(i’m on my way to latrobe from new york city. will be in town all weekend. still, i got your back with some posts today and tomorrow) I wanted to take a moment to highlight an upcoming exhibit at Carnegie Mellon University. As a Pittsburgh sports fan, I’m drawn to anything and everything that encapsulates […]

The Second City is a legendary comedy troupe that launched the careers of more comedy actors than you know. From the mid-70s to mid-80s, Second City Television, or SCTV, could be seen on Canadian airwaves. This clip is from an episode titled, “Boucin Back To You With The Tubes,” airing July 24, 1981. John Candy’s […]

I happened across Deadspin yesterday and saw weekend writer Brian Hickey mention a Furry Basketball Association. Being the investigative blogger, I checked it out, seeing that Pittsburgh knows about those furries all too well. And yep, there’s a Pittsburgh team. The league itself, the FBA, is: “a fictional/fantasy basketball league consisting of furry participants. It […]

Billionaire Ron Burkle was in talks to buy dead movie studio Miramax. It was just sold to a Burkle-less group of investors. Guess he’ll have to be content with the Pens and Mario and Sid and a Cup and billions of dollars. Damn.

The Pirates unfortunately lost to the Rockies tonight, 9-3. However, the only cool part happened before the game. Check out this ridiculous catch on a batting practice home run. Dude in the black t-shirt totally thinks he has it. And he does…until it hits his hand, ricochets BEHIND HIS HEAD and right into the waiting […]

Marc Eckō’s Complex Magazine blog recently wrote about the professional sports hats with the biggest representation in the world of gangs. Dodgers and Reds hats were the most popular, primarily due to the Bloods and Crips. They listed the “Top 10,” but clearly left off the classic Black and Gold Pirates hat. The colors are […]

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If I had to choose, I’d go with a cold can of Coke over a can of Pepsi, but Pepsi is still delicious and is giving away $200,000.00 more than Coke in grant money to an MLB city. So screw Coke. Andrew McCutchen is the Pirates representative, and he outlines the city and team’s plan […]

ESPN has a new interactive map which shows their report about the concessions at professional sports venues in North America. It looks like the 3 main Pittsburgh spots…Heinz Field, Civic Arena and PNC Park, all fall squarely into the 50-75% nasty catgeory. I know! I expected worse…especially out of the old and now-nearly-dead Civic Arena. But it […]

From this video‘s description: “My sim is playing the computer and he is playing football. He is versing the Steelers.” Anyone “versing” the Steelers deserves to get crushed mercilessly. All 64 bits of you or whatever.

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Amalia Tabata-Pereira, the 44-year old wife of the much younger Jose Tabata of the Pirates, officially pled guilty to stealing a baby and convincing her husband that the kid was his. In case you had any doubts. Thanks to my bud Isaac for the tip.