Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau has received plenty of honors during his lengthy NFL career. He’s about to get another. According to KDKA, LeBeau will be honored when the City Council proclaims February “Dick LeBeau Month” in Pittsburgh. A ceremony is reportedly scheduled in council chambers Feb. 3. LeBeau’s son Rick told KDKA that his father was moved to learn about the honor, saying that his father’s reaction was “hard to put into words.” Several of ... Read More
Archives for January 2015
Pine-Richland QB Ben DiNucci commits to Pitt
New Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi has been a very busy man the past week, hot on the recruiting trail as he has landed a couple of quality recruits in very short time. The latest is a local product at a position where the Panthers are extremely thin. We learned on Monday that Pine-Richland quarterback Ben DiNucci announced that he will be attending Pitt this fall. DiNucci decommitted from Penn and is a nice grab for Narduzzi at the late hour. As a senior, DiNucci became the first ... Read More
Flyers’ Zac Rinaldo suspended for hit on Letang
Flyers forward Zac Rinaldo was suspended eight games by the NHL’s department of player safety for this hit on Penguins defenseman Kris Letang on last Tuesday night. [youtube width="560" height="315" link="http://youtu.be/z7nr2UlQZxI"] The hit, which the league characterized as charging and boarding, took place at 15:36 of the first period. Letang left the game and did not return. He also missed the Penguins’ next game, which was last Wednesday night against Chicago. On-ice officials ... Read More
Robert Morris ranked 20th after sweeping Holy Cross
After a big weekend on the road, the Robert Morris Colonials are back in the USCHO.com national poll. The Colonials are ranked 20th in Monday’s poll. The Colonials earned their ranking by sweeping the Holy Cross Crusaders in Worcester, Massachusetts over the weekend. On Friday night, senior captain and reigning Atlantic Hockey player of the week Cody Wydo scored a pair of second period goals to lead the Colonials to a 4-3 victory. Junior Zac Lynch assisted both of Wydo’s goals. Wydo is now ... Read More
Josh Gordon’s latest violation another blow to rival Browns
The hits keep on coming for the Cleveland Browns. If Johnny Manziel's nightmarish rookie campaign was not enough for a franchise that has only made the playoffs twice since 1994 and have not won a Division title since 1989, the news that troubled star receiver Josh Gordon is facing a year-long suspension after another violation of the NFL substance abuse policy might push some over the proverbial cliff. Once again, the latest news will have many Browns fans once again expecting the worst, ... Read More
Panthers downed by hot shooting Louisville
You aren’t going to win many games when you can’t stop the opposition and the Pitt Panthers found that stopping the Louisville Cardinals on Sunday was a near impossible task. The Cardinals made a whopping 71 percent of their field goal attempts in the first half and cruised to an 80-68 victory, dropping the Panthers to 3-4 in ACC play on the season. The No. 10 ranked Cardinals are one team that hasn’t found trouble winning at the Petersen Events Center as they improved to 4-1 on the ... Read More
Steel City Warriors on the brink; owner turns to crowdsourcing for help
Minor league hockey is a transient being. Teams – and leagues – fold, move, expand, contract, merge and go on hiatus at an alarming rate. Single-A professional hockey is the worst when it comes to those matters. Southwestern Pennsylvania has seen its fair share of those struggles, with no less than six teams calling (or attempting to call) the region home over the last decade. The most recent of which, the Southwestern PA Magic of the Federal Hockey League, began play this fall. As is ... Read More
Pirates adjust start times for four home dates, Tucker recovers from thumb surgery
The Pittsburgh Pirates will once gain be in the national spotlight at PNC Park as Major League baseball has scheduled the Pirates to play in primetime. Four games in Pittsburgh have been changed to allow for FOX, FOX Sports 1 and ESPN to broadcast. Fox will now televise the Pirates Saturday, July 11th game against the Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. One day later, the Pirates and Cardinals will renew their rivalry on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball at 8:05 p.m. Fox Sports 1 will also televise ... Read More
Steelers sign Brad Wing to one-year extension
While the Pittsburgh Steelers organization is surrounded in drama concerning their head of security, the front office was busy on Friday locking up their punter. The Steelers and punter Brad Wing agreed to a one-year contract extension. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wing punted 61 times on the season with a 43.7 yards per kick average. Twenty of those attempts landed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line. Wing had some good moments as a rookie, but also uncorked a pair of ... Read More
Injured Malkin, Crosby will miss All-Star Game, may be out longer
Pittsburgh Penguins centers Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin will miss Sunday’s NHL All-Star, the team announced on Thursday. Malkin left the team’s game on Tuesday night in Philadelphia with what the team characterized as a lower-body injury. He was able to return to action and finish the game that night. The team had an optional morning skate on Wednesday, and Malkin did not participate. He attempted to take part in the team’s warmup before Wednesday night’s game against the Chicago ... Read More