11 Jul
published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday, July 11th, 2016 – 3:45 pm
Mark Kaboly plays Over-Under with Steelers Writer Chris Adamski, Josh Taylor and the twitter audience. Over-Under on stats for Big Ben, Bell, Antonio Brown, James Harrison, Bud Dupree and more.
11 Jul
published in category: Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday, July 11th, 2016 – 3:15 pm
Bucs Beat Writer Travis Sawchik in-studio with Josh Taylor for one hour of the best Pirates talk hear anywhere. Sponsored by Goodrich & Geist, representing victims of negligence.
Jeff Erickson of Rotowire joins Josh Taylor to recap the first half of the Fantasy Baseball Season and look ahead to Fantasy Football season.
11 Jul
published in category: Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday, July 11th, 2016 – 12:39 pm
Preview of Home Run Derby sponsored by The Wicked Fox of O’Hara, For a Wicked Good Time. The Injury Report with Pirates and Steelers news sponsored by Goodrich & Geist, representing victims of negligence.
Who is the Pirates First Half MVP? Polanco, Marte or Melancon? Freese? Sponsored by Mama Pepino’s Pizza, Pub and Billiards! With the newly added Billiard room, enjoy 3,000 square feet of dedicated space for pool tables!
11 Jul
published in category: College Sports on Monday, July 11th, 2016 – 9:38 am
Less than two months until Pitt vs. Penn State. Pitt QB Position Breakdown. Where the current QB Nate Pederman can get better. Interview with Pitt QB Commit Kenny Pickett. Focus on the QB position on this show. Pitt Defense Preview.
The Friday release of the watch lists for the prestigious Outland Trophy and Bronko Nagurski Trophy featured a total of three members of the Pitt football team being named as players to watch this season for two of college football’s most coveted individual awards.
Senior offensive linemen Adam Bisnowaty and Dorian Johnson were both placed on the watch list for the Outland Trophy, which is annually presented to the nation’s top interior lineman; simultaneously, sophomore safety Jordan Whitehead was selected to the Nagurski Trophy watch list as a candidate for National Defensive Player of the Year. The winners of both awards will be chosen at the end of the season by the Football Writers Association of America.
The Pitt football program is no stranger to either of these notable awards.
The Outland Trophy and Nagurski Trophy were both won by Pitt defensive tackle Aaron Donald following his historic 2013 season when he led the nation with 2.2 tackles for loss per game while tallying 59 tackles, 28.5 TFLs and 11 sacks. Legendary Panther offensive lineman Mark May also received the Outland Trophy in 1980 when he was selected as the nation’s top interior lineman at the conclusion of his senior year.
This season, Pitt seniors Bisnowaty and Johnson will be in contention to repeat May’s feat.
Offensive tackle Adam Bisnowaty returns for his fourth consecutive season as a starter after being named first team All-ACC by the league’s coaches in 2015. Meanwhile, offensive guard Johnson, who was chosen second team All-ACC last season, comes back for his senior year owning a 27-game consecutive start streak for the Panthers dating back to his freshman campaign.
On the defensive side of the ball, Whitehead was selected as a candidate for college football’s Defensive Player of the Year for the second time this week when the Nagurski Trophy named him to its watch list. The reigning ACC Rookie of the Year led the Panthers with 109 tackles last season, the most by a true freshman in school history, and added six TFLs, six pass breakups, one interception and one fumble recovery. Whitehead was also named as a watch-list selection for the Chuck Bednarik Award earlier this week.
Pitt was one of just three ACC schools – along with Clemson and Miami – to have multiple Outland Trophy watch-list selections, while Whitehead was one of five defensive backs in the conference selected for the watch list of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.
07 Jul
published in category: College Sports on Thursday, July 7th, 2016 – 6:02 pm
Duquesne Women’s Basketball Coach Dan Burt joins Josh Taylor to talk about his new 8-year contract extension.
New Robert Morris Basketball Assistant Coach and PA Basketball Legend Mike Iuzzolino joins the show to talk RMU, NBA and being in NBA Jam.
07 Jul
published in category: College Sports on Thursday, July 7th, 2016 – 4:23 pm
Lots of new Pitt Football Recruiting news plus Andrew Jones of Tar Heels Illustrated previews Pitt-North Carolina and talks ACC Coastal Division.
Why can these schools not get it right? Pitt should be playing Penn State and West Virginia in Football.
Recapping the month of June in recruiting, breaking down the situation at defensive tackle, and an interview with Pitt DT Tyrique Jarrett.
Pitt RB Coach Andre Powell joins the show on the backs & special teams, plus Ryan Donnelly on recruiting.
Guests are Jaryd Jones-Smith and Shakir Soto. Topics: close wins in 2015 and the 4 most important games in 2016. Plus OL configurations and Soto’s transition and what it could mean for the DT position. The close games from 2015 and the 4 key games in 2016.
Pitt is not just recruiting locally, they are recruiting nationally too under this regime. Never too early to preview the Pitt-Penn State Game!
QB recruiting, concerns about O-Line recruiting and Pitt QB commit Kenny Pickett’s head coach is a guest.
Pitt junior punter Ryan Winslow has been selected as one of 27 preseason watch-list candidates for the Ray Guy Award, which is presented annually by the Augusta Sports Council to the nation’s best collegiate punter.
Winslow (Maple Glen, Pa./La Salle College H.S.) was one of just two ACC punters touted among the early frontrunners for this year’s Ray Guy Award, along with Miami senior Justin Vogel.
Now entering his third season as Pitt’s starting punter, Winslow is coming off back-to-back seasons in which he averaged more than 40 yards per punt attempt.
In 2015, Winslow averaged 41.1 yards on his 63 punts, placing 21 inside the 20-yard line with a career-long boot of 60 yards at Georgia Tech. During the 2014 season, the then-redshirt freshman punter averaged 40.1 yards per punt on 50 attempts after seizing the starting punter role early on.
Additionally, last year under new special teams coordinator Andre Powell, Winslow’s punting ability helped the Panthers rank among the nation’s leaders in punt-return defense (19th, 4.19 yards per return) while posting an impressive net average of 37.5 yards per punt attempt.
Winslow is the latest Pitt football player to be named to a preseason watch list after junior running back James Conner was among those selected to the Maxwell Award watch list for College Player of the Year, senior defensive end Ejuan Price and sophomore safety Jordan Whitehead garnered early recognition from the Chuck Bednarik Award committee as College Defensive Player of the Year candidates and junior center Alex Officer received similar consideration from the Rimington Trophy for college football’s top center.
07 Jul
published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, July 7th, 2016 – 1:43 pm
Pat Lackey of WHYGAVS joins Josh Taylor to talk about how this rotation is going to look after the All-Star break and the bullpen shutting things down in the late innings. Sponsored by PIA Pittsburgh and Babcock Beer.
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07 Jul
published in category: Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, July 7th, 2016 – 11:53 am
Pirates on a 7-game win streak, looking to sweep the Cardinals heading into huge series with the Cubs. Will Starling Marte be voted into All-Star Game? Sponsored by The Wicked Fox of O’Hara, For a Wicked Good Time- All Pirates season -$2 Yuengling drafts for the game and every game on 9 HD-TVs!
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