After scoring just one goal in their last fourteen power play opportunities, the Penguins decided to change things up yet again. Evgeni Malkin will now play the point while James Neal will command the half-boards. Anyone whose watched more than five games with Malkin on the point knows he's not comfortable in that position. When […]

Athletes have been trying to gain a competitive edge over their opponents since the beginning of competitive sports. During the time of the original Olympic Games, Greek participants were said to have used opium to boost their performance. Roman gladiators took opium before their fights to the death to increase their intensity and stave off […]

Congratulations to Hempfield's Channing Gorscak for being voted the TribLIVE Radio High School Hockey Athlete of the Week. He leads his team in goal and assists this season. Listen to Inside High School Hockey every Wednesday 3pm to 4pm on TribLIVE Radio.

Eric Tangradi has had his chances to be a top six forward, but those days appear to have come and gone. After a turnover led directly to Toronto's first goal in last night's loss, head coach Dan Bylsma took Tangradi off of the second line, replacing him with Tyler Kennedy. Tangradi would finish the game […]

The Pitt men's basketball team won their third straight Big East game on Tuesday with a hard-fought 58-54 win over Providence. After the game Friars' head coach Ed Cooley took the podium and took a shot at the officiating in the contest while only grudgingly giving the Panthers credit for the victory. Here is the […]

Steelers GM Kevin Colbert was a guest on Trib Live Radio today with me and Guy Junker. Here is a transcript of that chat: What are you and the staff doing now? "There's really four phases of where you are. The first phase is a season review. You've got to look at your [salary] cap […]

It's the mix of emotions equally filled with nerves and excitement that we have all missed as hockey fans since the Stanley Cup was lifted by the Los Angeles Kings on June 11th, 2012. On the eve of the 2012-2013 NHL season starting 100 days later than the original opening night on October 11th 2012, […]

The top two most-watched shows last week in Pittsburgh were the AFC playoff games, Ravens-Bronos and Patriots-Texans both earned 15 ratings. Around 40 percent of people watching television in Pittsburgh were watching those games. The 6th most-watched show of the week was the 49ers win over the Packers on Fox on Saturday night. The BCS […]