Can We Get A COMON?
By Brennen McCall The Daytona 500 has concluded. A long offseason and countless hours of preparation came down to one heart-stopping moment on the final lap, where a 14-year veteran who had never won in his Cup Series career, found himself leading the field when it counted. Michael McDowell may not be the flashiest personality NASCAR has ever seen, but
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By Joe Smeltzer Knock it off. Cut it out. That’s enough. Wake up. It’s not going to happen, and the reasons couldn’t be more obvious if they were written on baseball, Aroldis Chapman threw it 100 MPH and hit you in the face with it. JJ Watt isn’t going to be a Pittsburgh Steeler. That statement should be as obvious
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By Brennen McCall, Guest Contributor It’s that time of year again. A new NASCAR season is upon us and the green flag will fall for the Great American Race. It’s the Super Bowl of stock-car racing. There is no offseason for NASCAR teams as they spend the winter months preparing their cars for the new year. The best equipment is
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By Brennen McCall, Guest Contributor It’s April 12, 2020. The country is beginning to cope with the idea that we might not see sports return for a long time. Stands were empty. Courts were bare. Fields of grass and turf were no longer illuminated with primetime lights. Racetracks too were robbed of the roar of screaming engines and the smell
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By Joe Smeltzer Every notable Pirate that’s went somewhere else over the past several years has a different story. Andrew McCutchen and Starling Marte left having reached their full potential. Pedro Alvarez and Josh Bell left showing flashes of greatness, and nothing else. Pitchers Gerrit Cole and Tyler Glasnow left a system that failed them, and now… look at them.
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By Dylan Mitchell, Capel Faithful Guest Contributor If you would have told me after the season opening loss to St. Francis (PA) that Pitt would be 8-2 and 4-1 in the ACC in mid-January, I would’ve said… 1) Why have they only played 10 games? 2) Yeah, I bet…. Although I was not pressing the panic button that many Pitt
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By Joe Smeltzer If Ben Cherington didn’t walk into baseball hell, he walked into the next worst thing. Two Novembers ago, the Pirates were a slop fest. They still are, in a way, but that’s just on the field. In 2019 there was slop here, there and everywhere. On the field, the team lost 93 games. In the locker room,
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By COMON Network Team 1/17 – Pittburgh Penguins (1-2-0, 2 pts) 4 def. Washington Capitals (2-0-1, 5 pts) 3 in a shootout. The Penguins got their first win of the season via shootout against the Washington Capitals Sunday afternoon. After back-and-forth scoring and a very methodical overtime, the Penguins were able to overcome the Capitals after Jake Guentzel’s shootout goal and
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By COMON Network Team 1/13 – Philadelphia Flyers (1-0-0, 2 pts) 6 def. Pittsburgh Penguins (0-1-0, 0 pts) 3 The Penguins lost their 2021 56-game season opener 6-3 to the Flyers Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Arena. It was Pittsburgh getting on the board first with Mark Jankowski at 5:12 of the first, but the Flyers lit the lamp twice to
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By Joe Smeltzer “I want to send a message. A message to everyone who ever made fun of Cleveland. A message to anyone who ever told a Cleveland joke or laughed at a Cleveland joke. You can now officially shut up! – Drew Carey, Sept. 12, 1999 It took 21 years, but Carey is finally right. The Steelers couldn’t win
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By Austin Shaw With the return of the NHL Season and it only being 56 games, now is the time to get your futures bets in. I’m using both Fanduel (FD) and Barstool Sportsbook (BS) for the Odds. As of Monday, January 11th at 10 a.m. here are the teams I believe have the best betting odds to win the
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By Austin Shaw Hockey is back, again. It feels like yesterday was the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Let me tell you, I don’t want to talk about that pitiful performance. But, I’m sure I’ll reference it. I’m just disappointed and I do not have high hopes. If you haven’t read the NHL Season Preview, head to the blog
