Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 3:34 am by
Playoff StuffPenguins - Senators
-Welcome back Jussi Jokinen (above) to the lineup?
-What happened to James Neal's goal scoring ability?
-Or Jarome Iginla's?
-"That is why this is a team sport. If you play golf or tennis, you win it or lose it yourself. In hockey, that’s why you have 20-plus players on the team. Every night, it’s somebody ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 8:05 pm by
Call them Da Beard and Da Brush.
Pittsburgh Steelers running back and artist-in-residence Baron Batch presented team captain Brett Keisel with an abstract painting today after the team's first OTA session of 2013. The Steeler-flavored art features Keisel doing his signature bowhunter sack dance move over a field of 'beard' and Keisel's ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 7:44 pm by
Playing hockey games which mean so much in the month of May is a new experience for Senators defenseman Marc Methot.
Prior to this postseason, he had not experienced this in his professional career. Having spent his first six NHL seasons with the Blue Jackets, Methot's only taste of the Stanley Cup playoffs was a brief four-game sweep at the hands ... Read More and CommentEmpty Netters:
Vokoun on Game 3: 'It doesn’t have any bearing on the game tomorrow unless we let ...
Published on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 5:54 pm by
During Sunday's marathon Game 3, Tomas Vokoun logged the most ice time of any player on either team at 87:39, edging out his Ottawa counterpart, Craig Anderson, by three seconds.
Overtime in the postseason can be exhausting mentally and physically for all players but probably none more so than goaltenders who have to be perfect past regulation for ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 4:34 pm by
The summer shuffle continues.
“The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” has been moved up by two days to Wednesday, Aug. 21. It had been scheduled for Aug. 23.
Cassandra Clare’s best-selling book series inspired the fantasy featuring Lily Collins as a teen who discovers she is descended from Shadowhunters, a secret ... Read More and CommentPublished on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 12:00 am by
This weekend hundreds of cartoonists will descend upon Pittsburgh for the National Cartoonists Society's annual convention. There will be animators, illustrators, magazine cartoonists, greeting card artists, comic book artists, comic strip creators, editorial cartoonists and more. There will be a public event on Sunday May 26th called "Pittsburgh Comic ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 3:00 pm by
The B&Q Sentebale Forget-Me-Not Garden was designed by Prince Harry and others. The garden is a tribute to his mother Princess Diana and is intended to educate visitors the 'Forgotten Kingdom' of Lesotho in southern Africa. Photos by Doug Oster
I'd always dreamed of seeing the Chelsea Flower Show. It's the Super Bowl of garden shows. I had no idea ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 2:50 pm by
Hawaii has become the 40th state to ban texting while driving, the Governors Highway Safety Association announced today.
The Aloha State also banned hand-held cell phone use by drivers, become the 11th state (plus the District of Columbia) to do so. This appears to be a key component of effectively banning texting, because if it is still legal for a ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 1:21 pm by
Paramount Pictures has announced a limited Christmas Day release for Jason Reitman’s “Labor Day.”
It’s based on a Joyce Maynard novel and stars Tobey Maguire, Clark Gregg, Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, James Van Der Beek and others.
The novel tells the story of an alienated 13-year-old boy, his lonely mother and the stranger ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 2:02 pm by
Playoff StuffPenguins - Senators
-"It's a disappointing loss. You're looking at the possibility of 3-0 and the Senators came back into the game -- and the series -- with getting that win." - Dan Bylsma (above) on Game 3.
-Bylsma speaks:
Kings - Sharks
-"We're playing the defending champs and you can tell they're not going to beat themselves. ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 12:04 pm by
Bob Dylan’s nasal croon.
The glorious Beatles harmonies.
The snarling feedback of Hendrix’s guitar.
Not far behind in the iconic sounds of the ’60s is the swirling organ of Ray Manzarek.
The keyboardist for the Doors, who died Monday at 74, made the era all the more psychedelic with his hypnotic, acid-laced work on “Light My Fire,” “Riders on the ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 11:25 am by
Going on a bead hunt? Let Crystal River Gems, lower level of Fifth Avenue Place, in Downtown Pittsburgh help!
Today and tomorrow, the store is holding a bead trunk show, where shoppers can peruse a bevy of beads and stones in a rainbow of colors and unique materials, perfect for jewelry making.
The store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 11:15 am by
It's been a while since we've seen anything from The Clash.
Here it comes all at once!
On Sept. 20, Sony Music Entertainment will release The Clash's "Sound System,' compiling the British punk band’s remastered recorded works together for the first time, in a boombox packaged designed by bassist Paul Simonon.
The price is not ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:05 am by
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When we got home at the end of the long day, Micah asked for Woody. For crying out loud, he'd just brought him in from the van. He lost Woody that fast? We searched the house high and low, searched the van, and realized that Woody was missing. Apparently he never came home from town with us.
Because I'm a sharer, ... Read More and CommentPublished on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 12:00 am by
As the GOP-led Congress tried for the 37th time to repeal Obamacare, I couldn't help but think of that famous quote about how insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Of course, they think this ridiculous endeavor is perfectly sane.
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The adage of having your best players being your best players was never more valid than the 19:31 mark of the third period in last night's Game 3 between the Penguins and Senators.
When his team needed him the most, captain Daniel Alfredsson, the greatest player in franchise's history by any measure, came through with a game-tying short-handed goal ... Read More and CommentEmpty Netters:
Senators' Greening won Game 3 despite having 'pieces' of fiberglass in his face - ...
Published on Monday, 20 May 2013 3:55 pm by
With deadlines having been eradicated due the fact Game 3 between the Penguins and Senators went into two overtimes, members of the media grumbled over the fact Senators center Colin Greening was not available to speak until nearly 1 a.m. earlier today. As it turned out he had a pretty good reason for being tardy.
Fiberglass.
He had pieces of ... Read More and CommentPublished on Monday, 20 May 2013 3:41 pm by
Playoff StuffPenguins - Senators
-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "You like to think you can hold onto the puck for the last 1:27, with a power play. That wasn't the case." - Dan Bylsma.
-The Ottawa Citizen's recap. Craig Anderson rebounds.
-The Associated Press' recap. "Alfie is one of the best guys in the game. We want the puck on ... Read More and CommentPublished on Monday, 20 May 2013 2:03 pm by
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has announced that 40 miles of Pittsburgh roads will be repaved this year at a cost of $10 million. This is from his news release:
“This year’s capital budget allows us to invest in our infrastructure and improve even more roads in our city … Paving and resurfacing city streets is just one way that we work to keep ... Read More and CommentPublished on Monday, 20 May 2013 12:17 pm by
He's in Canada, and so far that's the only explanation we have for why Seth Rorabaugh can't post to this blog. Until the tech guys figure this out, you can follow his blog posts here on PGPlus, where he's declared temporary squatter's rights to the Zeise Out Loud blog.
Update: 1:04 p.m. Seth's posts are back on the Empty Netters blog. Sorry for the ... Read More and Comment