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Updating last night's item about what's happened to the Steelers in past seasons with a 1-2 start, I checked in with Bill Barnwell at Football Outsiders to see if they might have any hard figures on what happens to a 1-2 team. They did, and its not good: ...
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I just made it through a preview of "Zombieland" without throwing up, but I'm glad I did -- make it through, I mean. It was funny, when I could watch.
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by Diana Nelson Jones/Sept 30
Pittsburgh ranks in the top 25 cities in green commuting, but we need more chicks on bikes. Thanks to BikePGH, we have a survey conducted from Census information and passed along by BikePGH's Erok Boerer.
Portland and Minneap...
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By Mike White | Wednesday, Sept. 30, 8:55 p.m.
Pitt's newest football recruit plays for a legendary coach in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mark Myers of St. Ignatius High School made a verbal commitment to Pitt Tuesday night. He had been hoping for a scholarship...
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A few years ago, I went out to the Post-Gazette Pavilion to see Bob Dylan, whose music I have always loved. Thirty years earlier I had seen him perform at Earls Court in London and I was eager to see him again.
Paul Simon was on the same bill, another pe...
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That might be the lamest headline we've ever come up for a post. Sorry.
Anyway, Martin Skoula (right) and Dan Bylsma talked today about the former Wild defenseman joining the Penguins.
-Skoula on being cut by the Panthers and Blue Jackets this preseason...
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Here’s the last crop of lettuce, planted two weeks ago. As the temperatures cool, I cover many crops with this winter blanket called a floating row cover. It’s a spun bound translucent fabric so light the plants can hold it up. This is an inexpe...
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From Dave Molinari:
The Penguins have claimed forward Chris Bourque on waivers from
Washington and lost rugged left winger Paul Bissonnette (above) on waivers to
Phoenix.
Bourque is the son of Hall of Fame defenseman Raymond Bourque.
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The Penguins released an image of the Stanley Cup's latest renovation:
Personally, we would've added another ring to fit "The Great" in front of the last name listed there.
UPDATE: EN commenter AlexandreGiesbrecht comes up with a big-time "correction:"
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Russell Crowe, now in Pittsburgh for the Paul Haggis film called "The Next Three Days," is the butt of a one-liner in "Zombieland."
When four of the last (or the last) human survivors on the planet crash a Hollywood A-lister's house and scour the ki...
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Congrats to the American Composers Forum, whose excellent Innova Recordings label -- make that innova (lower case!) -- will now be distributed by Naxos. Its a good sign that the little label that truly puts music ahead of marketing (it's a non-profit), wi...
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This has little to do with Pittsburgh but it's still a fun photo by Kevin Kolczynski, Universal Orlando.
Actor John C. Reilly was in Florida for the opening night of Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights on Friday (when we were still in the mids...
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From the Associated Press:
"My So-Called Life" actress Claire Danes and "Confessions of a Shopaholic" actor Hugh Dancy have married.
Danes' spokeswoman Jodi Gottlieb says the 30-year-old Danes has married the 34-year-old Dancy more than two years after t...
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Penguins
-The Penguins' hands all got a little heavier last night.
-Introducing the Penguins' opening night roster.
-"They have to gain that confidence and that only comes with time." - Goaltender John Curry on proving to Penguins management he can hang ...
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By Rasheed Marshall | 1:15 a.m. Wednesday
Former West Virginia quarterback -- and Pittsburgh native -- Rasheed Marshall spent 2001-04 in Morgantown attempting to manufacture seven points on each drive for the WVU offense. Each Thursday only at 'Eers...
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By Colin Dunlap | 12:42 a.m. Wednesday
West Virginia goes into tomorrow's game as the team many people -- and Vegas -- think is going to come out on top. That is totally understandable and, to be honest, my personal thought is also that the Mountaine...
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The Penguins got some mad ice.
You know, we were all set to make a cute little joke about Jostens and cruddy high school rings and then we came across this:
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By Mike White | Tuesday, Sept. 29, 9:15 p.m.
Talk about an unusual position combination.
How many quarterbacks have led the WPIAL in passing - and play linebacker on defense? Can you name one. Well, meet Anthony Rizza - the throwing linebacker.
Rizza...
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According to the crack research team here at Blog 'N' Gold (read: me and the media guide) it is entirely too early to count the Steelers out of anything at this early juncture in the season.
Since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, the Steelers have started the...
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Part of my noon face-off with Jack Kelly today was on the subject of President Obama and First Lady Michelle going to Copenhagen later this week to argue before the IOC that Chicago should get the 2016 Olympics. I would prefer that Rio got the nod, if onl...