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Cleveland Browns 48 def. Pittsburgh Steelers 37 The start of the 2020 Playoffs couldn’t have been much worse for the Steelers. When the final buzzer sounded, the Steelers were on the wrong end of the decision, and the Browns won their first playoff game since 1995. On the first snap of the game, the
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By Joe Smeltzer It’s always been a rivalry, I suppose. Not in the same way that Athens and Sparta were rivals, or the Montagues and the Capulets were rivals. No, Steelers-Browns games over the past 30 years have usually borne a more striking resemblance to what a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Dolly Parton would look like, or a
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By Austin Shaw The NHL season is about to start and just a few months later than usual. The NHL isn’t unfamiliar with a short season, but we haven’t seen one since 2012-2013. That season was shortened to 48 games due to a battle between the NHL and the NHLPA over a labor dispute. The Chicago Blackhawks went on to
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Cleveland Browns (11-5) 24 def. Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4) 22 The Pittsburgh Steelers traveled to Cleveland sans Ben Roethlisberger, Cam Heyward, TJ Watt, Chris Boswell, Terrell Edmunds and Maurkice Pouncey, and also were without the services of Joe Haden due to a COVID situation that came about Saturday. At the end, a failed two-point conversion
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By Joe Smeltzer Don’t lie to yourself. You know why you care about the Steelers’ last regular season game, and it has nothing to do with the Steelers. A win probably won’t make a seventh Super Bowl ring any more likely, so don’t pretend that it would. Unless Mason Rudolph throws for about 400 yards or launches a football into
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By Jack Hillgrove Ah, yes. 2020. Perhaps the most cliché year of our lifetimes if there is such a thing. Every once in a while I’ll come across the Match.com commercial where Satan meets up with a woman named “2020,” and I can’t help but laugh. In the most comical way, I think that is the perfect summary for how
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By David Haddad, Guest Contributor Unique stadium anthems have become a valuable calling card in American athletics, galvanizing fanbases before the 4th quarter, leading up to do-or-die defensive stands and after wins. These ballads that have become synonymous with their program’s successes and have deeply embedded themselves in the culture and brand of their respective institutions. They enhance the game-day
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By David Haddad, Guest Contributor Unique stadium anthems have become a valuable calling card in American athletics, galvanizing fanbases before the 4th quarter, leading up to do-or-die defensive stands and after wins. “Jump Around” at Wisconsin, “Dixieland Delight” at Bama and “Enter Sandman” at Virginia Tech are all examples of power ballads that have become synonymous with their program’s successes
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By Joe Smeltzer Pittsburgh has good reason to miss Josh Bell. He came to the big leagues just as the Pirates were beginning their descent from a fine wine to a warm can of Dr. Pepper. We haven’t had too many reasons to smile over the past four years, but there were times when Bell was one of them, especially
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Steelers (12-3) 28 def. Indianapolis Colts (10-5) 24 The Pittsburgh Steelers trailed 21-7 at halftime, and came back to win 28-24 and clinch the AFC North title Sunday at Heinz Field. The Steelers trailed by as many as 17, and it goes down as the largest second-half comeback under Mike Tomlin for Pittsburgh.
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By COMON Network Team The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded first baseman and slugger Josh Bell to the Washington Nationals, reports say. Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was the first to break the news. The Pirates acquire two right-handed pitchers from the Nationals for Bell, according to Mackey and ESPN’s Jeff Passan, among others. The two hurlers are ranked No.
