The six-time Super Bowl Champions may be getting a huge welcome return from the "playmaker" Mike Wallace this week. Wallace has not signed with the franchise since the end of the 2011-2012 season. When the wide receiver eventually signs his restricted free agency tender this week, Wallace will have two weeks of practice before the […]

Back in July, many speculated on the possibility of trading Gerrit Cole, Jameson Taillon or Luis Heredia for an established Major League hitter. The logic was that the addition of any one of those three pitchers -or even all three- would not be able to improve upon already impressive numbers by the current pitching staff. […]

HAPPY RETURN Pittsburgh, it's great to be back. It always is comforting to return to the people and places of the South Side, Shady Side and downtown Pittsburgh. How about the Pirates? I've got to give them some love for their winning season. They are looking really strong. I'm hoping we can make a run […]

The Pirates are currently 8-13 in the month of August, losers of three straight, and 11 of their last 16 games. They've fallen out of the wild card for the first time since June, one game back from the St. Louis Cardinals. Here we go again? Not yet. Despite a multitude of issues -Andrew McCutchen […]

The four most watched shows in primetime television last week in Pittsburgh were all sports related. The Steelers-Colts Pre-Season game on NBC Sunday night on 819 was the most watched television show of the week in Pittsburgh with a 19.7 rating. The next three highest viewed shows of the week for the Pittsburgh were all […]

Every semi-successful team has a 1-2 punch. The Penguins terrorize goalies with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin while the Steelers attack opposing quarterbacks with James Harrison and Lamarr Woodley. For the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates, their 1-2 punch includes AJ Burnett and James McDonald. Lately, the Pirates have lacked that second quality start in the rotation […]

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick like to break records. Brady especially, he went after Peyton Manning's record for touchdowns passes in a season, then Tom terrific and Randy Moss teamed up for most TD's by a duo. Last season, of course he forced as many end zones throws as possible to Tight End Rob Gronkowski […]

Time flies! As training camp winds down, I like to reflect on the growth and extract all of the positives that arose from the pain and hard work. I will say that the weather was great, the atmosphere was energizing, the fans were incredible, and my teammates, well, there are no words for how honored […]