Apologies for the later post today. It was a great week for my sports teams. The Penguins swept a 3-game West Coast road trip with victories over the Sharks, Ducks, and Kings, before returning home to shut out the Sabres. The Steelers inexplicably won another game despite being out-gained, beating the Packers 23-19. Pitt men’s… Read more

With all things considered, it was a good sports weekend. It kicked off with the Steelers pulling a win out of their behinds on Thursday Night Football against the Tennessee Titans. Saturday saw Manchester City thrash Bournemouth behind Jérémy Doku’s five goal involvements, Pitt contend with Florida State for almost three full quarters before their… Read more

I am going to do something a little bit different for this week’s post, as there were plenty of events from this past weekend. The lone bright spot in an otherwise miserable sports weekend was Manchester City’s 3-0 triumph over crosstown rivals Manchester United, proving once again that the city of Manchester is sky blue,… Read more

This past sports weekend was a roller coaster for my favorite teams. The bookends were high points (Manchester City defeated an up-and-coming Brighton and Hove Albion squad 2-1 on return from international break Saturday morning, and the Steelers upset the Rams in Los Angeles Sunday evening). Between those triumphs were two defeats: the Penguins lost… Read more

To be perfectly honest, I was struggling to come up with something about which I could rant. It was a good weekend for the teams for whom I cheer–the Penguins won their two games on Friday and Saturday, Pitt upset #14 Louisville by ending the game on a 24-0 run, the Steelers did not lose… Read more

As the final whistle blew at Acrisure Stadium (it still pains me to call it anything other than Heinz Field) yesterday to cement a 17-10 Steelers victory over their arch-rivals from Baltimore, I was in a state of disbelief. After a first half in which the home team could only muster three points and less… Read more

Those of you who know me are aware of the sheer disdain I have for incompetence, especially when it pertains to a job for which someone was hired. There are few things more frustrating in life than people not being capable of performing tasks for which they are getting compensated (at least after they are… Read more

We all want referees to be as accurate and impartial as possible. No one wants to see bad call after bad call from either a neutral perspective or as a fan of the team against whom the failures to correctly interpret and apply the rules of the game are levied (although, I will admit that… Read more

Many sports fans proclaim that loyalty is a lost virtue, especially those that grew up in the era before free agency, before players started to chase record-shattering contracts instead of titles. There is certainly some truth to that, and players who decide to remain with the team that drafted them are often lauded with praise,… Read more

I decided to start a sports blog because I have a lot of complaints, but no one wants to pay me $10 million to air them on ESPN like certain people. Also, my grandfather has always said I should start a blog, and I believe that he is right. Hopefully this will be as entertaining… Read more