Mike Prisuta’s Sports Section
A weekly look at the games people are playing and the people who are playing them.
Penn State Evolving from ‘Happy Valley’ to ‘Hockey Valley’
The Nittany Lions' Men's Hockey Team has come a long way in four short seasons as it prepares for its annual showdown with rival Robert Morris in Pittsburgh.
He Helped Steelers Win Super Bowls Flying Under the Radar
Andrew Conte’s “The Color of Sundays: The Secret Strategy That Built the Steelers’ Dynasty” profiles a relatively anonymous figure in Steelers’ lore during a critical period in American history.
Pat Narduzzi Has Pitt Headed in the Right Direction
Narduzzi credits his players and especially his 11 seniors for this year’s Pitt team being able to do so many previously un-Pitt-like things.
Why the Steelers' Mike Tomlin Finally has a Reason to Smile
The leap from surviving to thriving doesn’t appear to be one these Steelers are incapable of making as the games grow in importance and significance.
It's Time for Sidney Crosby to Answer Questions, Quiet Critics
It would be reassuring and then some for Crosby to do something substantial if not magical against the Canadiens and in the measuring-stick games to follow.
Robert Morris Begins Climb to New Heights on Ice
RMU's shutout of No. 10 Michigan could be a watershed moment for the Colonials' mens' hockey program.
Give Steelers' Alejandro Villanueva a Salute - He's Earned It
The defining aspect of the story being written by Villanueva: what he’s doing even trying to play football at this level, at this juncture, in the first place.
What's Next in This Surreal Season for the Pittsburgh Steelers?
Even a member of the Steelers' ownership group, who works in Hollywood, says the script the team is writing is unbelievable.
Mike Tomlin's Gutsy Call a Rarity in Today's NFL
There’s a lesson in there somewhere that has to do with more than merely how the Steelers beat the Chargers without Ben Roethlisberger, Ryan Shazier and Martavis Bryant.
Pirates Must Focus Beyond Arrieta for Wildcard Win
The Pirates don’t have to beat Arrieta; they merely have to outlast him.
Vick Isn't Big Ben, But He's No Lost Cause
It was a football decision, the wisdom of which is about to be revealed.
Wildcard Game Starting Pitcher? Give the Ball to Cole
Clint Hurdle and the Pirates already know what they’d get from Cole in terms of demeanor in a one-game knockout.
Tradition Collides on Sunday at Heinz Field
49ers Coach Jim Tomsula, who will take on the Steelers Sunday, is the most recent addition to the ranks of NFL coaches from western Pennsylvania.
About This Blog
Mike Prisuta is a veteran of Pittsburgh sports reporting since 1985.
Mike can be heard Monday through Friday talking sports with Randy Baumann and the DVE Morning Show.
His favorite sport is whatever’s in season.
Follow him on Twitter @DVEMike
