Entries from December 2007

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

How big of a loss is Willie Parker?

When Willie Parker broke his fibula Thursday in St. Louis, panic among the Pittsburgh airwaves as the everyone wondered who would be running the football for the rest of the season. Sure, Najeh Davenport stepped up and had the biggest game of his Steeler career, going for 123 yards on 24 carries with two [...]

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Vote for Pittsburgh

ESPN is using the Chris Berman loud saying reel to create something called the Greatest Highlight. This is probably just another idiotic ESPN promotion to put together meaningless shows, but if the six Pittsburgh-related moments on the list are successful, it would further prove that this small market city is a big time player [...]

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Pitt victorious over Duke at MSG

This was the game we had all been waiting for. It was billed as a slobberknocker between two of the preeminent programs in college basketball and it completely lived up to its billing, but not before one player’s career probably ended, one freshmen exploded, one team remained undefeated, and some gritty basketball was played.

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

The rundown

Today was another one of those days where there were a ton of little things and the hype to two major big things, so here goes:

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Huntington does not want Ronny Paulino to start

Neil Huntington has somehow made catcher a position of priority this offseason, ignoring more pressing matters like, well, one of the most mediocre group of baseball players ever put together and called a team.  There have been reports for a few weeks that Huntington has been discussing Michael Barrett with the Padres (despite his reputation [...]

Monday, December 17th, 2007

WVU is in trouble and Rich Rodriguez is a fool

Rich Rodriguez’s decision to leave West Virginia for Michigan became official Sunday, thereby moving from a football school that currently ranks amongst the elitel to one that is mired in mediocrity, yet enters every season with hopes of a national championship  running through the head of its boosters.