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Friday May 18 2012
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For the last few seasons, I have made sure that I left a few days between the draft itself and my first major reaction to it. It helps to leave a little time to digest it after the three-day marathon that is the NFL Draft.
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My 4-year-old son, Walker, has become just that -- a walker -- whether he or his preschool teachers always like it or not. Regardless of the weather, Walker and I usually return home by foot from his preschool.
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We were trailing by three points, with less than a minute to play. It was our ball. My son Anthony, never bashful to shoot the basketball, was hitting nothing but net from beyond the arc.
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Players bring the violence, but watching sports like hockey and football is a moral conundrum in and of itself.
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The Penguins first-round series loss to the Flyers put a dismal stamp on a season that began with so much promise. PSR takes a look at the team’s 2011-12 season leaders, including the winners of their annual team awards.
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Paul Chryst is Pitt's new head football coach, but his assistant coaches will shape the course of Chryst's Pitt program nearly as much as the man in charge. Some of the new coaches in Oakland are familiar faces, but many are not. Here's a peek at the sidelines.
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First-year Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien recently completed his first spring practice in Happy Valley. O'Brien's first staff features two members that are well known at Beaver Stadium, but many others that are not. Here's a peek.
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The Point Park Lady Pioneer basketball team has been improving for years, but their record-setting season—during which they reached the NAIA National Tournament in Sioux City, Iowa—wasn’t just due to a stroke of luck.
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