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Don Cannon was arrested . Sad news from the state of California, where former WTAE and KDKA newsman Don Cannon was arrested on bench warrants issued for failure to serve his sentences for two DUI convictions in Allegheny County. The 69-year-old Cannon (real name Donald James Clark), moved to ...
MLB
Mark Eaton
Jason Bay
Pittsburgh Panthers
Sergei Gonchar
James Harrison
Pittsburgh Pirates
Troy Polamalu has really taken his crossover appeal to another level since winning a second Super Bowl (unless you've missed the endless Head and Shoulders ads, Madden cover or Jimmy Fallon appearance), and as the latest example, he was chosen to appear in a public service ad alongside ...
NFL
Troy Polamalu
Drew Brees
Dallas Cowboys
DeMarcus Ware
Pittsburgh Steelers
New Orleans Saints
King Crosby is having a pretty good year. On the same day that he carried the Olympic torch in his native Canada , he was nominated for Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year . Given the Penguins' recent luck, I was fully prepared to hear that Sid dropped the torch, burning his lower body ...
NHL
Pittsburgh Penguins
Sidney Crosby
Canada
Sports Illustrated
Ottawa Senators
Arnold Harrison has a new gig - The special teams sacrificial lamb is now a Cleveland Brown. It's the second bit of horrible news he's received this week. [PFT] The Penguins lose another player to injury . Jay McKee, who blocks shots like a hockey version of Shaq, is out two to four weeks ...
NFL
Arnold Harrison
Sidney Crosby
Pittsburgh Panthers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Cincinnati Bearcats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Ahh, the classic mistake of Bengal overconfidence. Really, Cincinnati? First you sign Larry Johnson, and then your fans burn the Terrible Towel? But I guess you should enjoy it while you can. We all know how this movie ends. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a photo to post. *Video ...
NFL
Larry Johnson
Cincinnati Bengals
Pittsburgh Steelers
Thankfully, the Pitt Panthers were able to shake off their early-season rust in front of a national audience on Tuesday, easily handling the Binghamton Bearcats by a 71-46 count on ESPN2. The game, which had a rare 5:30 PM start because of its inclusion in ESPN's 24-hour college basketball ...
NCAA Basketball
Pittsburgh Panthers
Ashton Gibbs
Duquesne Dukes
Troy Polamalu is officially "questionable" . Dr. Tomlin explained at his Tuesday press conference that the All-World safety has a strained PCL in his left knee, which leaves his status up in the air for Sunday's game. Luckily, the Steelers are playing Kansas City, so at least there's no need ...
NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers
Kansas City Chiefs
Pittsburgh Panthers
Buffalo Bills
Chicago Bears
Last night's Penguin game had a lot to smile about, even though it came at the expense of a 6-10-3 Anaheim team, and this heavyweight bout between Bill Guerin and Ryan Getzlaf will rank near the top of the highlight reel of the 5-2 victory. Guerin scored his fifth goal of the season, Matt ...
NHL
Bill Guerin
Ryan Getzlaf
Matt Cooke
Jordan Staal
Martin Skoula
Pittsburgh Penguins
ESPN is running an ambitious event on Tuesday featuring 24 straight hours of live college basketball , and the Pitt Panthers will be part of the festivities. The 1-0 Panthers have a rare 5:30 start for their contest with Binghamton on Tuesday night, and Andy Katz did not have many kind things ...
NCAA Basketball
Pittsburgh Panthers
Gilbert Brown
Jermaine Dixon
Don't mean to interrupt the Steeler discussion, but a few breaking stories to pass along... -- Larry Johnson is headed to Cincy . After Cedric Benson was injured in yesterday's game against the Steelers, the Bengals picked up the phone and dialed "panic". LJ is en route to Cincinnati and is ...
NFL
Larry Johnson
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Panthers
Ben Roethlisberger
Pittsburgh Penguins
West Virginia Mountaineers
BENGALS (7-2) 18 STEELERS (6-3) 12 ROETHLISBERGER 20-40, 175 YARDS, 1 INT MENDENHALL 13-36 HOLMES 7-88 Nobody's perfect, which the Steelers proved while basically handing the 2009 AFC North division crown to Cincinnati on Sunday. A few thoughts on the disappointing conclusion to ...
NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers
Cincinnati Bengals
The sports extravaganza/ traffic nightmare dubbed "Homecoming Weekend" has so far resulted in a Pitt basketball win in their home opener, a Penguin win in overtime, and a Pitt win over Notre Dame in front of a national audience. You're up, Steelers. We'll start with the Penguins, who eeked ...
NCAA Football
Pittsburgh Panthers
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Charlie Weis
Pittsburgh Penguins
Bill Guerin
Dave Wannstedt
While many of us were distracted with Cincy-WVU or thinking ahead to this weekend's buffet of great sports TV, the Pitt Panthers officially opened their 2009-10 campaign at the Pete against Wofford . And it wasn't particularly pretty. Down by as many as 13 in the second half, the Panthers ...
NCAA Basketball
Pittsburgh Panthers
Gary McGhee
Brad Wanamaker
Pittsburgh Penguins
Seriously? Yes, seriously: the injury bug chomped on the Penguins once again, as it was announced that Chris Kunitz will miss about two weeks with the contagious "lower body" injury. With Kunitz's injury, the defending champs are now missing over one-third of its roster. For those scoring at ...
NHL
Chris Kunitz
Pittsburgh Penguins
Brooks Orpik
Evgeni Malkin
Maxime Talbot
Sergei Gonchar
--Mean Joe Greene will be at Heinz Field on Sunday to accept his Clio award for creative excellence in advertising. And yes, it's a little late. Greene won the award in 1979 but wasn’t available to accept the award at the time, and never received the hardware over the past 30 years. ...
NCAA Basketball
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Panthers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Pirates
It's raining and pouring right now for the Pittsburgh Penguins, as it was announced today that defenseman Brooks Orpik will miss two weeks with the mysterious "lower body" injury. I'm sure I speak on behalf of Penguin fans everywhere when I wish him a speedy recovery. As far as the other ...
NHL
Brooks Orpik
Pittsburgh Penguins
Evgeni Malkin
Sergei Gonchar
New Jersey Devils
As mentioned numerous times, there are some intriguing football games coming up this weekend at Heinz Field, and ESPN has taken notice, which officially makes it a big deal. Mike and Mike , the sports talk radio industry's attempt at a daily four-hour Odd Couple sequel, will be broadcasting ...
NFL
Jerome Bettis
Hines Ward
Mike Logan
ESPN
Mike Golic
Pittsburgh Steelers
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to stay up to watch this when it originally aired, but here's the video of Jimmy Fallon's show from Tuesday night featuring the flowing locks of one Troy Polamalu. The Steeler safety continued the team's assault on network TV in 2009 with a pleasant appearance ...
NFL
Troy Polamalu
Pittsburgh Steelers
Buried in a story about former MLB pitcher Victor Zambrano's mother being rescued from a recent kidnapping ordeal in Venezuela is this bit of information on former Pirate Jose Castillo: Another former MLB player, Jose Castillo, was attacked by armed men on motorcycles as he left his luxury ...
MLB
Jose Castillo
Pittsburgh Pirates
Victor Zambrano
Venezuela
--You Pitt fans better print out these Fear the Stache signs if you're going to the game on Saturday. [The Fighting Wannstaches] --Tough 3-0 loss for the Penguins on Tuesday night against Boston. Not only did they get shut out for the second game in a row, but they also lost Brooks Orpik ...
