THE BLACK-N-GOLD NEWS
STEELERS
Steelers WR/PR Antonio Brown received some good news and bad news last week, all in the same day. The good news? AB was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Congrats, to #84! The bad news? The NFL fined him $11,576 for his dry hump of the goal post following the touchdown on his punt return vs Indy. Ouch!
The Steelers had British rugby star Tom Burgess in for a visit and a tryout. No word yet on a contract.
More awards were handed out to Steelers players this week. QB Ben Roethlisberger was named FedEx Air Player of the Week for his game against Indy. RB DeAngelo Williams also earned accolades for his play in the Indy game when he was named FedEx Ground Player of the Week. Congrats to Big Ben and DeWill!
The Steelers continued to keep their playoff hopes alive when they stomped Cincy on Sunday, 33-20. Coach Mike Tomlin picked up his 90th regular season win. The Steelers are the only NFL franchise with 3 head coaches that have collected 90 regular season wins (Coach Noll and Coach Cowher are the other 2). Congrats to Coach!
The Steelers have a schedule change for their December 27 game at the Baltimorons. It was announced that the kickoff for this game would be moved to 1pm.
Our Steelers will now get ready for their final regular season home game on Sunday as they face another division leader, the West-leading Denver Broncos. Stay focused and stay in the win column. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
PENGUINS
Our Pens lost a leader on the ice and in the locker room this week. F Pascal Dupuis announced he would no longer play hockey due to his blood clot condition. He is expected to remain with the team in some type of off-ice capacity. We'll miss you, Duper.
The Pens responded to Duper's announcement by defeating the Avalanche in Colorado 4-2. Unfortunately, they could not keep the momentum going. They returned home on Friday night and lost to the Kings 3-2 in a shootout.
That loss may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. Head Coach Mike Johnston was relieved of his duties along with assistant Gary Agnew. The Pens promoted WB/S Head Coach Mike Sullivan to man the bench and made Jacques Martin an assistant.
The change didn't help on Monday night. The Pens lost Sully's debut 4-1 in front of the home crowd. During the game, the Pens traded D Rob Scuderi to the Blackhawks for D Trevor Daley. Scuderi never did fit in well on his 2nd go-round with the team. Take care, Scuds. Also in the game, F Beau Bennett left with an upper-body injury. He is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.
The Pens reported more injury news this week. G Marc-Andre Fleury was suffering from concussion symptoms. He missed last night's game in Boston. It is not known when Flower suffered the concussion. He could be out a few weeks. Get well soon, Flower!
Meanwhile the Pens have called up some players from WB/S: G Matt Murray and Fs Conor Sheary and Kevin Porter. Welcome to the Black-N-Gold!
The Pens dropped Sully's 2nd game, too. On Wednesday they were blanked in Boston 3-0. They'll come home tomorrow night and try to get that 1st win for their new coach against the same Bruins team. They'll follow that up with a contest against Carolina on Saturday.
Find that win column and stay there. Let's Go Pens!!!
PIRATES
Our Pirates are trying some new math this offseason. It's called addition by subtraction. What does Mrs. Black-N-Gold mean? Well, they lost RH Joakim Soria when he signed a 3 year deal with KC. They made a move at the winter meetings by trading 2B Neil Walker to the Mets for LH Jon Niese. They lost RH Deolis Guerra to the Angels in the Rule 5 draft. They signed RH Juan Nicasio to a 1 year deal. They traded RH Charlie Morton to Philly for minor league RH David Whitehead. But wait! They re-signed utility man Sean Rodriguez to a 1 year contract. Get the picture?
The Bucs also named former MLB INF Joey Cora the manager of the double A Altoona Curve this season.
Mrs. Black-N-Gold hopes the Pirates aren't done with the roster yet. But remember, you don't win the World Series in December. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
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