Hines Ward, the greatest receiver in Pittsburgh Steelers history - PERIOD. Super Bowl XL MVP 2 time Super Bowl winner 4 time Pro Bowl selection 2 time All-NFL team selection 3 time Steelers team MVP 1st in Steelers history for receptions 1st in Steelers history for receiving yards 1st in Steelers history for receiving touchdowns 8th all-time in NFL career receptions 18th all-time in NFL career receiving yards Nobody in a Steelers uniform has ever done it better ... Read More
Steelers receive a blow with DeCastro knee injury
It’s every rookie professional athlete’s worst nightmare; suffering an injury during an insignificant preseason game. On Saturday night, the much-heralded Steelers rookie offensive lineman, David DeCastro, knows what it’s like to live that nightmare. Two possessions into the Steelers’ first offensive stand of Saturday’s game against the Buffalo Bills, DeCastro’s right leg buckled, leaving the Stanford grad writhing in pain on the field after the play. Post-game analysis shows that ... Read More
Power coming off disappointing season, but head coach Stingley here to stay
The Pittsburgh Power played their final game of the 2012 season on July 20, losing 39-64 to the Jacksonville Sharks, finishing the season with a 5-13 record. Power fans weren’t without something to cheer about, however. Power WR/KR PJ Berry, electrified the crowd all season, much like he did the previous year, leading the AFL for the second straight year in all-purpose yards with 2,024. Berry was as versatile as he was exciting, playing five different positions for the power, including ... Read More
News of Mike Wallace reporting is big for the Steelers
The city of Pittsburgh released a collective sigh of relief today when numerous sources reported Steelers' star wide receiver Mike Wallace’s intention to end his hold out. Wallace spent the entirety of Steeler training camp refusing to accept the team’s contract extension offer, which totaled $2.7 million. Wallace, deeming the sum insufficient, has remained absent from organized team activity since the end of the 2011-2012 season. Now entering his fourth professional season, all spent with ... Read More
Is the fan base expecting too much?
The Pittsburgh Pirates. Yes, our beloved Buccos. The team we watched get embarrassed and become one of the laughing stalks of the league the past two decades. The team we watched put together deals to trade away their best players for practically nothing. The team we watched play in front of home crowds featuring less than a thousand fans. The team we watched six hours of baseball for last year just to see our season collapse on the shoulders of Jerry Meals. The team we all of a sudden expect to ... Read More
Ray Graham back on field gives Pitt a chance in Big East Conference
Pitt Panthers fans have spent the summer talking about plenty different things. The difference new head coach Paul Chryst will make, the impending move to the ACC, or the fact that they have to suffer through another season with Tino Sunseri under center are all popular topics among Panthers faithful. But the hottest topic of the offseason has been the recovery of tailback Ray Graham. Graham hasn't played a game in about a year. We last saw him in uniform in a late October game against ... Read More
Pirates top 20 prospects
1. RHP Gerrit Cole (AA): Cole may not be dominating the minors like some hoped, but he’s been pitching well since joining the Pirates system and his stuff has been as advertised. He still looks like a frontline starter and 200 inning+ workhorse. 2. RHP Jameson Taillon (AA): Taillon joined Cole in AA Altoona last week, and had an impressive debut, pitching five shutout innings while striking out six. Taillon, like Cole has had good but not great minor league numbers. Cole and Taillon are 1a ... Read More
2012-13 Atlantic Division preview: How do the Penguins stack up
Last season, the Atlantic Division was perhaps the toughest division in all of hockey, sending 4 teams to the playoffs all with over 100 points. The division gave us a Penguins-Flyers playoff series so epic that it may have actually registered on the Richter scale. And the excitement certainly didn’t stop there, as the off-season has brought several mega-deals that have reshaped the landscape of the entire Eastern Conference. When (hopefully) the season resumes, will we see a changing of the ... Read More
PITT Panthers 2012 Football Schedule Preview
Pitt opens the season, and the Paul Chryst coaching era, on Sept. 1 against Youngstown State. The Panthers will also host Gardner-Webb on Sept. 22. Pitt's other non-conference game will be at Buffalo on Oct. 20. Six home games at Heinz Field, including four contests against teams that advanced to bowls in 2011. A preview of Atlantic Coast Conference play with the renewal of the Virginia Tech rivalry on Sept. 15. Pitt will host its future ACC foe at Heinz Field for the first time since 2003 ... Read More
Duquesne Mens Basketball Schedule 2012-2013
A total of seven home games - including three in three days as part of the 2012 Legends Classic - highlight the 14-game non-conference portion of Duquesne University's 2012-13 men's basketball schedule announced today. The Dukes, in their first season under head coach Jim Ferry, will open at Albany on Nov. 9. DU will then take part in the Legends Classic with an opening round game at one of four potential sites (Georgetown, Georgia, Indiana or UCLA) between Nov. 11-15. Duquesne will host ... Read More