Duquesne found themselves facing a daunting second-half deficit Tuesday night in Loretto, Pa. But the Dukes (4-5), led by transfer senior transfer Ovie Soko, overcame a ten point St. Francis lead to snag a 78-71 victory. The win was a much-needed one for the Dukes, who had previously lost back-to-back games to Penn State and Robert Morris. The Red Flash (2-8) used a 16-4 first half run to gain a 37-27 halftime advantage. Ben Millaud-Meunier was lights out in the opening period for the ... Read More
Archives for December 2013
Hockey’s war with itself
The NHL and the North American levels of hockey are at war with itself over tolerable levels of violence in the game. Questions are now being asked loudly about the future of fighting and the definition of acceptable hits. After several suicides of high profile enforcers over the past several years, attributable to depression caused by CTE, the loss of several players to concussions, including Marc Savard and Chris Pronger, there has been much discussion. There has also been some movement ... Read More
Brown should, but won’t, get MVP recognition
In a season all but lost at this point, the Pittsburgh Steelers played for pride on Sunday night against the Bengals and didn't disappoint. Through all of the ups and downs, there has been one player who continues to silence critics. While Big Ben continues to have a stellar season amongst all the rumors, Antonio Brown has been the MVP of this team and should be considered in the talk for MVP of the league. Heading into training camp and during the preseason, there was a pressing concern of ... Read More
Last man standing: Crosby’s late goal pushes Pens past Leafs
These days, it doesn't seem to matter who the Pittsburgh Penguins are missing they still find a way to win. Without Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Brooks Orpik, Paul Martin, Rob Scuderi, Beau Bennett, James Neal, Deryk Engelland, and Tanner Glass, the Penguins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1, Monday night at Consol Energy Center to move back on top of the Eastern Conference standings. Of course, the Pens still had Sidney Crosby. Crosby scored his 19th goal of the season with under ... Read More
PSAC West Hardwood Moment: Teams enjoying much needed time off
After starting the season with games aplenty, finals weeks around the PSAC West bring some much needed time off for teams to study and get practice in. With that, three of our PSAC West teams were in action this past week - Slippery Rock, Gannon and Clarion. Slippery Rock picked up an 80-41 wallop over Penn State New Kennsington. Mauric Lewis-Bridges led the way with 16 points and 6 rebounds. Tabari Perry posted a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Gannon went 1-1 in ... Read More
Steelers Week 15 Report Card
It took 15 weeks of the NFL season, but the Pittsburgh Steelers finally put together a complete effort in Sunday night's 30-20 victory over division rival Cincinnati Bengals. That was the case for the first half at least as the Steelers resembled a dominant team that forced mistakes and took advantage of them when they happened. While in the grand scheme of things their performance may have been a case of "too little, too late," in terms of their playoff chances, it was nice to see the ... Read More
Why I’ll never attend another NFL game
Over the past few years, the NFL has been the ultimate hypocritical league in professional sports in a number of different areas. The first and most discussed one is the whole player safety issue, which the league says it cares so much about. That topic is for another day, but really? You want to add additional games, add Thursday night games and have a team in London, but you're concerned about player safety? Oh. But getting back on track here, the other way the league is hypocritical is ... Read More
Brown, Steelers Pummel First-Place Bengals
On a national stage and with the slimmest and unlikeliest of chances remaining to make the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-8) knocked off the AFC North division-leading Cincinnati Bengals (9-5) at Heinz Field. Before an announced crowd of just over 45,000, the smallest Steelers home crowd in the history of Heinz Field, the Steelers played brilliantly from the opening kickoff and looked perhaps better than they have all season, winning 30-20. Less than five minutes into the game, ... Read More
Players of the Week: North Catholic football team
Every now and then it's hard just to pick a single player for our player of the week. This week is another one of those cases. The North Catholic football team came from behind and won in overtime to put a stamp on a perfect 16-0 season with a PIAA Class A state championship Friday. North Catholic, led by P.J. Fulmore, was able to come back and beat Old Forge, 15-14, in a thrilling finish. Fulmore led his team into the overtime period and knew they needed a touchdown and a two-point ... Read More
Steelers-Bengals Preview
A playoff berth can be clinched at Heinz Field on Sunday night and, sadly for the Pittsburgh faithful, it is the division opponent in position for that accomplishment. The visiting Cincinnati Bengals (9-4) can clinch at least a Wild Card spot and possibly even win the AFC North title (with a Ravens loss or tie on Monday night) if they are victorious over the Steelers (5-8) in a primetime matchup. Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh in a Week 2 Monday Night Football matchup on their home turf, by a ... Read More