Metallica are honoring their legendary late bassist Cliff Burton by launching Orion: A Tribute to Cliff Burton, a new exhibition featured on the band’s online museum. Orion is currently available to view on the Metallica Black Box museum on the band’s official website, which is accessible to all their Fifth Member Fan Club participants. The…… read more »
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong shared the next offering from the upcoming benefit album for Jesse Malin, the New York City singer-songwriter who suffered a spinal stroke last year. Armstrong’s rendition of Malin’s “Black Haired Girl” is set to appear on Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin, with all proceeds from the album…… read more »
The long-awaited first official trailer for the new Bob Dylan movie, A Complete Unknown, has just been released. And as was rumored, Timothée Chalamet does his own singing while portraying the folk legend. In the promotional clip for the film, Chalamet sings Dylan’s 1963 classic “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall,” while performing on the stages…… read more »
Late Motörhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke will be immortalized in a 320-page biography and a 4-CD box set. Both the book and CD set will be released on September 6th via BMG. Make My Day: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Story of Fast Eddie Clarke was written by rock journalist Kris Needs along with Clarke’s widow,…… read more »
Even though it’s 12 months away, the 2025 NHL free agency class could feature a handful of Pittsburgh Penguins.… read more »
This past July 1st saw NHL teams throw the most money around during free agency ever, with over a billion dollars being spent. With the salary cap rumoured to jump once more in 2025-26 to just under $93 million, the NHL might be in for yet another record breaking off-season. While the QMJHL alumni …… read more »
When Kyle Dubas took over as general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins last summer, everyone knew he had his work cut out for him. A year later, Dubas is still trying to untangle the Penguins’ mess. Whether it’s fair to hold Dubas responsible for the Penguins’ current state no longer matters; the team has not…… read more »
Najee Harris’ long-term future with the Pittsburgh Steelers is in doubt after the team declined the 2025 option on his contract, and the running back opened…… read more »
Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Good morning! This is the Shotgun/Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup. Welcome to The Shotgun/Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup (that we didn’t already talk about in another article) with some sophomoric humor and daily distractions thrown in for good measure. And if there’s something we missed, be sure…… read more »
Kevin Hayes experienced the worst season of his National Hockey League career in 2023-24 with the St. Louis Blues, scoring just 13 goals and 29 points over 79 games. “I still think I can produce in this league,” the former first-round pick said earlier this week, according to NHL.com’s Wes Crosby. Penguins general manager Kyle…… read more »