Zach’s Stadium
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Is it Football Season Yet?
I want to begin this week’s entry on a personal note and express my gratitude for those that continue to read my angry ramblings. When I started writing this blog back in 2023, I did not expect it to become a source of catharsis for myself. A special shoutout is necessary for my grandfather for…
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March Sadness
Zach pleading with the University of Pittsburgh to fix their athletic department, 2025, colorized. I will not sit here and pretend that this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament is one of the best I have ever watched. After all, there is not really a “Cinderella” story. Only one double-digit seed has advanced to the sweet-sixteen,…
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Where Has This Been?
Zach questions Tristan Jarry about his exceptional goaltending of late, 2025, colorized. As you may recall, I was originally going to write about the NHL trade deadline last week before the Steelers decided to trade for DK Metcalf the night before. By the way, Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson still have yet to sign contracts…
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A New-Look Steelers’ Offense?
Photo: DK Metcalf or George Pickens confronting a referee, opposing player, or fan. 2025, colorized. I must admit that, until last night (a few minutes shy of 8:00pm ET), today’s entry was going to be about the NHL trade deadline that elapsed on Friday. Kyle Dubas did a masterful job trading players for draft compensation,…
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Swiss Cheese
The Pittsburgh Penguins have allowed 32 goals in their last six games. That is not a typo. They are allowing, on average, 5.33 goals per game over their last six contests. In those six games, they have amassed one win—a comeback win, during which they fell behind 3-0 within the first 27.5 minutes and goaltender…
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Stumbling Across the Finish Line
Pitt football began their 2024-25 season 7-0 before losing five-consecutive regular season games and their bowl game to finish 7-6. The Steelers began their 2024-25 season 10-3 before losing their remaining four regular season games and exiting in the first round of the postseason. The Pirates were 55-52 in 2024 before finishing the season ten…
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Get Rid of All-Star Games
It did not take long for the most highly-anticipated international hockey game in years to come to a head–nine seconds, in fact. After those nine seconds, the penalty boxes at the Bell Centre in Montréal, Canada were filled to the brim. The United States’ box featured the Tkachuk brothers–Brady and Matthew–along with J.T. Miller, while…
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The (Cheap-Ass) Battlin’ Buccos
Well, football season is finally over. It ended as unceremoniously for NFL fans across the globe as it did for fans of the Steelers—the Philadelphia Eagles absolutely dominated the Kansas City Chiefs, with the score reaching a margin of 40-6 (before ultimately ending 40-22)—in one of the more lopsided Super Bowls in recent memory. The…
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Rodri, Come Back!
Disclaimer: If you have no interest in soccer, “Move along, Betty”. It would be inaccurate to say anything else: this is Manchester City’s worst season since Pep Guardiola was hired as their manager in the summer of 2016. I acknowledge that that is an extremely high bar. City became the first club in history to…
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The (Death) March of the Penguins
After yesterday’s games, I have zero desire to discuss football. I am certainly not looking forward to the Super Bowl in thirteen days between the perennial winners (often aided by the zebras—as one could see in last night’s Chiefs-Bills contest) and the most disgusting city in the union (Philadelphia). Will I watch the game? Yes,…