James Neal and Pascal Dupuis scored third period goals, and Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz kept the Pens alive with shootout goals, but Montreal's Tomas Plekanec ended the contest with a wrister past Marc-Andre Fleury to win 3-2 for the Habs at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Tuesday night.

With the Super Bowl behind us, the next big item on the NFL docket is April's NFL Draft. PSR's Ken Torgent breaks down the former student athletes who will likely be among the top selections in a few months.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Jack Butler and center Dermontti Dawson joined ex Pitt Panthers Chris Doleman and Curtis Martin as members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2012.

There was not much we didn't know about Pitt's Jamie Dixon when this season began. We knew he'd never coached a team to the Final Four. But we also knew he never missed an NCAA Tournament. Nor has he ever lost to a Top 10 team at home.

The Penguins had just unraveled against the Ottawa Senators, falling 5-1 in game five of last month's six-game losing streak. The most recent loss marked their longest losing skid since the 2009-10 season. Dejected Pens players gave clichéd responses to explain their troubles, pointing out that there had been some good hockey played over the course of their woeful slide.

The West Virginia University football program isn’t historically known for pulling in top-flight recruiting classes filled with four-and-five-star recruits. But that’s OK.