Hockey season could end tonight.It should have ended a long time ago, and I’m not talking about the Penguins not eliminating the San Jose Sharks Thursday night. I’m talking about it being June 12 and the NHL championsip hasn’t been decided.If the NHL season ends tonight, or with a Game 7 ...
Words can’t describe how glad I am to have grown up when I did. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve written that sentence over the last 100 years or so. It usually preceded or followed a story about helicopter parents, overly organized youth sports, outlawing tag on the playground or the ...
Here’s a name you’re going to get tired of hearing: Marc-Edouard Vlasic. Sidney Crosby is going to be sick of looking at him by 10 p.m. Monday.He’s the San Jose Sharks’ shutdown defenseman, and boy do the San Jose Sharks like to shut down their opponents’ top scorers. Justin Braun is ...
Time to stick with Flower.Matt Murray had one of the best runs a rookie goaltender has ever had in the Stanley Cup Playoffs but it might have come to an end in between the second and third periods Friday night in Tampa.It wasn’t his fault the Penguins were down 4-0. It also wasn’t ...
We’re a game into the Eastern Conference Final and much of Penguinsland is in a panic. The Penguins are down 1-0, and Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were shut out.Again.Of course, the one goal the Penguins scored wouldn’t have happened if not for a ridiculous between the legs, backward ...
It’s a good thing Andrew McCutchen doesn’t have a C on the front of his Pirates jersey.If the reaction to Sidney Crosby’s slow start this season is any indication, there would be calls from fans and even some in the media to have it ripped off.McCutchen is not off to a good start this ...
