Published on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 10:55 pm by
Roundup of PIAA second-round boys and girls games from Tuesday night.
Central Valley came up with a big fourth quarter and turned back Thomas Jefferson, 61-51, in a PIAA Class AAA boys quarterfinal game at Chartiers Valley.Thomas Jefferson held a 40-38 lead after three quarters, but Central Valley came on strong in the fourth, outscoring the Jaguars, ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 10:54 pm by
If things went right, the situation was supposed to play out like a dream for Robert Morris.
The team that played with and somehow excelled with eight players for two months was a game away from an NCAA tournament berth that once appeared improbable in a lost season.
By the time the final buzzer sounded, that dream wasn’t necessarily a ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 6:31 pm by
PREGAME
5:24: Carlson is deep in the offensive zone and whips a wrister on net from above the left circle. Fleury snags it.
4:57: Sutter sneaks up the right wing and feeds a pass to the blue paint. Gibbons charges in and taps it wide.
4:19: The Penguins are all of the Capitals in their own zone. After Adams forces Ward into a turnover near the ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 5:37 pm by
The state House did not vote as expected March 10 on a bill that would put more control over the management of endangered and threatened species in the hands of legislators.
Sources in Harrisburg said supporters of the bill believed they didn't have enough votes to pass the Endangered Species Coordination Act.
Speaking from a conference in Denver, ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 5:33 pm by
Sports Illustrated's Doug Farrar today sharply criticized the Steelers decisions regarding cornerback Ike Taylor -- not that they didn't cut his salary enough, but that they kept him at all.
" ... the decision to hold fast with cornerback Ike Taylor defies all available logic ... the question isn’t what Taylor’s worth — the question here is ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 5:14 pm by
Big Sewickley Creek: East Branch to Big Sewickley Creek Rd. bridge, March 1 browns/rainbows; April 15 brows/rainbows, meets 12:45 p.m. I-79 exit 22 Wexford; May 5 meets 12:45 p.m. I-79 exit 22 Wexford.Bull Creek: Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only section, March 11 browns/rainbows, meets 12:30 p.m. Park and Ride lot off Rte. 28 Tarentum exit. ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 2:11 pm by
The pileup of dozens of cars and trucks on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Philadelphia on Feb. 14 was caused by weird weather and bad driving, state police have concluded.
“I believe human error played a large factor in this,” said Lt. Col. George Bivens, deputy commissioner of operations, at a hearing today. Weather conditions were changing ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 1:50 pm by
Rise up this mornin',
Smile with the risin' sun,
Three little eggs...
Inside the Hays nest...
There are not yet tweeting or singing sweet songs (or making eagle calls like these), but they've become sort of a local sensation.
The Eagle cam, courtesy of PixController, has been one of the most popular features ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 12:06 pm by
The Post-Gazette obtained both the West Virginia and Alabama contracts for the 2014 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at Georgia Dome in Atlanta via Freedom of Information Act requests. The details, simplified, were used in concert with an interview with West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck for Tuesday's story on the rising trend of ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 12:00 pm by
After the film premiere “Madame Presidenta: Why not U.S.?” on March 8 at the Carnegie Museum of Art, I sat down with its director and producer Heather Arnet, CEO of the Women and Girls Foundation in Southwestern Pa. As was promised in my yesterday’s blog post, I am sharing our conversation below.
Natalie Bencivenga: Why Brazil? This ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 11:35 am by
Duquesne senior forward Ovie Soko was named to the All-Atlantic 10 third team Tuesday morning. Soko led the conference in scoring (18.2 ppg) and was sixth in rebounding (7.8 rpg). He was the only player in the top-10 in both points and rebounds, and was the only forward in the top 13 scorers in the league.A Soko snub? Well, as it tends to happen ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 11:27 am by
Spring is nigh, more or less, and we know that because Park Place/Regent Square are holding their annual home improvement workshop. We know that thanks to Marlene Green, a board member of the Greater Park Place Neighborhood Association.
On March 22, from 10a to noon, the seventh annual event sponsored by the Park Place association and the ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 10:23 am by
Both the University of Pittsburgh Law School and Duquesne Law School moved up significantly in the annual ranking of law schools by U.S. News and World Report.
Pitt's law school, which dropped in last year's ranking from 69th to 91st, moved up ten spots in the latest survey, to No. 81, tied with nine other law schools.
Duquesne Law, which made the ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 6:58 am by
Penguins
-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "Everybody needs points, especially at this time of year. You could tell they were playing desperate. We're going to expect much the same [tonight]." - Sidney Crosby on facing the Capitals once again tonight.
-The Washington Post's recap. “Every time when we don’t win the game it’s [a] putback ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 11 March 2014 3:35 pm by
A preview of the Capitals.
When and where: 7:30 p.m. EDT. Consol Energy Center.
TV: Root Sports (Pittsburgh market), NBC Sports (rest of the United States), TSN2.
Record: 30-26-10, 70 points. The Capitals are in fifth place in the Neapolitan Ice Cream Metropolitan Division.
Leading Scorer: Alex Ovechkin, 67 points (44 goals, 23 assists).
Last ... Read More and CommentPublished on Monday, 10 March 2014 11:27 pm by
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Duquesne coach Jim Ferry joined a few media members for a brief roundtable Monday afternoon at Palumbo Center. The 10th-seeded Dukes will fly out Tuesday to Brooklyn, where they wait to meet No. 7 seed Richmond Thursday afternoon.
Here's the bulk of our conversation ...
How are you feeling going into the A-10 tourney?
"I feel good ... Read More and CommentPublished on Monday, 10 March 2014 6:57 pm by
PREGAME
9:24: Alzner chucks a wrister fromt he right point. Zatkoff fights it off despite traffic.
8:42: Green chucks a wrister from the right point over the cage.
7:46: Despres has a wrister from the left point blocked.
7:20: The Penguin's new first line strike. Off a stretch pass by Niskanen from his own zone, Stempniak taps a pass from the ... Read More and CommentPublished on Monday, 10 March 2014 5:43 pm by
A preview of the Capitals.
When and where: 7 p.m. EDT. Verizon Center.
TV: Root Sports (Pittsburgh market), CSN-Washington (Washington D.C. market), NHL Network (rest of the United States).
Record: 30-25-10, 70 points. The Capitals are in fifth place in the Neapolitan Ice Cream Metropolitan Division.
Leading Scorer: Alex Ovechkin, 67 points (44 ... Read More and CommentPublished on Monday, 10 March 2014 4:44 pm by
Western Pennsylvania doesn't have a reputation for producing much top Division I college basketball talent over the past couple decades, but some former players from the district have done some big things this season, evidenced by the honors they received in the past couple days.
You'll be hard-pressed to come up with a year when this many former ... Read More and CommentPublished on Monday, 10 March 2014 4:30 pm by
I consider my colleague Sam Werner a friend, but the fact that he titles all of his Pitt football practice blog posts 'Talkin Bout Practice" is something I will never forgive him for, mostly because it means I can't do it.
Anyway, Andy Toole and select players were made available to the media today after practice. With the NEC championship game almost ... Read More and Comment