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A skilled 6-6 center is a rare commodity in women's basketball, which explains why Shawnice "Pepper" Wilson received over 100 scholarship offers out of Pittsburgh's Westinghouse High School a couple of years ago.

Wilson, a two-time City League Player of the Year at Westinghouse, visited just two universities – Pitt and Miami-Florida.

06/21/2011 - 11:37
Walter Villa
After Terrelle Pryor declared that he will forgo his senior year at Ohio State University, he turned down an offer sheet from the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who hold the Canadian Football League negotiating rights to the former Jeannette star. Pryor plans to instead prepare for the NFL's supplemental draft.

What’s the Supplemental Draft?

06/13/2011 - 11:54
Christopher Bozym
Terrelle Pryor's attorney has announced that the quarterback won't return for his senior season with the Buckeyes. The former Jeannette star will most likely make himself available for the NFL supplemental draft.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Terrelle Pryor's career at Ohio State, which started with so much promise and potential, has come to an abrupt and scandal-ridden end.

06/07/2011 - 18:51
PSR Staff
When Jim Tressel resigned as Ohio State's head coach late last month, it shocked the Buckeye faithful. It shouldn't have. They should have seen this coming the very day Ohio State hired Tressel after his wildly successful run at Youngstown State.

His downfall had all the subtlety of an episode of "The Jersey Shore." The coach ran his football programs the way Eddie Van Halen ran his band.

06/04/2011 - 09:20
Tony DeFazio
Three months after being suspended for five games and fined $250,000 by Ohio State University for lying about his knowledge that players were receiving improper benefits from the owner of a local tattoo parlor, Jim Tressel handed in his resignation as head football coach at Ohio State.

What does this mean for all parties involved?

06/02/2011 - 11:53
Christopher Bozym
In 1978-79, one of the most infamous point-shaving scandals in recent sports history was executed with the Boston College basketball team. Originally conceived by Pittsburgh bookies, infamous mobster Henry Hill and his boss Jimmy Burke—of the Lucchese crime family—were brought in on the scheme.

The crew recruited several BC players, who deliberately missed shots to cover the point-spread in several games. After an unsuccessful run in a Feb.

05/18/2011 - 10:24
Anthony Jaskulski
Growing up in Johnstown, family was always important to Tom Walter - from his own relatives to his idol Dave Parker and the “We Are Family” championship Pirates.

Now the head baseball coach at Wake Forest, Walter preaches family to his players. After the life-saving sacrifice he made earlier this year, they listen.

05/13/2011 - 20:04
Walter Villa
“I told the feds that this kid took money from me in a hotel room in Boston. I think I gave him $5,000 and an ounce of coke. He took it right out of my (expletive) hand. They didn't believe that, and they believed this kid instead for the longest time until the truth finally came out.” – gangster Henry Hill.

Since the early fifties, point-shaving and fixing games to stay below or above a given point spread has been a federal crime that has plagued college sports, especially basketball.

05/05/2011 - 15:44
Anthony Jaskulski
Goaltender John Gibson named tournament’s best goaltender

Team USA, with the help of three local products, rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the championship game to defeat Sweden, 4-3 in overtime, to capture the 2011 World Under-18 Championship – the United

04/24/2011 - 21:38
PSR Staff
Two days after holding Kentucky to 33 percent shooting, UConn smothered Butler, holding the poor-shooting Bulldogs to a jaw-dropping 19 percent from the floor and the Huskies won the 2011 National Championship 53-41. The title is the third in the past 13 years for UConn and coach Jim Calhoun.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Kemba Walker scored 16 points and Connecticut beat Butler 53-41 on Monday night to give Jim Calhoun his third national championship, something only four other coach

04/04/2011 - 23:40
PSR Staff
Following the Steelers’ draft haul last month, there was considerable talk about how the team deviated from their tried and true ways, stepping boldly into the new era of the NFL by embracing change and living—and drafting—for the now.
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You can’t divide the Major League Baseball season into four whole parts—162 divided by four comes out to 40.5—but after last night’s game against Milwaukee, the Pittsburgh Pirates officially rounded the quarter turn of their 2013 season. The report out of PNC Park: so far, so good—but there’s a long way to go.
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Mario Lemieux and Evgeni Malkin both won it. Other great Penguins like Tom Barrasso and Bryan Trottier also hoisted it. No, it’s not the Stanley Cup; it’s the Calder Trophy for the NHL’s most outstanding first year player.
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The Pitt baseball team entered May in the midst of one of the best seasons in program history, chasing a Big East title and a berth in the College World Series. It's hard to imagine a better way for the Panthers to enter the ACC.
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Three captains walk into bar... That could be the intro to any number of military jokes; it could also be the story of the Pittsburgh Penguins 2013 postseason.
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Entering the 2012-13 season, the Penguins top three prospects were generally considered to be forward Beau Bennett and defensemen Simon Despres and Joe Morrow.
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As the Penguins attempt to push through playoffs, PSR takes a closer look at some of the numbers that made the 2012-13 regular season as successful as it was.
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After closing out their first-round series against the eighth-seeded Islanders, the top-seeded Penguins are taking some admittedly well-deserved heat.
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