The Pittsburgh Panthers’ victory over the West Virginia Mountaineers is still sending ripples throughout college football. Not only is the upset fueling the argument that college football needs a playoff system, but is also making Pitt a legitimate destination for blue-chip recruits. Two three star recruits and two four star recruits have already made [...]
Before Friday, Pirates’ fans did not know how Neal Huntington would deal with trades, but he lived up to his word by trading Salomon Torres to Milwaukee for two relief pitchers who cannot possibly be described as anything more than “depth.” The trade ended Torres’ up-and-down six year tenure with the Pirates in which [...]
The last Pirate’s song we posted was a bit better known, but not nearly as funny as the one released recently by local radio station WDVE. This ditty, sung to the tune of “Hey There Delilah” by Plain White T’s, was released towards the end of the season but I’ve only recently discovered it. [...]
I was running on the treadmill at the gym last Friday when I saw it on the ESPN bottom-line: Pitt extends Coach Dave Wannstedt. My first, oh, 10 or so thoughts afterward were four-letter words. My knee-jerk reaction was, well, not a knee-jerk reaction at all. In 2005, Wannstedt inherited a team [...]
Anthony Smith decided to stir the pot a little bit on Wednesday, guaranteeing a Steelers’ victory over the New England Patriots. The only problems are that Smith is in his second season of professional football and that Bill Belichick is a master of motivation.
Apparently a trade with the Indians for Jason Bay is off and a trade with the Yankees for Damaso Marte may be on. Huntington may finally understand that the Indians are no longer his buddies and that he can not pull a Kevin McHale (aka give up your star player for nothing) in this market. [...]
