THE BLACK-N-GOLD NEWS
STEELERS
Last week, one of our Steelers received some good news. RB Le'Veon Bell was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Bills game. Congrats to LBell!
#26 and his teammates continued their winning ways on Sunday. They bounced the Cincy Bungles 24-20 to win their 5th game in a row. Unfortunately, the win came with a price. DL Stephon Tuitt left the game early with a right knee injury. Tuitt had an MRI yesterday but the results have not yet been made public. Also, TE Ladarius Green left the game and is now in the NFL concussion protocol. Mrs. Black-N-Gold will keep you updated regarding these injuries as more news becomes available.
Some more good news was announced last night when 5 Steelers were named to the Pro Bowl. Congrats to Bell, WR Antonio Brown, QB Ben Roethlisberger, G David DeCastro and C Maurkice Pouncey!
Our Favorite Black-N-Gold Football Team will need all the healthy bodies they can get this week. They battle the Baltimorons on Christmas Day at Heinz Field. It's a 4:30pm kickoff as these 2 teams fight for 1st place in the AFC North. The Steelers are 9-5 while the Baltimorons are 8-6. Get your kicks with win #6. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
PENGUINS
It's been a tough stretch for our Penguins this week. They've gone to overtime 3 times and they weren't all wins. They did best the Bruins last Wednesday in a 4-3 OT victory.
Just as the team was starting to look healthy, they've lost some players to injury. D Kris Letang is expected to miss at least 2 weeks with a lower-body injury. To replace Tanger, our Favorite Black-N-Gold Hockey Team recalled D Derrick Pouliot from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Pouliot's return to Pittsburgh didn't help as the Pens fell to the Kings 1-0 in OT. The loss snapped their 7 game winning streak. D Trevor Daley also left this contest with an upper-body injury. They then placed Tanger on IR and called up D Chad Ruhwedel from WB/S. Get well soon, Tanger! It was also announced that Daley would be week-to-week due to his injury. Get well soon, Trev! And then the Pens lost in OT again, this time 2-1 to Toronto.
The Pens have also reported that F Tom Kuhnackl's status is week-to-week. He suffered from a lower-body injury, too. Get well soon, Kuhni!
Boy, did the Pens get back in the win column last night, finding the net 7 times on the way to a 7-2 routing of the Rangers. They face another Metro division rival tomorrow night when they travel to Columbus to battle the Blue Jackets. Let's Go Pens!!!!
PIRATES
Our Pirates made some offseason moves this week. They re-claimed RH Brady Dragmire off waivers from the Rangers. You may recall, our Favorite Black-N-Gold Baseball Team waived Dragmire a few weeks ago and lost him to Texas. Now he's back. But will he be better than ever?
They also signed free agent RH Daniel Hudson to a 2 year, $11 million deal. Hudson worked out of the bullpen in Arizona last season.
No other hot stove moves for the Buccos, yet. If anything happens, Mrs Black-N-Gold will keep you posted. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
Mrs. Black-N-Gold would like to take this opportunity to wish all of BLACK-N-GOLD NATION a very merry Christmas. Stay safe and I hope you get lots of Black-N-Gold under your tree!
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