Entries from April 2008

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Stull possibly to be Pitt’s starting QB

The Pitt Panthers and Dave Wannstedt have a major conundrum entering tomorrow’s Blue-Gold Game, the final event of spring practices.  They still are not sure about who their starting quarterback will be at the start of the regular season.  Yesterday, Wannstedt said that Bill Stull would be the starting quarterback if there were a game [...]

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Steelers should trade out of first round

The mock drafts are all out, the prognosticators are strapped to their chairs for the next week, ESPN is beginning to purchase the fifteen bottles of gel for Mel Kiper’s hair and fans across America are beginning to call talk radio shows in anticipation of ripping their favorite NFL team.  The Steelers are in a [...]

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Fleury, Ruutu help Penguins sweep

The Penguins ended their series with the Ottawa Senators as quickly as they possibly could, completing a four game sweep on Wednesday night to advance to the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals and finalizing their revenge against the Senators for eliminating them last year.  The game, which ended 3-1, was an intense, physical one just like every [...]

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Matt Morris is really terrible

[Ed. I'm not sure what happened, but this post was deleted at some point yesterday. Its been fixed.]
After Nate McLouth brought the Pirates back above .500 with an assist from Adam LaRoche on Monday, Matt Morris took to the hill on Tuesday and promptly brought the team back to the magic mark. Morris looked [...]

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Hossa key in Pens’ win

The Senators seemed to have all the momentum before the game, with stars Daniel Alfreddson and Jason Spezza returning to the lineup even as Pens’ instigator Gary Roberts sat out due to a sore groin. That momentum seemed to work for about two periods, but the third period was dominated by the Pens, who [...]

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Pirates, bullpen win despite Snell

Last time Ian Snell pitched, he was the stopper.  On Saturday night, the Pirates carried him to victory instead of the other way around.  Snell had a rough start and a rough game overall, surrendering a total of nine hits, but managing to only give up three runs in his six and a third innings [...]