It is never too early to start talking about the next year’s NFL Draft! A mere eleven months away from the big event, teams are already drooling over many prospects who are better than the entirety of last year’s class! My hiatus from writing is over (a wonderful class trip...

Local amusement park Kennywood has been a Pittsburgh tradition since 1898.  Originally started as a destination point for streetcar riders on the weekends, Kennywood was started by the Monongahela Street Railway Company.  Andrew Mellon, the majority owner of the company, was...

It has been a couple days since the Pirates’ series against the Cardinals’ ended, but I think that with everything that has gone on in Boston over the past few days, this will help everyone get back up to speed on where the Pirates are at the moment. Monday’s game was...

Changes to EQT Corporation business operations will go into effect later this year.  EQT Corporation and People’s Natural Gas announced on December 20, 2012, an agreement had been reached for People’s Natural Gas to purchase EQT subsidiary Equitable Gas Company.  Equitable...

So I've been singing "Thrift Shop" for about the past two weeks. Being that I have it playing currently, I felt it only appropriate I make it my title track. This is my second-to-last mock draft of the year. My last mock draft will be coming the day before the draft, and again,...

After being blown out in the last game of the Arizona series and losing Wandy Rodriguez for at least one start, it seemed like the Pirates were in for a rough series against the NL Central powerhouse Reds. Friday’s game had AJ Burnett going against Cincinnati’s Mike Leake,...

After an embarrassing showing in Hollywood over the weekend, the Pirates went into Arizona with hopes of being able to put up a fight this week.  And that is just what they did as they won the first 2 games of the series before imploding in the series finale. Monday featured...

The Pirates’ struggles continued this weekend, as they traveled out to Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers and were promptly swept in the 3 game series.   While many “fans” think it’s time to press the panic button, the fact that it is only 6 games into the season makes...

What started out to look like a day in the middle of December, Opening Day eventually began to look like a usual Opening Day in Pittsburgh, weather-wise that is.  Being there first hand, you could feel the buzz in the sold out stadium as AJ Burnett took the mound to start the...

Even with most of the steel industry gone, Pittsburgh is still known as the Steel City.  When people think Pittsburgh & steel, they might think of the Steelers or steel workers.  People may also think of Pittsburgher Andrew Carnegie, who revolutionized the steel industry...