Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports LET’S GO! The West Virginia Mountaineers (6-1) will take home a fifth-place finish in the Phil Knight Legacy tournament with an 84-55 win over the Florida Gators. An eight-point lead at the half for the Mountaineers quickly ballooned to 27, as WVU went on a 21-5 run to take a 64-37…… read more »
Join us in the comments as the Mountaineers take on the Gators with a fifth place PK85 finish on the line 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 be…… read more »
Not because he isn’t good or was easily replaceable, but he just struck me as the type of player on the open market that would get a regrettable long-term contract that would either need to be bought out or traded in a salary retention deal a couple of years down the line. Those long-term deals…… read more »
PITTSBURGH – As the bottom half of the Pittsburgh Penguins forward group begins to come alive, the team is still led by their top six. The lines of Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel and Rickard Rakell plus Evegni Malkin, Jason Zucker, and Bryan Rust have been leading the way for the Penguins. Not only have those…… read more »
Oklahoman-USA TODAY Sports For the first time since joining the Big 12 and the first time in school history, the West Virginia Mountaineers can lay claim to being Oklahoma State champions, by virtue of beating both the Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the same year, ending a 9-year losing streak to the…… read more »
Pantera have added nine new European festival shows to their 2023 touring slate. New dates are set for May and June in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and Denmark, bringing the band’s total to 21 confirmed shows so far. In July, Billboard reported that original members Rex Brown and Philip Anselmo were…… read more »
Zucker is making a difference hounding pucks on the forecheck, he’s going to the net, he’s making plays with the puck, he’s been a great complimentary member of a scoring line. Great start for him. Evgeni Malkin, A: Malkin shouldn’t need redemption at this point, but after a difficult contract negotiation he’s playing like a…… read more »
PITTSBURGH – After playing 14 of their first 21 games on the road, the Pittsburgh Penguins returned home for their first of five straight matches at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins will be playing a lot of home ice hockey in the coming weeks and they hope to take advantage of their advantage. The stretch…… read more »
The Criterion Collection has announced that a kaleidoscopic documentary on The Velvet Underground will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 13. The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film, directed by Todd Haynes, features never-before-seen performances by the rock band, interviews, rare recordings, and mind-blowing transmissions from the 1960s avant-garde cinema scene. In this documentary,…… read more »
Mitch Marner extended his point streak to 16 games with a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night. Auston Matthews became the seventh player in team history with 200 career even-strength goals, William Nylander scored his 12th of the season and Pontus Holmberg his second…… read more »