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COLUMN: A great day for USA Hockey

Sunday was a great day for hockey in the United States of America. Prior to the start of the games in Milan, U.S. coach Mike Sullivan told the team the 1980 group inspired a generation and they had a chance to do the same. In the hours that followed Jack Hughes’ golden goal, social media was filled with videos of people celebrating, but particularly countless videos of kids either watching with their teammates before a practice, or stopping a game to celebrate together. Even kids that don’t play hockey (yet) watching at home and being captivated by the biggest moment for USA ...

Reflecting on eight years covering a legend

Time is a funny thing. It feels like it’s flying by sometimes, this summer perhaps more than ever. It feels like just last week we were gathered around baseball diamonds across the Valley, but here we are, the summer is almost over and just like that we are in August. Eight weeks has, in a ...

COLUMN: Ohio State’s title a story of redemption

Redemption. That will be the story of the 2024-25 Ohio State Buckeyes. It’s a story chocked full of it. Some 51 days before Ryan Day was being doused in Gatorade and lifting a national championship trophy, there were more people thinking he would be looking for a job than thought the ...

COLUMN: When will enough be enough?

“Where is the fight?” “There’s no push back at all.” “This does not look like the Pittsburgh Steelers.” “They look uninspired.” “Unfocused.” Those were the phrases used on the Amazon Prime broadcast about the Steelers as they fell in yet another deep hole in a ...

COLUMN: Fleury will always be special to Pittsburgh

How often do you see a home team’s fans cheer when their team loses? It happened Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena. And, as a Penguins fans myself, it not only made sense, it just seemed right. Those cheers were for Marc-Andre Fleury, who at his now elevated age for an NHL goaltender, ...

COLUMN: Early impressions through the first 3 weeks of football

We’re a couple of weeks into the season now and have a small, but decent enough, sample size to see how our local teams are shaping up. In Ohio, we have a little clearer picture as the teams have played three games. In West Virginia, there is still a lot to be determined through two ...