Hockey players can be a very superstitious bunch, from playoff beards to when to and not to touch a conference trophy to goalies talking to goal posts.Their fans can be just as obsessed as to what causes good luck and bad luck.Of course, it's all in people's heads. We all know nothing like that ...
The Penguins' retention of the Stanley Cup really shows you can't keep a good man down, or the next man up, either.Even if that man is Sidney Crosby and he has several opposing defensemen and forwards sitting on him, or imprisoning him to the ice with their sticks and any other hockey ...
Baseball in Western Pennsylvania has a rich history. While doing some research recently I uncovered another baseball gem from the past: Leon Arthur Petitt.Born in Waynesburg, PA on June 23, 1902, Pettit took a long winding road to the Major Leagues. He toiled eight years in the minor ...