The Canadian Football League has been gaining ground in the United States. Obviously, the NFL rules all but when the only news in the NFL is who's getting arrested or who's taking PEDs, any on-field action fans can get will do. The CFL has even put some games on national television on channels like CBS and ESPN. Players can use the CFL as a launching pad to the NFL or even find a comfortable home in Canada. There are a good bit of players in the CFL from Western Pennsylvania. Players from Cal U, ... Read More
Archives for July 2013
Six PSAC West players earn preseason honors
Football season is almost here, and with that comes preseason awards. Several publications announced their preseason All-Americans this past week and two teams from the PSAC West landed players on the list. Cal U landed one player on the Lindy's and Sporting News lists while Slippery Rock landed five on the 25th Annual USA College Football Division II list. Cal U's senior defensive end BJ Stevens was named to the First-Team All-American squad by both Lindy's and Sporting News. Stevens set the ... Read More
Bettman is Bad for Business
Gary Bettman continues to be one of if not the most hated commissioners among players and fans in all of major sports. Lets not forget that Bettman before coming to the NHL used to work under the tutelage of, David Stern. Stern, the NBA commissioner, is definitely in the running with Bettman as the most hated commissioners presently and of all time . Bettman saved face this year by the thinnest of margins when he brought back hockey for a 48-game season. However, his lack of compassion ... Read More
NHL schedule makes divisions pointless
Last week, the NHL released their schedule for the upcoming regular season. With division realignment, reverting to an 82 game season, and the 2014 Olympics in Sochi coming up in February, it's safe to say the schedule will look different from years' past. Realignment was discussed after the Atlanta Thrashers moved to Winnipeg to resurrect the Jets, and enacted around the end of the lockout in January of 2013. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings joined the Eastern Conference ... Read More
Liriano Outduels Strasburg In 4-2 Win
A day after seeing the Pirates phenom Gerrit Cole take the mound, baseball fans were in for a treat as Stephen Strasburg was scheduled to take the mound for the Washington Nationals. Opposing Strasburg on Wednesday night, was left-handeder Francisco Liriano. The game had all of the hype of a pitchers duel in the making, which admittedly made me nervous. Usually, these games end up being a blowout one way or the other. Not on this night. Liriano continued to show why he has been the best free ... Read More
Pittsburgh’s Rallying Cry?
As the Black and Gold hordes anxiously clamor for their team to arrive in Latrobe, a decidedly unsettled aura surrounds the immediate future of the Steelers, in terms of what the impending season will hold. The X’s and O’s have been drawn and redrawn, analyses have been spewed (much to the delight of the masses), and the depth chart has been speculated at length. It’s more than easy to prognosticate what the regular season record will be, and everyone has a healthy chance of being correct, ... Read More
Marc Andre Fleury: Writing on the Wall
The trials and tribulations for the Penguins Marc Andre Fleury just got even more intense. As we know, the Pittsburgh Penguins shunned Fleury, pulling him from the postseason, questioning his mental toughness, and pretty much wiping away any confidence they had in him. To cement that point, the Pittsburgh Penguins also selected the highly touted goaltender in, Tristan Jarry with their first pick in the 2013 NHL draft. Penguins General Manager, Ray Shero is going through great lengths to ... Read More
Newcomer Latimore shines, Wild Things sweep double header
The Washington Wild Things sure are happy that their Tuesday night game was rained out. Newcomer Quincy Latimore, who joined the team late Tuesday night, was able to come in and start Wednesday and provide just about everything the Wild Things needed for two stellar victories over the Rockford Aviators. Game one, which was suspended 1-0 in the top of the first inning Tuesday night, resumed play Wednesday morning. The Wild Things had originally sent Shawn Smith to the mound Tuesday, but ... Read More
Steelers’ Roster Number Crunch: A Review
Taking a 90 man roster and withering it down to 53 is one of the difficult tasks coaches deal with in training camp. A three year review of how the Steelers' have filled out their roster, position-by-position. QB: 2012: 3 2011: 3 2010: 4 RB: 2012: 5 2011: 4 2010: 4 FB: 2012: 1 2011: 0 2010: 0 TE: 2012: 3 2011: 3 2010: 3 WR: 2012: 4 2011: 6 2010: 6 OT: 2012: 4 2011: 4 2010: 4 G/C: 2012: 5 2011: 5 2010: 4 DE: 2012: 4 2011: 4 2010: 4 NT: 2012: ... Read More
Steelers’ Training Camp Battles
Training camp has quickly approached with players reporting this Friday to the comfortable confines of St. Vincent College for the 48th season. This season like the rest has numerous storylines that we’ll be covering throughout camp. But one of the most interesting ones are camp battles and the 2013 Steelers are in no shortage of those. A look to get you ready for the official start of football season. OLB: Jason Worilds/Jarvis Jones One of the big two Steelers’ fans will be watching ... Read More