Author: William DePaoli

Aaron Gray’s inability to finish around the rim plagued the Panthers during their loss to the Bradley Braves Bradley stuns Pitt 72-66 ending their sweet sixteen hopes Pitt got down early and couldn’t amount a comeback as the Bradley Braves outrebouned, outhustled and outexecuted Pitt. Aaron Gray was a big reason Pitt didn’t win. I’ve been saying all year he is overrated and cant finish around the hoop. Even though he was not productive offensively, he was even wose defensively. The big matchup coming into this game was Aaron Gray VS Patrick O’Bryant of Bradley. Gray didn’t even belong on the same court as O’Bryant. Despite all of that, Jamie Dixon deserves a dose of the blame. Why stick with Gray when it was obvious from the start that he couldn’t compete with O’bryant. Same Young who has been one of Pitts best players in the past month was notRead More »

Devils beat Penguins 2-1 The Penguins got the early lead from Jani Rita who threw one to the net and deflected off of Kent Klee’s leg and went in. The devils tied it at 1 in the second period and then in the third Tomas Surovy’s turnover at the Devils blue line resulted in Brian Gionta sniping one past goalie Marc Andre Fleury. In the third period the Pens couldn’t generate any offense and a reason for that was the lazy hooking penalties they still take. Despite the loss this game was still a encouraging sign. Two out of 3 wins against playoff teams can only boost the confidence of these young players and Marc Andre Fleury has benefited the most. Next game Saturday March 18 against the Montreal Canadiens. Buck’s Penguins Insider. Ryan Whitney continues to step up his play. Since the olympic break he has played exceptionally wellRead More »

Are Matt Cullen and Carolina Hurricanes the favorites out East? A glance around the NHL The Carolina Hurricanes just keep on rolling after defeating the New York Rangers 5-3 and giving the Rangers a 6 game losing streak. Im not jumping off of the Rangers bandwagon but this shouldn’t be surprising. The Flyers and Devils keep on losing so Rangers still have a slight chance at winning the Atlantic Division. The Hurricanes with the win tonight set franchise records for Wins and Points. Mark Recchi has been non-existence since he has joined Carolina. Maybe Sidney was making him look so good lately. Nashville shuts out the Canucks 5-0 and handing the Canucks their 5th straight loss. Nashville is a dangerous team but the Canucks are fading and wont get out of the first round. The New York Islanders win a much needed game defeating the Devils 6-1. The Islanders haveRead More »

Daunte Culpepper is Miami bound for a second round pick Daunte Culpepper lands in Miami. After giving up on Drew Brees the Dolphins decided to trade for the disgruntled quarterback Daunte Culpepper. By obtaining Culpepper it cost them a second round pick, but this is a great move for Dolphin team was quarterback away from making the playoffs. As for Drew Brees. He signed a 6 yr deal with the New Orleans Saints. This move shakes up the draft where the Saints most likely will be looking to trade the pick. Wide Reciever David Givens has signed with the Titans. The Titans also agreed to terms with Center Kevin Mawae. The Cincinnati Bengals have entered the Lavar Arrington sweepstakes. They are in the early stages of contract talks but a deal may get down in the coming days. The Giants, Dolphins and Eagles are also pursuing Arrington. Linebacker Willie McGinestRead More »

What a game this was. I’ve been to over a hundred Penguin games in my short life time and this was one of the most exciting low scoring games I have seen in person. The Penguins were dominate in every asset of the game. Marc Andre Fleury put together two great games and recorded his second career shut out. The past two games the Penguins are finally looking like a team and the recent play has given fans some hope heading into next season. I’ve said for a while this team is not that bad and are only a few pieces away from making a run next season for the # 8 or 7 seed. One of those pieces will be Malkin who will have a even bigger output offensively than Crosby has this year. Colby Armstrong has shown he belongs in the NHL and scored the Penguins 2 goals.Read More »

Breaking NFL news Wr Antwaan Randle has bolted the Steelers and agreed to terms with the Washington Redskins. Very surprising they landed him because the Skins just traded for talented reciever Brandon Llyold of the 49ers Running back Edgerrin James has signed with the Arizona Cardnals. The Cards have lots of money to spend and cornerback Charles Woodson is also on their radar. Drew Brees met with the Dolphins and Saints. The Saints can offer more money but expect him to land in South Beach Pittsburgh 61 – Syracuse 65 Pitt came up short for it’s 2nd big east championship in 4 years. To many missed oppurtunites is what cost them. Aaron Gray was terrible once again. He couldn’t finish if the hoop was the size of the atlantic ocean. The positives out of the tournament is Antonio Graves is a big time three point threat. He was phenominal theRead More »

1 Mark Recchi to Carolina for Niklas Nordgren, Krystofer Kolanos and a second-round pick in 2007. my take: This was a awful trade. Nordgren and Kolanos are two journeymen who will not be on the roster next season. You can check them out in Wilkes Barrie. Some people will say, “hey we got a second round pick for the Wreckingball”. Well the second round pick was the only thing good about this deal, but it will be a wasted pick on a player who is really a 5th rounder. As for Recchi: why trade him if your not getting even return. Hopefully Recchi resigns with the Pens in the offseason. 2. Ric Jackman to Florida for Petr Taticek my take: Jackman has been up and down all year, and no surprise he was traded. The negative of this deal is Taticek is another bum who isn’t better than Jackman. AnotherRead More »

Penguins come up short in 5-4 loss to Lightning The Pittsburgh Penguins showed again for the third straight game that they will not quit no matter what the score is. The Pens were down 4-1 in the third period but fought back getting goals from Crosby, Melichar and Whitney with 55.8 seconds left. In overtime they outplayed Tampa Bay but fell short in the shootout. How do the Pens have a chance in a shootout against a team like Tampa Bay with players such as Lecavalier, Richards and St.Louis. The goaltending for the third straight game was awful. Marc Andre Fleury has hit a rough spot and needs to regain his confidence. It looks like he gets too hard on himself when he gives up a goal, and then the effects of that, result in him giving up more soft goals. Hopefully he turns it around, or the Pens mayRead More »

A daily glance around sports NHL *Chris Pronger scored two power play goals in leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators. The Oilers are a team on the rise and will be a sleeper team once the playoffs are upon us. *The Minnisota Wild defeated the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 and it gave coach Jacque Lemaire his 400th career win. He is the first person to win 400 games as a coach and a player. As for the Avalanche, this team is not very good. Despite being the numbeer 6th seed right, they will be one and done in the playoffs. *The 9th place Anaheim Ducks lost a tough one to the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2. With that win the Ducks would have been only 2 pts from the 8th playoff spot. Columbus on the other hand has been playing very well since Rick Nash returnedRead More »

Mark Recchi’s 6th career hat trick wasn’t enough Penguins lose to Hurricanes 7-5 On Wednesday night the Penguins surrendered the Senators 4 goals, and tonight they decided to surrender the Hurricanes 5 goals. Carolina scored 2 power plays goals in the first ten minutes, and Sebastian Caron gets pulled. Two minutes later with Pittsburgh on the power play Eric Cole scores a shorthanded goal and a minute later Kevin Adams scores right out of the penalty box to put the Hurricanes up 4-0. Two shots later it’s 5-0 and the crowd let this team hear about it at the end of the period. Once again the Penguins fought back, but it’s getting old seeing this team only to be able to score goals when there down 4 or 5 nothing. When it’s a 2-1 game they never seem to be able to get a goal. The Pens trimmed the marginRead More »