After nine games the Pittsburgh Penguins are 7-2-1 with fifteen points sitting on top of the Metropolitan Division. Sidney Crosby, Patric Hornqvist, and Evgeni Malkin being the top scorers so far with fourteen points from Crosby and eleven each from Malkin and Hornqvist. Despite two tough losses to rivals, Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings,…
World Series Game Seven: Why McCutchen is so Great
In the bottom of the ninth, Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals hit a ball to left field that was subsequently mishandled by Juan Perez of the San Francisco Giants. It was off to the races for Gordon as he rounded first, headed for second, and then turned and made it to third…
Why All Pirates Fans Should Be Rooting for Kansas City Tonight
One autumn evening in 1992, Sid Bream of the Atlanta Braves – a former Pittsburgh Pirate – slid across home plate and scored the winning run in game seven of the National League Championship Series that took his team past the Pittsburgh Pirates into the World Series. While Braves fans erupted in cheers, Pirates…
Avonworth Football Team Interviewed by WTAE – Guest Photographer Jenna Foster
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Mary Lambert’s Single “Secrets” Reveals Cheery Look at Darker Struggles
Mary Lambert’s first single “Secrets,” off her first full length album Heart on My Sleeve, is about confessing many of her “secrets” and not caring if the world knows or what the world has to say about them. Some of the secrets confessed consist of her bipolar disorder, being passive aggressive, and being openly gay….
American Conflicts Class Visits OT Police Station, guest photographer: Shane Fitzgerald
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Penguins Hockey Week 2: All but perfect
After the first two games, the Penguins are 2-0-0 with a total of 11 goals scored. Six of which coming from the top line of Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz, and the surprising Patric Hornqvist. The Pens acquired Hornqvist from the Nashville Predators during the offseason in the James Neal trade, and he is already proving…
Penguins Hockey Week 1: New Faces – Fresh Start
Here is why you should be excited about this upcoming season: First, Sidney Crosby is 100%, and the team is looking to exceed expectations and get into another deep playoff run. Second, a new coach means a new fire sparked within the Penguins players. And third, it is fully possible that the Penguins can get…
Do Something About… – By Kiara Devese and Ethan Woodfill
On Saturday, September 27th, The Awesome Do Something Club raised nearly $400 at the annual Ben Avon Fall Festival. They brought in $300 for the Live Like Lou [Gherig] Foundation and $80 for the WPA Humane Society. Behind the brains of this operation were the creative minds of the Do Something Club. They came up…
Mike Tompkins Delivers Energetic Sound – guest writer, Andrew Righetti
Mike Tompkins opened for Heffron Drive at The Altar Bar in the Strip District on September 17th and, in the end, made the show worth-while for this reviewer. Coming off of the streets into The Altar Bar, I just had this really hyped feeling. There were a ton of colored lights shining into the dark…