With Brett Keisel's season ending injury, the Pittsburgh Steelers will once again have to find a way to replace a key starter on a defense that not only has been unable to find continuity on the field, but simply can't stay healthy. Injuries have forced the Steelers to lean on players that were not expected to play significant roles this season, some of which did not even start the season on the active roster. Players like Will Allen, Sean Spence, Arthur Moats, Brice McCain, B.W. Webb, ... Read More
Archives for December 2014
Culture of athletics needs to change
As California University of Pennslyvania will have an external review of its football program, it's just a daily reminder that the culture of athletics needs to change. Cal's football program may have had a fairly successful season, finishing 8-3, but that's not what most people are talking about when bringing the program up in conversation. What they're talking about is all of the criminal charges that have been brought up on several occasions against Vulcan players. According to reports, at ... Read More
Cal U to have independent review of football program
California University of Pennsylvania will have an external review of their NCAA Division-II college football program. The program has come under fire after six players were arrested in connection with an October assault. The Compliance Group, a Lenexa, Kansas based company, will conduct the review. The Compliance Group (TCG) will be examining all aspects of the school’s football program. “I welcome the knowledge and experience The Compliance Group will bring to the review of our football ... Read More
James Conner named ACC Player of the Year
When the 2014 season started for Pitt tailback James Conner, all eyes were on the fact that he would play both on the offensive and defensive sides of the football. As things turned out he only played one snap defensively. That’s because Conner proved to be outstanding running the football. Conner broke not only Pitt rushing records as a sophomore, but also ACC records on his way to being named the ACC Player of the Year on Wednesday. He was also named the ACC’s Offensive Player of the ... Read More
Sharp-shooting Dukes beat Bison at home
In the first 1:54 of the game, Duquesne scored eight points, two of which were three-pointers, in defeating Howard 81-63 at the A.J. Palumbo Center Tuesday night. The Dukes never looked back. Sophomore forward L.G. Gill led Duquesne in scoring 17 points and grabbing eight boards, followed by freshman forward TySean Powell, posting 13 points. Powell was 6-of-6 from the field and netted his lone free throw. In his first career start, he entered the game second in the nation with a .789 field ... Read More
Pirates sign Clayton Richard
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed left-handed pitcher Clayton Richard to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League spring training. Since making it to the Majors in 2008, Richard has posted a career record of 46-47 with a 4.33 ERA in 147 appearances (129 starts) with 480 strikeouts and 263 walks in 773.1 innings. Last year, he went a combined 1-2 with a 5.91 ERA (21.1ip/14er) in four starts last year between Double-A Mobile and Triple-A Reno in the Diamondbacks minor ... Read More
Steve Downie: effectively wild?
When the Penguins signed Steve Downie this offseason, many wondered if it was a risk worth taking. There was plenty of productive hockey in Downie’s past, to be sure. In 2009-10, he had 22 goals and 46 points with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Even more appealingly, he did it under the tutelage of coach Rick Tocchet, who joined him in Pittsburgh this offseason. Since then, Downie has showed only tantalizing stretches of effective play. He missed all but two games of the 2012-13 season with a knee ... Read More
Malkin’s goal leads Pens past banged-up Devils
The Pittsburgh Penguins held on to their spot at the top Metropolitan division after defeating the New Jersey Devils Thursday night, with a final score of 1-0. Goaltender Marc Andre Fleury recorded his 5th shutout this season for the Penguins. That figure leads the NHL and ties his career high for a season. “It’s nice, it hasn't happened too often in my career, so it’s nice, but I'm just lucky to get the win tonight.” said Fleury of his achievement. It was a tight-checking battle, as games ... Read More
Could Ray Rice sign with Steelers?
On February 15, former Baltimore Ravens star running back Ray Rice knocked his wife — at that time fiancée – Janay Rice unconscious inside of a casino elevator in Atlantic City, N.J. Four days following the incident, TMZ leaked a video of the once beloved running back dragging his wife out of an elevator. Initial reports stated that both of the two companions had physically attacked one another. That incident caused the NFL to hand Rice a two-game suspension from the NFL. On September 8, ... Read More
Pitt sluggish in loss to Indiana
Jamie Dixon’s Pitt Panthers basketball team has been away from home for close to two weeks now, which is a long stretch this early in the season, especially for a young team. Pitt showed again Tuesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge that they left their defense back in Pittsburgh in an 81-69 loss to the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington. Indiana (6-1) shot 54.1 percent (33-for-61) from the floor on the night, the fourth time in five games on this trip that Pitt (4-3) has allowed an ... Read More