Michael Collins Many fans argue that changes need to be made in college football’s Bowl Championship Series to make it more fair in choosing teams to play for the national championship. Many teams do not have a shot at the title even though they had perfect seasons.

After a last-second loss to the Ravens that had fans and players alike in shock, the Pittsburgh Steelers looked to bounce back against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Entering the game in third place in the AFC North, the Steelers knew they had to put last week’s game in the rearview and focus on the [...]

Before we get started, let me make one thing clear. Yes, the Steelers have six rings and the Cowboys only have five. In the minds of most Pittsburgh fans, the argument stops there.

What happens when children are brought up in a rough atmosphere, but still hold onto their dreams? One child didn’t let the atmosphere he grew up in diminish his dream of playing professional football for a living. This child, Alfonso Hoggard, made the best out of a bad situation and pushes everyday to make his [...]

Every dominate force has its weakness. For the Steelers, their weakness over the past decade has been a name that makes fans cringe each time they hear it: Tom Brady. Going into this past Sunday’s game against the Patriots, the Steelers were just 1-6 against Brady in his career.

The world of professional sports management is a confusingly muddled reality at best. In no other sport is league officiating so thoroughly questioned and ridiculed than the National Football League.

The Clarion Golden Eagles football team marched into Saturday’s game, Oct. 15, against rival Indiana University of Pennsylvania in high spirits after a 54-6 trumping of Lock Haven the previous week. Sophomore quarterback Ben Fiscus rushed for a school-record 204 yards against Lock Haven. Junior tailback John Fuhrer added 111 of his own rushing yards [...]

As last week’s annual Autumn Leaf Festival illuminated downtown Clarion, the Golden Eagles football team lit up the scoreboard to earn its first victory by defeating Lock Haven 54-6 in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West game in front of Saturday’s large homecoming crowd. In what coach Jay Foster felt was a long time coming, [...]

As the Steelers entered into their fourth game, the fans still weren’t too sure of what type of team they had to root for. They suffered a beatdown at the hands of the Ravens before handing one of their own out against the Seahawks. Last week, they narrowly escaped with a win against the Peyton [...]

The 2011 NFL season up to this point has become the year of surprises. Through the first quarter of the season there are five teams that finished with a losing record last year that have come out of nowhere, and are currently posting a winning record. But are these teams for real?

In a few years, college sports fans will begin to notice new rivalries being formed as more and more schools look to change conferences. The most recent being the addition of Big East teams Pittsburgh and Syracuse to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

The Clarion Golden Eagles football team dropped to 0-3 on the season as it fell hard again, 54-24 to Shippensburg last Saturday on the road. The Golden Eagles started the game with a great opening drive that ended with a two-yard touchdown run by Brandon Atkins. Shippensburg responded with a solid opening drive of its [...]

With the NFL kicking off this past weekend, another crazy year in the world of fantasy football begins. The opening kickoff weekend of the 2011 season did not disappoint with plenty of big name players who made headlines with outstanding performances in week one.

With the first pick in the 2011 NFL draft, the Carolina Panthers select… That’s just it, we aren’t quite sure who the Panthers will take with the No. 1 overall pick.

Aaron Rodgers officially stepped out of Green Bay legend Brett Favre’s shadow on Sunday after winning the Super Bowl’s Most Valuable Player award, and leading the Packers to a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. Rodgers started off the extravaganza by hooking up on a 29-yard pass to wide receiver Jordy [...]