Entries from December 2007

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Happy New Year’s

Matt and I would like to wish all of the readers of this site a happy and safe New Year’s. That includes:

No more serious injuries. From Marvel Smith to Willie Parker to Levance Fields to Mike Cook to Gary Roberts,  serious injuries have been plaguing Pittsburgh teams recently. Those need to end.
Neal Huntington to officially [...]

Monday, December 31st, 2007

How losing Levance Fields affects Pitt

It did not look good when Levance Fields went down in the second half Saturday night in Dayton, but we found out the full extent of the damage today when reports revealed that Fields has a broken left foot. The injury leaves Pitt without its point guard and sometime street brawler for two to [...]

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Why the Steelers should rest their starters

There seems to be a debate, at least in the Pittsburgh media, about whether or not Mike Tomlin should rest his starters on Sunday, when the Steelers play the Baltimore Ravens in the final regular season contest of the season. The Steelers will be stuck in the fourth place slot in the playoffs as long [...]

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Jose Castillo . . . Pirate no more

Jose Castillo was officially signed by the Florida Marlins on Christmas Eve, moving the infielder from the team that was once the face of Latin American players to the team that is quickly establishing itself as the cheapest team in baseball.

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

Penguin rumor time

It’s the holidays and Ray Shero is reportedly trying to find a gift for the city of Pittsburgh.  Rumors have been running around the Penguins for a few weeks now, with the team reportedly looking for a goalie (Andrew Raycroft? Curtis Joseph? or just Ty Conklin?) in case Dany Sabourin proves to be an unsuitable replacement [...]

Monday, December 24th, 2007

A change that the NHL needs to make

Since Gary Bettman’s National Hockey League has emerged from a lockout, the game has changed. Many of these changes, including the integration of the shootout into the course of some games, have been for the better. Others, such as the league’s signing a television contract with little-known network Versus, have proven to be [...]