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GAME THREAD: West Virginia vs. No. 9 Baylor

GAME THREAD: West Virginia vs. No. 9 Baylor

Join us in the comments as the Mountaineers look to shake off a 35-point loss with a win over the ninth-ranked Bears Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here but, for the uninitiated, we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say…read more »

The Week Ahead: Some major Metropolitan Division matchups

It has been a very mixed bag for the Pittsburgh Penguins coming out of the All-Star break. The week ahead sees them continue their current road trip with a rematch of their pre-All-Star game against San Jose, followed by a bunch of big Metropolitan Division games. The first meeting between those two teams came a…read more »

Penguins Perspectives: Stuck in the middle with you

In the National Hockey League, there’s one place you never want to be and that is the mushy middle. The Pittsburgh Penguins since about 2007 have not been in the mushy middle. Whether it was Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Fleury, and Staal coming into their primes, injuries derailing an otherwise great team, or the Penguins hitting…read more »

How did the Penguins’ bottom-six go so wrong this season?

The Pittsburgh Penguins roster has some obvious flaws, but none have gotten more attention this season than the consistently disappointing performance of the team’s bottom-six forward group. It would not be a stretch to call it lousy, and one of the biggest things holding the team back as it enters the stretch run of the…read more »