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By Joe Smeltzer I remember my favorite elementary school teacher. I’ll keep her name confidential. I haven’t seen her in more than a decade, but I still remember her face and voice well. I don’t know what age range she was in. I was only seven, so if she was 55, she may as well have been 85. The reason
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By Sam Hixson We haven’t seen a father this pissed off about losing his kid since Adam Sandler in Big Daddy. The Mandalorian is on the hunt for Moff Gideon to retrieve Grogu and he will go to any length necessary to secure America’s Sweetheart. Any length including enlisting the help of a man who betrayed him in season 1,
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By Joe Smeltzer I don’t know when it started. But at some point, every Steelers fan from here to Prague decided that whatever happened in 2020 would lead into a heavyweight clash with the Kansas City Chiefs. Fans, even of the same team, disagree on many things. One thing everybody in this city has in common is a minor obsession
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Buffalo Bills (10-3) 26 def. Pittsburgh Steelers (11-2) 15 After starting 11-0, the Pittsburgh Steelers have dropped two-straight games as they lost tonight to the Buffalo Bills 26-15, falling to 11-2 despite clinching a playoff spot earlier in the day by virtue of Miami’s loss to Kansas City. The Steelers drew first blood following
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By Kyle Dawson The Steelers run game hit rock bottom in the team’s loss to the Washington Football Team. I have no idea how it can get worse. Pittsburgh combined for 21 yards on 14 attempts on the ground, and wasn’t great overall offensively in its first loss of the season. Over the last month and a half, give or
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By Joe Smeltzer I’m in no mood to be optimistic about the Pittsburgh Steelers. If I said that in a bar, (I know the bars are closed right now, but let’s not overanalyze) I’d get a variety of responses, all dependent on each patron’s glass of IC Light. If the glass of IC Light is half empty, here’s what the
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By Sam Hixson, Guest Contributor Alright let’s cut to the chase, this was the best episode of season 2. It generated shock, nostalgia and even more questions to be answered. It was all one big wow moment that has everyone ravenous for episode 7. Grogu, who’s recently found out name still sounds like an off brand Italian cooking sauce, has
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By Dylan Mitchell, Capel Faithful Year 3 of the Jeff Capel-era at Pitt tipped off with an absolute disaster of a loss to St. Francis (PA). There were a lot of reasons to be excited about this season, even though most were never entirely sure we would get to play due to the pandemic. Another year of experience for the
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Washington Football Team (5-7) 23 def. Pittsburgh Steelers (11-1) The Pittsburgh Steelers have lost for the first time, falling to the Washington Football Team for the second loss in Heinz Field history after leading by 14 or more points at any point in the game. The Steelers struck first, with 10:33 remaining in the
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By Austin Shaw Ah the holidays. The most wonderful time of the year. But it’s 2020 and we’re stuck inside more now than ever. So why not binge some television that you probably haven’t seen before? Here is my list of the top 5 shows I think you should binge over the holidays. But before I begin… if you have
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By Ryan Simpson In the latest episode of Trevor Bauer’s offseason blog, which every baseball fan should be watching, Bauer and his agent Rachel Luba talked about the MLB offseason. Bauer proposed several different ways that the MLB could “spice up” the offseason to be on par with the NBA’s. Agent Luba talks about the recent player grievances against teams
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Steelers (11-0) 19 def. Baltimore Ravens (6-5) 14 Week 12’s game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers was finally played, and it may not have been the poetic justice Steelers’ fans were hoping for, but the Wednesday afternoon contest saw the Steelers win and move to 11-0. Pittsburgh, for the second-straight
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Maybe Shooter McGavin deserves some sympathy? OK, trying to run off with Happy Gilmore’s gold jacket wasn’t right, and although we never got a sequel, it’s probably safe to assume that Shooter never recovered from one of the greatest public meltdowns of all time. But now that we are in the last month of a year that, more than any
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By Donny Chedrick Steelers. Ravens. Thanksgiving. Prime time. Heinz Field. What could have been. Now we wait until Sunday at 1:15. However, I wrote this before the game got postponed so we are going to reminisce anyway. As the 10-0 Pittsburgh Steelers await the arrival of their division rival, we take a look back on a niche of Steelers’ history.
