Evil Chase K

I don't know what is stupider, the shit Mendenhall said or the fact that it's somehow a story. Who gives a shit? If every athlete who said something stupid on Twitter was benched or suspended, there'd be no one left to play in the games. Also, if your post was a shot at me, you're barking up the wrong tree. I've been a vocal opponent of the ridiculous myth of "the Steeler Way" that so many yinzers and Steelers fans love to cite as if it's a real fucking thing.

You're right, I do apologize. But to act like Rolemodel Ray is going to prevent this kid from doing anything wrong and turn him into a perfect citizen is ridiculous when Ray couldn't even keep himself out of trouble, and it's not like no Baltimore Ravens have done anything wrong since Ray has been around. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not claiming that Baltimore is the new Cincinnati or anything, I just don't think you can be sure a guy is suddenly going to turn things around because OMG RAY LEWIS! Jimmy Smith is soft anyway. Good luck playing in the AFC North.

With Ray Lewis and Ed Reed in that locker room, I doubt it. But what else would you expect a Steeler fan to say. :/ Yeah Jamal Lewis never did anything wrong while he was in that locker room. Ray Lewis never did anything wrong while he was in that locker room. And if Ed Reed was such a strong influence then why did his brother get into trouble?

Smith might be out of the league in a few years due to off-field issues.

Well I'm conflicted. As a Pittsburgher my first reaction is "Fuck Cleveland." And a vote for Michael Vick. But Vick has already been on the cover, and plays in football America's armpit so he's not exactly an attractive option either. Oh well, Cleveland will still be Cleveland if Hillis gets on the cover. He gets my vote.

That reminds of an article I read a couple of years ago ripping Mark Cuban's wife because Cuban had said something about him wanting to buy them because he was a fan but his wife wouldn't let him. Cuban's full of shit. He brings that up every couple of years to stay in the headlines in his hometown. It was the same thing when the Pens were for sale. He was rumored to have an interest in buying them (this was around the time Jim Balsille tried to buy the team and move them to Hamilton.) and then when they came up for sale the second time, this time after Balsille backed out Cuban had his chance to step in and buy the team but decided not to for a second time. He doesn't want to own any Pittsburgh teams and I wouldn't want him to either. ---- Also, yeah I don't know that the Pirates have had more than 10 PED users on their roster at any one time since the early 90s. I mean if they had, the drugs certainly didn't help anyone's performance.

Working the majority of 162 Pittsburgh Pirates broadcasts can take it's toll on you. With every loss it's as if your job gets worse and worse. But if the Pirates can play all season like they have through 6 innings today, they may only lose 90 or so of those games this year. That would be terrific.

Neat. I still stand by what I said. I'm confident that if it wasn't for the Niskanen high stick the momentum would've stayed with the Pens.

False. The game was 1-1 and the Pens scored a short handed goal on the Cooke penalty.

I'm getting so sick of Matt Cooke's shit. That hit didn't cost the Pens the game, but there's no place for that in hockey. I like Matt Cooke's game when he's not doing ridiculous shit like this. Unfortunately you can't overlook this shit. To be fair, he's only wearing a letter because Crosby, Malkin, and Orpik are down.

EDIT: And if that Pitt loss wasn't bad enough, I double post. Ugh.

Coming into the tournament this year I was cautiously optimistic. I thought Pitt had a chance to make a run this year, but I was telling everyone who considered this Pitt team to be Jamie Dixon's best yet that they were idiotic. I hate being right. Fuck. I'm done. Until these assholes can prove that they're worth anything come tourney time I'm not getting my hopes up. I'm not even going to watch the fucking games. So many stupid decisions. Dixon's decision to make his offense hold the ball until there were 10 seconds left on the shot clock before going into their offense, Wannamaker then passing the ball back out with 2 seconds left on the shot clock instead of forcing a shot and hoping for a foul, Travon Woodall deciding to be Carl Krauser and drive the length of the court himself with no one set up for a rebound and then taking a fucking charge and then with 1.8 seconds left Nasir Robinson deciding to fucking foul that Butler asshole instead of just letting him get the rebound and going into OT. What a mindblowing game. How in the fuck do you commit that penalty at the end of the game like that? How does that make any sense? Did Jamie Dixon not tell his players to allow Butler to rebound the ball if it was tied and Brown missed the second shot? If no, why didn't he? Was Butler really going to set up a reasonable shot attempt with 1.9 left? Fuck.

