The Pittsburgh Penguins Blog

This past Saturday, September 1st, the Robert Morris University football team opened their 2012 season at Fargo, North Dakota.Unfortunately, the Colonials had a tough match when the national champs defeated RMU, 52-0. The last time that Robert Morris and North Dakota State met was in the opening round of the 2010 FCS playoffs. That was […]

Where are all my fantasy football fans out there? Do you have your lineups set? I still have to get mine set up; I've been procrastinating. I hope you were fortunate enough to get the Steelers D. So with the final preseason game under our belts, I can already feel that familiar change in the […]

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 […]

With just a month remaining until a lockout becomes official, the NHLPA and owners are still duking it out to create a new CBA. At this time, both parties appear to be nowhere close to nailing down a deal and a work stoppage seems imminent. Here we go again. For those counting at home, this […]

It is time for James McDonald to start pitching and get back to his old form if The Pirates have any hopes of saving their season and playoff hopes. If he does not, then it's time to send him back to the farm. It is time for him to decide what kind of pitcher he […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have no excuses for not making the playoffs this year. I am talking playoffs and playing in October: words that have not been said for nineteen years. If the Pirates do not make the playoffs, then the season is a bust. Even if they only make the wild card and play the […]

Let's flashback to the end of June, before the Pittsburgh Pirates were on a serious pennant race and before the Pittsburgh Steelers arrived for camp in Latrobe, the Pittsburgh Penguins were in contention to land the biggest names on the free agent market. Now with the free agency period over a month old, the Penguins […]

For the last 19 years, the world has found more ways than you can count to write and dash negative things about the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2012, it hasn't been so easy. I hate to be the one to do this, but the last couple series have made me feel a bit uneasy about where […]