"Pittsburgh sophomore point guard Carl Krauser will never be accused of forgetting his roots. Before every game Krauser writes only the strong survive in nyc on his sneakers, and whenever he makes a good play, he forms an X with his arms, which, he'll readily tell one and all, represents the final letter of the Bronx. After Pitt's 66-45 drubbing of Syracuse at the Carrier Dome last Saturday, in which Krauser scored just five points but had 10 rebounds, eight assists and two steals, he mentioned ...

It has been said recently in the Pittsburgh media that we can now declare that Jamie Dixon was the right man for the job. As Lee Corso would say, "Whoa not so fast their." After all we are only half way into the Big East season. If Pitt were to flame out in the first round of the tournament would we still consider Dixon a success??? Don't get me wrong. I love Jamie as much as the next guy. In fact I thing the best thing he did was not change a thing after Howland left. Too many coaches think the...

I found a gem of a website documenting player salaries and attendence figures. I will post a few things to show you what is wrong with hockey and then write an article in the future. Salary Acumulated JAGR, JAROMIR 74,694,851 $ TKACHUK, KEITH 59,788,674 $ HULL, BRETT 53,741,000 $ 24 LINDROS, ERIC 47,917,000 $ 25 LEMIEUX, MARIO 47,636,829 $ MODANO, MIKE 58,466,400 $ With the exception of Mario, these are all guys who have spoken out in favor of a Lockout. I guess they ...

February 8th, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05:54 pm - Morelli Madness I know this is a hell of alot of posts for one day but I am a dork and throwing one more up. I highly suggest you read this whole article at Pittsburgh Live but I will give you a few quotes from it. Its about how Morelli decided on PSU but the stuff about Morelli and his Dad is just to funny to pass up. I gurantee that the Morelli family will never do an interview...

Ah, my first posting. Hang in there with me while I work through and Tech problems. "It's official. Penn Hills quarterback Anthony Morelli is considering Penn State. Morelli is at Penn State this weekend on an official recruiting visit. Morelli, ranked by some scouting services as one of the top 10 quarterbacks in the country, made a verbal commitment to Pitt in August. But verbal commitments are not binding, and Morelli said two weeks ago that he might start listening to other schools." ...

"The Penguins announced prior to Thursday night's 5-1 loss at the St. Pete Times Forum that Fleury would be reassigned today to his former junior team, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League." Courtesy Pittsburgh Live.com All I have to say is its about time. Fleury will no doubt be a great NHL player but for right now this is the right move. Fleury needs to regain some confidence that may have been lost after he was responsible for the USA's gamewinning goal...

I will attempt to write some things tonight despite the fact that my new Latino roomate Diamond(real name Dominick)is bumping some kind of god awfull rap. Welcome to my paradise. Pitt did infact lose 4 players today. Johnny Payton, a three star guy, was lost to South Florida, a blue chip linebacker, James Bryant was lost to Miami despite being from Pa. Obviously Johnson and Morelli were also lost. What was once a top 25 recruiting class will no doubt be blasted in the Pittsburgh media tomarr...

He are some interesting quotes from today with a little comentary. If anybody else find some gems throw em up. Morelli was purposefully vague about his reasons for backing away from Pitt. He wants to major in kinesiology, which he said Pitt does not offer. He was impressed by Beaver Stadium and Penn State's on-campus training facilities, as opposed to Pitt's far-flung venues. "I like the fact that everything is real close, so I don't have to hop on buses all the time for practice and eve...

Torey while you are hunting down the Clarret story, perhaps you could get us an R.J. Umberger update as well. As you should know by now R.J. has chossen to sit out the year instead of signing the Canucks contract. The story here began last year when R.J. was encouraged to find an agent by the GM Brian Burke. He did so, effectvly ending a very good college carrer. He percieves that the Canucks low balled him by offering a 700K signing bonus and 700K and some change per year. He might be right as ...

See how I got you to mention the lockout there Kinger. It was the subject I really wanted to write about but figured people would bitch at me for it. So I let you mention it. Oh yes, I am the puppet master. There are not enough comments yet for me to warrent writing a whole article trying to defend myself. Hopefully we will get some chatter this weekend. For now here is the CBA article. I will begin with a few quotes I found. "In professional sports now, if you can't control your expenses, yo...