Mike Sullivan Embraces Pittsburgh Along with The Cup
When Sullivan showed up in December and began going about the business of delivering to the city its fourth Stanley Cup, he also found out what Pittsburgh sports are really all about.
Pens Suddenly Adamant About Defense Winning Championships
It’s trench warfare on ice in this year’s Final. And the Penguins aren’t just surviving, they’re thriving.
Pens-Sharks Cup Final Lacks Mystery But Not Intrigue
Game 1 turned out to be as revealing, potentially, as it was riveting, for the Sharks as for the Pens.
Resurrected Penguins Writing Their Story Their Way
These Penguins have been downright unrecognizable, individually and collectively, on the way to the Stanley Cup Final.
Crosby’s Long-Awaited Signature has Pens Pondering The Possibilities
For Sidney Crosby and for the Penguins, happy days are here again. But the emotion of the moment won’t mean much if Crosby and the Penguins aren’t able to build upon it as the series progresses.
Imperfect Penguins More Than Good Enough So Far
What’s delivered the Penguins into their first Eastern Conference Final since 2013 is the realization that imperfections need not be deal-breakers if you just keep coming.
Pirates Still Searching For Response to Arrieta-Caliber Dominance
The Bucs’ wild-card failures the last two seasons have cast a shadow of doubt if not impending doom over a season that otherwise ought to be ripe with promise.
A By-The-Numbers Draft Has Its Advantages For Steelers This Time
For the Steelers, this is a draft that’s long on need but short on intrigue.
Third Time Against Rangers Off to Charming Start for Pens
The culture change Sullivan has orchestrated with the Penguins has been confirmed.
For Penguins, A Great Offense Begins with a Better Defense
The Penguins are a different and truly dangerous team this postseason.
Pens After Even More, Not Merely More of the Same
This Penguins squad is a different animal from predecessors that expected to win on talent alone.
Is Phil Kessel The Final Piece of Penguins' Playoff Puzzle?
Slowly but surely, the Penguins have become a group that excels individually and collectively at not being denied.
Max Talbot: Long Way from Lifting the Cup But He's Still Playing
The game’s asking a lot from Talbot these days, but Talbot’s a hockey lifer and he’s still willing to give what’s required.
March Madness: Does Your Bracket Look Like Mike's?
Sports blogger Mike Prisuta's brackets have more than a few upsets, including a stunner that will have some local fans booking last minute flights to Houston.
Pirates 2016: In Clint They Trust
A team that doesn't spend enough money to achieve its goals is blessed with a manager who may take them to the promised land anyway.
Pens Did What They Could/Should Have at Trade Deadline
Between the lack of assets to trade in the first place, salary-cap complications and an apparent need to bolster the defense that became glaring once Ben Lovejoy got hurt, there wasn’t much General Manager Jim Rutherford was going to accomplish.
Steelers' Heath Miller: ‘As Unselfish As They Get’
For the best tight end in franchise history, there’s dignity in his decision to walk away despite having gas left in the tank.
Why March Madness will be More Maddening than Ever
This might even be the year when filling out the brackets based on mascots and color schemes is potentially as legitimate a method of selection as any other handicapping tool.
Super Bowl Predictions: Can I Have That One Back?
Denver's upset win over Carolina -- predicted by hardly anyone (including yours truly) -- should be interpreted as good news for Steelers' fans.
It's Simple This Time, Super Bowl 50 Won't Even be Close
The Panthers are going to get to the Broncos eventually. When that happens, Peyton Manning is going to be forced to throw it. And once that happens, it’s going to get ugly.
Desperate for Momentum - Have Pittsburgh Penguins Found It?
Fans have reason to be optimistic despite a season that's included the firing of a head coach and his successor losing his first four games.
Despite Playoff Exit, Arrow Pointing Up for Steelers in Offseason
The reaction after the loss to Denver was decidedly different than other season-ending defeats.
Despite Win, Saturday Was Not Steelers' Finest Hour
There remains plenty for the Steelers to be embarrassed about, despite their having survived and advanced.
Steelers' Fortunes May Rest on One Struggling Wide Receiver
Martavis Bryant is just a piece of the puzzle, but the way this team is constructed, he’s a critical piece.
It's Up to Players, Not Mike Sullivan, to Solve Penguins' Woes
Sullivan is the latest summoned to step in and attempt to coach a team that’s comprised of players who perceive themselves as better than they actually are, a team that’s short on leadership, accountability and discipline, and one that lacks self-starters.
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.
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.
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