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By Sam Hixson, Guest Contributor After his fiery battle with the Krayt Dragons intestines, The Mandalorian returns back to visit Peli Motto and get his ship back. His way back encounters a group of savages that are trying to take the Mandalorian for everything he’s got. This is an epic fight scene that of course has the Mandalorian beat the
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Steelers (8-0) 24 def. Dallas Cowboys (2-7) 19 The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys Sunday to move to 8-0 and with it, have become the first team in franchise history to do so. Dallas scored the first 13 points of the game, starting with Greg Zuerlein’s 38-yard field goal with 3:55 to
Read moreWhat the hell? We know baseball isn’t the same game as what our fathers grew up watching and what their fathers before them watched. A big change in the game is how mangers handle their starting pitchers, especially in the postseason. The Bob Gibson’s, Nolan Ryan’s and Warren Spahn’s of the world are gone. Now, in many cases, starting pitchers
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Steelers (5-0) 38 def. Cleveland Browns (4-2) 7 The Steelers jumped out to a 24-7 halftime lead and endured a scare, but held on against the Titans on the road to move to 6-0 by a final of 27-24. The Steelers got the ball first and marched to the tune of 16 plays,
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Steelers (5-0) 38 def. Cleveland Browns (4-2) 7 For the first time since 1978, the Steelers are 5-0 after defeating the Cleveland Browns at Heinz Field Sunday, stretching the Browns’ winless streak at Heinz Field out another year. After the Steelers started the scoring in the first quarter on the first drive of
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By Dylan Mitchell, Capel Faithful Team Deflated. That is the only word I can think of that accurately sums up the feeling around the Pitt football program right now. Funny how just two weeks ago, we had people complaining about not being ranked high enough in the AP Top 25. Now, after two one-point losses, the Panthers are 3-2 staring
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Steelers (4-0) 38 def. Philadelphia Eagles (1-3-1) 29 The Steelers led 31-14 in the early stages of the third quarter, watched the Eagles bring the game within two, but ended up holding on to win a two-score game to move to 4-0 for the first time since 1979. Chase Claypool scored four times,
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By Dylan Mitchell, Capel Faithful Team Pitt ripped our hearts out last week with a soul-crushing loss that this fanbase is much too accustomed to. This week, the 3-1 Panthers will try to rebound against a 2-1 Boston College team that struggled against Texas State but put up a fight against the 8th-ranked UNC Tar Heels. If Pitt can bounce
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By Dylan Mitchell, Capel Faithful Team The 24th-ranked Pitt Panthers (3-0, 2-0) will host the NC State Wolfpack (1-1, 1-1) in an ACC matchup this Saturday at noon at Heinz Field. This is the third-straight noon game, and fourth-straight home game for the Panthers. Pitt will try to build off a 23-20 win over Louisville last week, while NC State
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By Sam Hixson, Guest Contributor The NBA is the world’s greatest reality TV show. Besides the actual sport being incredibly entertaining, the drama is consistent and widely publicized. COVID has forced people to revisit some of their favorite shows from over the years. The Sopranos has come back in a big way and now even has a lot of scenes
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0) 28 def. Houston Texans (0-3) 21 The Steelers trailed at the half, 21-17 to Houston in a Week 3 matchup at Heinz Field, but came away with a victory, pushing their record to 3-0 for the first time since 2010. The final score was 28-21. They haven’t been 4-0 to start
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By Dylan Mitchell, Capel Faithful Team There will be a top 25 matchup at Heinz Field this Saturday at noon *insert Paul Rudd ‘who would’ve thought’ meme*. The #21 Pittsburgh Panthers host the #24 Louisville Cardinals in a game that has major implications for both teams. Pitt will look to stay undefeated in what should be their toughest matchup until
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By COMON Network Team Final Score – Pittsburgh Steelers (2-0) 26 def. Denver Broncos (0-2) 21 At times it wasn’t pretty, but the Steelers came away with a 26-21 victory to open the home portion of the schedule to start 2-0 for the first time since 2017. Pittsburgh started the scoring with James Conner finding pay dirt for the first time
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