One of the great things about sports is how it brings people together.It鈥檚 especially true in our neck of the woods where no matter your race, income, gender, politics or faith, we all come together and root for the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins.It first became apparent back in the 1970s ...
Headline writing on the sports desk was pretty simple this week, simply needing the combination of win, celebrate and championship.The Pittsburgh Penguins opened the week by 鈥渨inning鈥� the Stanley Cup 鈥渃hampionship鈥� for the second season in a row.The afternoon before the Pens鈥� ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� It looked like someone was lugging in a keg.What with the Pittsburgh Steelers wrapping up minicamp, apparently the five-week party was underway.But this was no keg. This was the Stanley Cup being lugged in by injured Pittsburgh Penguins cult hero Nick Bonino.The Penguins on ...
Hockey players can be a very superstitious bunch, from playoff beards to when to and not to touch a conference trophy to goalies talking to goal posts.Their fans can be just as obsessed as to what causes good luck and bad luck.Of course, it's all in people's heads. We all know nothing like that ...
I鈥檝e been around a while.I was an adult and well aware of what I was witnessing in 1971, when Roberto Clemente showed the world what everybody in Western Pennsylvania had known for years聽鈥� that he had always been a superstar worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with Mays, Mantle ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� June arrives this week, and an NHL season that started with September training camps is still at least three games away from ending.To say it鈥檚 a grind would be inadequate.This has become an endurance contest, as it often does. If Pittsburgh wins, this won鈥檛 be the best ...
