Hit tip to Eddy Spaghetti for emailing me this story over the weekend. Could Barry Bonds be making a return to the Pirates? If a certain black-opinion online magazine has its way, the pariah would finish his career in Pittsburgh for the veteran-minimum salary. Now, the article was written by Martin Johnson, a man I […]

Currently, our beloved Pittsburgh Penguins sit atop the Eastern Conference standings with 81 points. Now, its a shared lead, seeing as the Montreal Canadiens also have the same number of points. However, Pittsburgh owns the tiebreaker due to an extra regulation win. With 15 games remaining until the playoffs (and only 7 points separating playoff […]

Big ups to my blogging friend BP at AA for the video. I hope you happened to catch Pitt’s win over Syracuse yesterday. I didn’t catch the entire game, but I turned it on as we were down 11 with about 2 and a half minutes remaining. Turns out, Pitt ended the game on an […]

Big Ben just got paid. How much, you may ask? How about 8 years and $102 big ones. $36 mil is guaranteed. Jay Glazer first reported that the deal was iminent, but the details finally emerged. Biggest contract in Steelers history? Oh, hell yes. The Steelers are also close to signing Mewelde Moore. That might […]

Big Ben just got paid. How much, you may ask? How about 8 years and $102 big ones. $36 mil is guaranteed. Jay Glazer first reported that the deal was iminent, but the details finally emerged. Biggest contract in Steelers history? Oh, hell yes. The Steelers are also close to signing Mewelde Moore. That might […]

Indulge me on this slow Friday. I mean, come on…its a leap year/day, for cryin’ out loud. I came across Mental_Floss’ WWF Superstars Quiz and started thinking about Thumbwrestlers. There’s no adequate video of these amazing toys on the Youtubes, but I found this site. They actually had the commercial to download, so I embedded […]

Yesterday, I received an email from Pat at WHYGAVS and the AOL Fanhouse asking if I’d be interested in writing a poem. I agreed, mainly because I haven’t written a poem since about 5th grade, and my poetry skillz could use some practice. As it turns out, Fanhouse is pimping out some solid local bloggers […]

Pittsburgh fans…your Pittsburgh Pirates are currently on a 1-game win streak! /high fives every Pirates fan in my mind. The Buccos opened spring training with a solid 5-0 win over…the Manatee Community College Lancers? I know things have been pretty bad for the Pirates over the past couple 15 seasons, but I guess we’ll take […]

Yoi. There are no other words to describe the passing of Myron Cope. He was family, even if you never met him. We invited him in for so many weekend get-togethers, enjoyed his off-beat antics, and loved him like a father or grandfather. He will be missed on so many different levels. This is for […]

R.I.P. John Rocker. No…not the guy (although there are probably a few minorities and some queers with AIDS who just had a mini-fit after reading that. And now that I’ve written “queers with AIDS,” I can expect a rather different crowd of Googlers). Last night was the final stop on Deadspin’s GSTF Book Tour, taking […]

R.I.P. John Rocker. No…not the guy (although there are probably a few minorities and some queers with AIDS who just had a mini-fit after reading that. And now that I’ve written “queers with AIDS,” I can expect a rather different crowd of Googlers). Last night was the final stop on Deadspin’s GSTF Book Tour, taking […]

To my readers in Pittsburgh, I think its time to let you know that I’ve recently moved to New York due to work (the kind that pays you money…not the free kind I give you every day). And by recently, I mean very recently. This move came at the perfect time, because I had been […]

Sorry for getting your hopes up over The Bus possibly starring in the upcoming edition of Dancing With The Stars. It isn’t happening. Here’s the official list. Jason Taylor, for whatever reason, is the NFL-entry. Stupid NY Post…lying to my face and whatnot. However, the one-time Miller Lite spokesman/bar and grille entrepreneur/Detroit native has shifted […]

I have no real posts to type on this cold-ass Friday, so I’m just going to direct you to a solid story by Joe Starkey at the Trib. It involves new Steelers QB Jared Zabransky, and his improbable run from near-Fiesta Bowl-goat, to Fiesta Bowl hero, to unlikely NCAA 08 coverboy, to Arizona Cardinals castoff, […]

Prior to Pirates season, I’m usually in a pretty positive mood. I like to make outrageous claims that this year is going to be the year. I cannot bring myself to do it this year. (I couldn’t believe the Pirates could get worse, but they did) I was about to enter blissfully-ignorant territory again…until yesterday. […]