Praise the hockey Gods! Now we don’t have to sit around in despair for the next seven months waiting for sports to start up. We get a few months of hockey. Say it with me, folks. HOCKEY! HOCKEY! I was so excited when I read that I actually squealed. I'm not a typical girl - I don’t squeal. In a city that loves hockey, I’m a big hockey fan. A huge hockey fan. I will take a hockey game over football and especially baseball any day. This lockout has gone on too long. 116 days actually. 116 ... Read More
Pittsburgh’s New Years’ Resolutions
]As the sun sets on 2012, many people look back on the year that was and develop new ways to better themselves. It’s an honorable exercise. It takes a tremendous amount of self-awareness to objectively analyze things you wish to be doing differently. For the big three Pittsburgh sports teams, 2012 was a year mired in disappointment and heartache. The Steelers finished with a whimper, losing five of their last seven games to finish at 8-8, on the outside of the playoffs looking in. The ... Read More
Pittsburgh to Host Three Rivers Classic Hockey Event
NCAA Division I college hockey returns to CONSOL Energy Center this weekend as the first-ever “Three Rivers Classic” featuring Robert Morris, Penn State, Miami University (Ohio) and Ohio State gets underway on Friday afternoon. The tournament will begin with a matchup between Robert Morris and Penn State at 4:30 p.m. This will mark the second meeting in two weeks for the two Pennsylvania-based schools, as Robert Morris earned a 3-2 victory over Penn State in State College, Pa. on Dec. ... Read More
Reruns don’t satisfy a girls broken Penguins heart
We all know about the NHL lockout. It has been going on for far too long. One day was too long for me. After recovering from some health issues over the past year, this year was going to be my FIRST year visiting the Consol Energy Center. I was thrilled. I mean completely ecstatic. I had my jersey out and dusted off (The powder blue throwback Crosby jersey, thank you very much). I was hunting down Pens stickers to adorn my cheeks, and I was buying chloraseptic spray in preparation of my sore ... Read More
It’s the end of the world as we know it
No future date has been more spoken of than today, December 21, 2012. People have made careers off it. The supposed end of the long-range Mayan Calendar. Famed American philosopher Terence McKenna had developed a numerological formula he dubbed “Timewave Zero,” in which he charted the ebb and flow of major events over world history. His graph goes off the charts in December of 2012, which he proposed would be the point of singularity; in which everything in the world would occur ... Read More
Mario Lemieux’s legendary achievements on and off ice
Mario Lemieux, a prized hockey legend and courageous man, continues to “put on the Ritz” in our beloved hockey town of Pittsburgh. Most of you may know that Mario Lemieux fought hard on the ice, made ridiculous goals, won Stanley Cups, and saved our beloved Penguins from being taken away from their loyal, die-hard fans. But what you what you might not know is, Mario Lemieux, out of the kindness of his golden heart, called a Pittsburgh woman during her Hodgkins Lymphoma cancer treatments for ... Read More
Nowitzki says he won’t be signing to play overseas
Los Angeles Times - Kobe Bryant has received a reported $6.7-million offer from an Italian team, but it was far from certain Bryant would play there, according to a person familiar with Bryant's thought process. The lucrative offers ... Read More
Andrew Bogut discussing with Australian teams
Los Angeles Times - Kobe Bryant has received a reported $6.7-million offer from an Italian team, but it was far from certain Bryant would play there, according to a person familiar with Bryant's thought process. The lucrative offers ... Read More
Rhymin’ and stealin’: Nets owner Jay-Z recruits
Los Angeles Times - Kobe Bryant has received a reported $6.7-million offer from an Italian team, but it was far from certain Bryant would play there, according to a person familiar with Bryant's thought process. The lucrative offers ... Read More
Prosecutors considering allegations vs. Kobe
Los Angeles Times - Kobe Bryant has received a reported $6.7-million offer from an Italian team, but it was far from certain Bryant would play there, according to a person familiar with Bryant's thought process. The lucrative offers ... Read More