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The Leader rides out the storm
By Tribune-ReviewThe Leader lost power Monday night and dealt with an electricity-less existence for more than 48 hours. To write this column, the Leader cranked a ...
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DC Picks looking forward to postseason
By Dc PicksIt’s hard to believe another WPIAL high school football regular season has come and gone. Picks can remember watching baseball games in July, thinking that ...
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Mt. Pleasant seeks elusive playoff win
By Jason Black, Daily CourierWhen coach Bo Ruffner analyzed Mt. Pleasant at the beginning of the season, it was tough to come up with one glaring weakness. The offense, ...
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McGuffey knocks off Laurel Highlands in Week 10 game
By Tribune-ReviewJim Pierce threw for 116 yards, including a 9-yard touchdown pass to Corey Dascenzo, but Laurel Highlands dropped a 41-20 decision to McGuffey in a ...
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Trib HS Insider Q&A: Mt. Pleasant’s Eli Holt
By Jason Black, Daily CourierMt. Pleasant senior linebacker Eli Holt has 95 tackles, including 15 for losses this season for the Vikings, who are preparing for a WPIAL Class ...
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Frazier prepares for tough test against Clairton
By Jason Black, Daily CourierThere probably aren’t many people giving the Frazier football team much of a chance in Friday’s first-round WPIAL Class A playoff game against Clairton. But ...
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Peters Township ends Gateway’s WPIAL title hopes
By Michael LoveThe Gateway varsity girls soccer team was unable to solve Peters Township’s defense, and the No. 1 seed defeated the Gators, 3-0, in a WPIAL ...
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Starkey: What did you find, Mr. Nutting?
By Joe Starkey, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewIt had been 34 days since Pirates owner Bob Nutting made this promise: “I can assure you I will personally look deeply into every aspect ...
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TCU quarterback Boykin focused on not making mistakes
By John Harris, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewTCU coach Gary Patterson calls it the Andy Dalton rule. Dalton, the former TCU quarterback who now plays for the Cincinnati Bengals, didn’t always have ...
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Notre Dame evokes intense fan emotions
By Bob Cohn, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewChatting pleasantly with a woman at a law firm retreat, things suddenly went south for Matt Thornton. She asked where he went to college. Notre ...
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Umberger to be inducted into Plum High School Sports Hall of Fame
By Michael LoveR.J. Umberger became well known locally in the sport of hockey during the two seasons he played on the Plum varsity team from 1996 to ...
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Senior Players Championship returning to Fox Chapel G.C. for the next two...
By Scott Brown, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewMajor championship golf will be returning to western Pennsylvania in 2013-14. Champions Tour and Fox Chapel Golf Course have agreed to stage the next two ...
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Penn State football notebook: Road trip could provide calming influence
By Scott Brown, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA film review from a 35-23 loss to Ohio State led one of the most analytical thinkers on Penn State’s football team to conclude that ...
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Steelers notebook: Roethlisberger says “dink and dunk’ not a negative term
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewBen Roethlisberger believes “dink and dunk” perfectly describes the Steelers’ reshaped offense. “When I said it a couple of weeks ago, people made a big ...
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Steelers won’t leave for New York till day of game
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThis might be a travel first for the Steelers: They won’t fly to New York for their late Sunday afternoon game against the Giants until ...
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Looking back at the Pitt-Notre Dame rivalry
By Jerry DiPaola, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewPitt has played Notre Dame 67 times — more than any opponent other than West Virginia, Penn State and Syracuse. Finding the most memorable wasn’t ...
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Emerging Belton could hold key to Penn State ground game
By Scott Brown, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewAdrian Amos made a prediction, and if the sophomore cornerback is right, it will bode well for Penn State in the final four games of ...
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Recent weather has impact on fishing in Western Pennsylvania
By Bob Frye, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review• Anglers fishing Lower Twin Lake have been picking up stocked trout fishing with white Rooster Trails. • Fishing the downstream edges of locks and ...
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College insider: Pitt among possible spoiler teams
By Jerry DiPaola, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewPitt coach Paul Chryst doesn’t like labeling his team a potential spoiler even though the Panthers can ruin Notre Dame’s season with a victory Saturday ...
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Tough third period dooms Thomas Jefferson hockey
By Josh Yohe, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThomas Jefferson hockey coach Bill Crousey isn’t a big fan of the PIHL’s decision to change period lengths from 15 to 17 minutes, especially on ...
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