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 […]

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 […]

Despite trading away one of their superstar centers, a top four defenseman, and exiting the last two playoffs in the first round, the Pittsburgh Penguins are favored to win the Stanley Cup. Is that fair? In short, yes. They still posses the top two players in the league, a forty goal scorer, one of the […]

Leaving the Penguins training camp at Consol Energy Center today, I realized that Pittsburgh is in fact a hockey town. The parking lots were full, the streets were flooded with people in Pens gear and the energy was high. I was shocked to see so many fans in attendance at a hockey practice on a […]

After 10 consecutive seasons of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament the Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team is in danger of missing the competition for the second consecutive year. On Saturday the Panthers lost to Marquette resulting in three losses in their last four games. The Panthers are currently sitting at 13-4, (1-3) in the Big […]