Monthly Archives: October 2012

17 Oct

Steelers Offensive Line in Flux… Again

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 – 9:14 pm

Well, at least they made it into Game 5 intact. They won't make it clean into Game 6. The Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line will assuredly be without starting RT Marcus Gilbert and possibly without starting center Maurkice Pouncey in Cincinnati this Sunday evening, snapping their streak of five straight games with the same starting offensive […]

 

17 Oct

NHL Submits 50/50 Offer to NHLPA by Jon Pennline

published in category: Pittsburgh Penguins
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 – 9:26 am

Maybe it was the cancellation of two weeks of games or the $250 million the league has already lost in revenue thanks to having no preseason. Whatever it was, the NHL finally "gave in" and submitted a proposal to the NHLPA to split hockey-related revenue 50-50. According to Darren Dreger at TSN, the NHLPA is […]

 

15 Oct

Nationals Show Pirates How Not to Handle Gerrit Cole by Jon Pennline

published in category: Pittsburgh Pirates
Monday, October 15th, 2012 – 9:03 am

Just when you thought the Pirates had the most heartbreaking end to their season, the Washington Nationals swooped in to take the top prize. The Nats blew a two run lead in the ninth inning by surrendering four runs to the St. Louis Cardinals. The game five loss ended Washington's incredible run and first postseason […]

 

15 Oct

Pittsburgh Steelers Need To Shift Their Focus Back Onto The Field by Dominic Errico

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers
Monday, October 15th, 2012 – 9:02 am

Rashard Mendenhall is back at his old Twitter nonsense. This time he is calling out Steeler Nation for not supporting this team. "Seriously, if you're gonna talk trash about your team and everyone on it, don't call yourself a fan. A fan is a supporter." — Rashard Mendenhall (@R_Mendenhall on Twitter) Is it really talking […]

 

12 Oct

TribLIVE Radio High School Football Athlete of the Week

published in category: Sports Talk Radio
Friday, October 12th, 2012 – 3:28 pm

Congratulations to Penn-Trafford's Devin Austin, voted TribLIVE Radio High School Football Athlete of the Week. Austin rushed for 172 yards including touchdown runs of 74 and 4 yards as Penn-Trafford rolled to a Quad East victory over Connelsville 38-17. Penn-Trafford is now 5-1 on the season, 5-0 in their section. Penn-Trafford takes on Kiski Area […]

 

12 Oct

Steelers Dropping like Flies by Ryan Shaffer

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers
Friday, October 12th, 2012 – 9:15 am

The Pittsburgh Steelers lost another road game last night to a bad team. The Tennessee Titans (2-4) gave up 30 or more points in each of their first five games, which set an NFL record, yet the team held Pittsburgh under that mark, 26-23. Pittsburgh (2-3) lost all three road games this year, and sits […]

 

12 Oct

Lockout Hinders Best NHL Season in Years? by Jon Pennline

published in category: Pittsburgh Penguins
Friday, October 12th, 2012 – 9:14 am

The 2012-2013 season was supposed to start tonight. Instead, the league is in a labor dispute with the Player's Association which has led to a lockout, and subsequent work stoppage. As a result, the first two weeks of the season, totaling 82 games, has been cancelled. What a shame. After rebuilding a league that was […]

 

11 Oct

Win Pitt Football Tickets!

published in category: College Sports, Sports Talk Radio
Thursday, October 11th, 2012 – 10:03 am

Your chance to win two tickets to a Suite at Heinz Field for the Pitt-Rutgers game on Saturday November 24th. Parking pass and free food in the suite is included. Just send an e-mail to sportstalk@tribweb.com with Pitt in the subject headline and your name and address in the body of the e-mail. Winner will […]