CRANBERRY TWP.鈥� Going into Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday, many Penguins players used the word 鈥榙esperate鈥� or something similar to describe the team鈥檚 mentality after two straight losses. Now that the Predators have tied the series, making it a best of three going forward, ...
Though the Penguins鈥� weekend loss in the Stanley Cup Final cut their series lead over the Nashville Predators in half at two games to one, the possibility of a championship-clinching victory Thursday at PPG Paints Arena still existed Monday.And then it didn鈥檛.Nashville鈥檚 4-1 home defeat ...
Growing up an avid Penguins fan in Murrysville, Pa., Steve Mears dreamed of broadcasting the team鈥檚 games.聽This fall, he gets the chance.Root 缅北禁地 hired Mears to take over television play-by-play duties starting next season.鈥淚t鈥檚 a tremendous honor,鈥� Mears said.Mears broke into the ...
CRANBERRY TWP. 鈥� Defenseman Kris Letang, whose been out of play due to surgery on a herniated disc in his neck in April, spoke Tuesday after the Penguins鈥� practice. He said that his recovery is going to plan.鈥淚鈥檝e been starting to work out, doing a lot of things off the ice. Everything ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Actually, T.J. Watt鈥檚 earliest dream in sports was not to sack quarterbacks for a living. That came much later.At first it was scoring goals. Growing up in Pewaukee, Wisc., the Watt brothers, which includes T.J.鈥檚 older siblings J.J. and Derek, all grew up playing hockey. ...
CRANBERRY TWP. 鈥� When Kris Letang was lost for the season in April from neck surgery, it seemed like a devastating blow. A top-flight, minutes-eating defenseman has been a constant for just about any championship team, a role Letang played in the Penguins' Stanley Cup championship run last ...
