbow. Going into the 2013 season the Pirates have only three starters penciled into their rotation. Those pitchers being A.J. Burnett, Wandy Rodriguez, and James McDonald. ... Read More
Pitt’s ability to take care of basketball should lead to more wins
There is no doubt that the 1-3 start to the Big East Conference season is nothing short of disappointing for Jamie Dixon's Pitt Panthers. But despite shooting woes and the inability to rebound the basketball costing them three games, including two in a row at home which never happens, there may be a silver lining in the way the Panthers' guards take care of the basketball. With the talent that Pitt has, you have to think the shooting problems will take care of themselves. But you win games ... Read More
The Penguins top three comeback candidates
Despite trading away one of their superstar centers, a top four defenseman, and exiting the last two playoffs in the first round, the Pittsburgh Penguins are favored to win the Stanley Cup. Is that fair? In short, yes. They still posses the top two players in the league, a forty goal scorer, one of the most talent defensemen in the league, and a goaltender entering his prime. On paper, they are the best team in the league. But, as we've learned over the last three seasons, what ... Read More
Why Mike Wallace is treated unfairly by Steeler fans
Throughout the course of the Steeler season, one of the most talked about things was the play of Mike Wallace. Wallace had a tough season, and became known for his poor effort on the field by fans. He was booed at times, to go along with people consistently saying they don’t want him to come back for the 2013-2014 season. After you finish reading this, you should all understand why Wallace is treated completely unfair by Steeler fans. First off, we’re going to talk about the whole “drop” ... Read More
Why the Ravens have a little bit of Steelers magic in them
When thinking about the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens football teams, most think of a hard nose, physical rivalry between two teams that do not like each other. Besides the physical state of play, there is not much that you could find that both teams have in common. That is, until he Ravens set off on their most current playoff run that looks quite similar to a playoff run that the Steelers embarked on earlier this century. As most already know, before the playoffs started this ... Read More
Playoff Preview – Conference Championships
NFC Championship – San Francisco 49ers @ Atlanta Falcons – Sunday January 20th 3:00 p.m. ET Matt Ryan finally got a playoff victory and Colin Kaepernick set an NFL record. Now these two will face off in the NFC Championship game. The 49ers seem to be clicking on all cylinders after beating the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional Round, while the Falcons struggled to close out their game against the red hot Seahawks. If Atlanta wants to advance to the big show, they’re going to have to keep ... Read More
Pitt rallies but falls short in overtime to Marquette
Jamie Dixon’s Pitt Panthers basketball team continues to show signs of being a good basketball team, but after continuously teasing fans of that fact, they continue to do things to lose games when it counts. Saturday afternoon was no exception, as despite some late-game heroics from Lamar Patterson, the Panthers were outplayed in overtime and dropped a 74-67 Big East Conference battle to Marquette. Other than taking a 2-0 lead in the first minute of the game, the Panthers never led in this ... Read More
Thoughts on the Steelers and Pengiuns from The Pittsburgh Housewife
Considering there was not a tremendous amount of actual sports activity this week, the Pittsburgh sports scene has been busy. Mainly off the field/ice. Steelers’ running back Chris Rainey was released hours after being arrested for attacking his girlfriend in Florida. Might you ask, why did this dipshit attack his girlfriend? His answer, she took his phone. Yes folks, the girl took his phone. At least the Rooney’s managed to cut ties with him, even though I’m sure it wasn’t too painful to say ... Read More
2013 Steelers Mock Draft
The National Championship game ends College Football’s Bowl season and is the final contributor to draft statuses before the NFL scouting combine and player’s pro days. As of now, the Steelers may be looking a couple players from Alabama’s rout over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Steelers 2013 Mock Draft: Round 1.) Manti Te’o, ILB, Notre Dame Manti Te’o had a bad National Championship game which has finally shown many people what I have been saying all along. Te’o is a good linebacker ... Read More