A game to silence the critics
October 6, 2024
I live in Penn State country. Right in the heart. Ninety percent of my friends are Nittany Lions fans. Ninety percent of my co-workers are Nittany Lions fans. Ninety percent of my neighbors are Penn State fans.
Ninety percent of those friends…
Can Unconventional Win?
September 16, 2024
Unconventional.
In the NFL that could describe a team in 2024 that tries to win with a defense first mentality.
The Steelers continue to attempt winning in this unconventional manner.
Pittsburgh has always prided itself on its…
Ah, Saturdays have meaning again
September 2, 2024
In the spring and summer Saturdays feel like Wednesdays and Thursdays and, truly, any other day of the week. Well, except for the whole go to work thing.
Then September hits.
Now Saturdays have meaning again.
It is time to plan…
Golden
August 11, 2024
Okay, so I know what I wrote in my Final Thought a week ago.
I still stand by those words. I liked the Olympics far better when it was pure(or as close as we get) amateurism. No NBA players. No NHL players. No PGA or LPGA players. Just…
Pirates prove a point
August 4, 2024
The Pittsburgh Pirates proved my point this past week.
I didn’t want them to do any such thing. I wish they wouldn’t have done that thing. As one of the exasperated, frustrated, irritated longstanding fans of the Pittsburgh baseball club, I…
Time for midterm grades in MLB
July 1, 2024
Fireworks.
Cookouts.
Red.
White.
Blue.
Baseball’s halfway point.
Oh, and my Two Cent midseason analysis.
All tremendous traditions for summer.
My focus is the tragedy that is the…
More is not better
June 24, 2024
Every professional sports league has increased the number of playoff spots in recent years.
I would argue that is not a good thing.
The NHL Stanley Cup playoffs often find a David sitting in the seventh or eighth seed. Admittedly,…
Who issued the gag order?
June 17, 2024
Throughout the years many great players have come up empty come playoff time.
The word choke comes to mind when thinking about this lot of players.
James Harden and Joel Embiid have been two of the best NBA players in the past decade.…
The Phillies and Pirates aren’t just on opposite ends of the state
June 10, 2024
Living in Central Pennsylvania allows me to see a fairly even split of Phillies and Pirates paraphernalia. Phillies fans are gloating right now, while Pirates fans are worried it is more of the same in Pittsburgh.
I noticed a great debate…
Author Interview: Classic 'Burgh by David Finoli
April 11, 2019
Jed Donahue talks with David Finoli, author of the book Classic 'Burgh. This book reveals the fifty greatest moments in collegiate Pittsburgh sports history.
