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Good pitching beats good hitting

PITTSBURGH -- There's an old adage in baseball that good pitching always beats good hitting.If you don't agree with it, then you weren't watching the Pirates' 5-4 victory over the Tigers in Pittsburgh's home opener at PNC Park on Monday afternoon.Detroit entered the game unbeaten at 6-0 and as ...

PITTSBURGH -- Many fans will tell you the first week of the NCAA men's basketball tournament is No. 1 on the list of most popular sport times of the year.With 16 elimination games on Thursday and 16 more on Friday followed by eight each on Saturday and Sunday, how can even the casual college ...

Who can take down Kentucky?

LetÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ face it, there is only one real question as everyone fills out their NCAA menÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ basketball bracket this year: Will Kentucky win it all and be the first team to go undefeated since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers … or not?There is actually one other question if you believe the latter: Who ...

No repeat for Seattle; take the Patriots

It's no secret who I like in this year's Super Bowl.Well, I don't "like" either team, but I'm already on record (Twitter/Facebook) as saying the Patriots are "guaranteed" to win this game and I'm sticking with that even though that was pre-"Deflategate."I see two extremely determined and ...

Pitt, Penn State, WVU show mettle with big wins

Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia were all question marks of varying degrees when the college football season began, but if Saturday was any indication, this could be a good year for all three.That's because all three were tested in different ways and managed to come out on top.The Panthers, ...

NCAA finally cuts PSU a break

Finally, the NCAA did something right in the handling of the Penn State Jerry Sandusky scandal.The Nittany Lions football team was made bowl-eligible again on Monday as the NCAA cut its original ban of four years in half. Penn State head coach James Franklin will get a full allotment of ...