From the Pittsburgh Panthers – Pitt junior quarterback Tino Sunseri has been named the Big East Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Panthers' 35-20 victory over Connecticut. Sunseri (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic) had one of the most prolific passing days in school history, completing 69% of his attempts (29 of 42) […]

For a defense that has been widely criticized for being too old and slow, the Pittsburgh Steelers provided quite an eyebrow raising performance against the New England Patriots. While the scoreboard read 25-17, the Steelers seemed to dominate most of the game. Ben Roethlisberger was 35-50 for 365 yards and two touchdowns. Pittsburgh continued their […]

From the NHL Offices-The Pittsburgh Penguins® have used Draft Day expertise to build two generations of championship teams, one of the NHL's most passionate fan bases and one of North America's most robust youth hockey communities. In June, all those elements will be on display when the Penguins and the City of Pittsburgh host the […]

Defensive Coordinator Dick Lebeau and Offensive Coordinator Bruce Arians spoke to the media on Thursday of Pittsburgh Steelers v. New England Patriots week. Here are their conversations: Dick Lebeau How do you stop Tom Brady? "I see they're averaging 475 yards per game, so ain't anybody figured that out too well. You've got to keep […]

Congratulations to Central Catholic's Garret Vrbanic and Mt. Pleasant's Tyler Mellors, this week's TribLIVE Radio Co-Athletes of the week. Garret returned an interception 75 yards for a touchdown in a 42-7 win over Altoona. The 8-0 Vikings take on Fox Chapel this Friday at 7pm in a game that can be heard on TribLIVE Radio. […]

After scoring one goal in twenty regular season games last year for the Penguins, James Neal was hardly viewed as a fan favorite in Pittsburgh. While his style of play -quick, agile, hard hitting, aggressive- looked like a perfect match for Dan Bylsma's system, the 24 year old's lack of production ultimately made him look […]

New England Patriots week is fully upon us. Missing practice Wedneday were LBs James Harrison and Jason Worilds, NT Chris Hoke, OL Doug Legursky, and WR Hines Ward. Ward, though, almost always gets the mid-week practice as a veteran's day off to preserve his body, and I expect him to play this weekend. Here are […]

Perhaps it was the frustration of being invisible through the first four weeks of the regular season. Perhaps it was the prodding by teammate James Farrior, who promptly told him he was paid too much money to have a slow start. Or maybe it was the realization that he had to be "the guy" when […]