This is all the owners fault in the first place. I don't think the NFLPA was overstepping it's boundaries by asking to see proof that the owners needed more money. I think that every NFL team that is playing in a taxpayer funded stadium should have it's books available to the public anyway, so why can't they show the players? Both sides are wrong here but it was the greed of the owners that started all of this so I hope that in the end they lose and come out much worse off than they were prior to them opting out of the CBA.

Yawn, same old Pitt. I never understood why the locals were saying this team was the best Jamie Dixon's ever had. The 08 team with DeJuan Blair and Sam Young was much better. Is anyone surprised that the best player on the court made the game winning shot at the buzzer? I know I'm not. I expect Pitt to make another Sweet 16 exit this season. If they get that far.

And it's not like this was in an arena in the Western Conference where Chara has never played before. I bet he knows the layout of the boards in arenas of division opponents.

Campbell isn't going to rule on any punishment because of his son being Chara's teammate. The one thing the NHL consistently fails at is punishing players hard enough to prevent future incidents like this one. Giving Chara 4-5 games does nothing to make players in the league think about hitting someone and putting them in a situation where a broken vertebrae and a severe concussion (if not worse) are potential outcomes. You'd have to think that giving Chara 15-20 games would make players around the league think twice before driving someone into the boards like that. And if the NHL is truly serious about player safety this is something that they'll have to seriously consider.

Trevor Gillies getting 10 games was pathetic. What Chara did is 1,000X worse than both of Gillies transgressions combined. If Chara gets any less than 20 for this, it is a disgrace. 20 might even be too little. He clearly lifts Pacioretty up into the air and guides him into the glass. Unbelievable.

01. Dumb & Dumber 02. Ghostbusters 03. Kngpin 04. They Live 05. Dawn Of The Dead (original) 06. Tombstone 07. The Shawshank Redemption 08. The Quick And The Dead (Remake) 09. Big Trouble In Little China 10. A League Of Their Own

After reading his tweets I'm starting to think this is all an act. Or at the very least he's not as crazy as he seems. He keeps referring to all of his recent lines that have been popular in a way that tells me he's extremely aware of the reaction he's getting. If he was crazy, I would think he'd be oblivious to all of it. Perhaps Charlie Sheen is playing all of us.

Maybe I'm slightly insane but I'm really looking forward to baseball season this year. Maybe it's the fact that I'm likely to have a more prominent role behind the scenes of the Pirates gameday broadcasts, or maybe it's just that the team finally has some good young talent but either way I'm excited. The fact that the Pirates didn't lose to the State University of Florida Manatees this year helps too.

The Steelers had the #1 defense in the NFL so while saying that they need a DB is true, unless that DB is Brandon Harris I really really really hope they go with a Tackle in the first round. That is assuming they can keep Ike Taylor though. If Taylor's gone then they'll need to go CB in Round One. Harrison is going to play out his contract (2014) and be done. They have time to replace him unless he gets hurt and they're high on Worilds. The Steelers need to upgrade three offensive line positions (LG, RG, RT). Now I think Ramon Foster can be their starting RG of the future, I don't know if the Steelers agree. Chris Kemoeatu is garbage and needs upgraded yesterday. At right tackle they have 96 year old Flozell Adams if he comes back. Or they can re-sign Willie Colon but that's just stupid. Unless Brandon Harrison or Cameron Heyward are going to be the pick at 1.31 then I'd like to think they'll go for a Tackle.

Penguins acquire Alexei Kovalev for a conditional 6th round draft pick.

James Neal will be the most talented winger Crosby has played with since Hossa, and Neal has a more conplimentary skill set to Crosby's. I can see Neal on the powerplay with Crosby and Malkin next season. I'll take it.

I liked GoGo. But with Letang here, the Pens didn't need him. He's a less dynamic not as skilled version of Letang. And the Penguins have a dearth of talent at the position, especially with Simon Despres on his way to the NHL next season. Goligoski was going to be a cap casualty at some point anyway, so from the Pittsburgh standpoint this was an amazing trade.