"The Machine" Makes Week 1 NFL Picks
After a long offseason absence, The Machine made his much-dreaded return to The Fan Morning Show on Friday to offer his picks for week one of the NFL.
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After a long offseason absence, The Machine made his much-dreaded return to The Fan Morning Show on Friday to offer his picks for week one of the NFL.
With the Steelers kicking off their 2012 season on Sunday night against the Broncos, Jim Colony took the opportunity to catch up with a number of players as they prepared for the opener.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- George Winn ran for a pair of touchdowns, including a 58-yarder on Cincinnati's first play of the game, and the Bearcats took advantage of more Pittsburgh mistakes for a 34-10 victory Thursday night, opening a Big East season that will lead to huge changes.
NFL Network Analyst Rich Eisen joined Seibel, Starkey and Miller on Sportsradio 93.7 The FAN in Pittsburgh to preview the upcoming NFL season, and what he expects to see from Peyton Manning when the Steelers line up across from him this Sunday night.
Pittsburgh Steelers LB Larry Foote calls in to Vinnie & Cook on Sportsradio 93-7 The Fan.
Former Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell has died. He was 87.
In its first year of existence Central Valley won the WPIAL Class AAA championship after falling to Montour in Week 6 of the 2010 regular season. In 2011 Central Valley picked up where it left off by beating Montour en route to the conference title, but the Spartans made the champs take their medicine in the district semifinals before capturing their first Class AAA crown since 1964.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- Steelers receiver Mike Wallace doesn't believe a summer-long holdout has affected his ability to understand and execute the content of new offensive coordinator Todd Haley's playbook.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky regrets not taking the stand at his child sex abuse trial and likely will be sentenced next month, his defense lawyer said Wednesday.
As radio analyst Pat Bostick once contended, some of the most significant progress you'll see from a successful team takes place from game one to game two, which is something I can't recall happening since the year Cincinnati stole that aforementioned BCS berth from under the Panthers' collective nose.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- With safety Ryan Clark out for Sunday's season-opener in Denver because of his sickle cell trait, his job in Week 1 belongs to Woodland Hills product Ryan Mundy, a stalwart in Dick LeBeau's nickel defense.
We announce our top four players from the first week of WPIAL football, including the star of our featured game on brother station NewsRadio 1020 KDKA.
CINCINNATI (AP) An enormous boat trophy was created in 2005, when Cincinnati entered the Big East and found another way to have a rivalry with Pittsburgh.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Even though Penn State and Ohio State are banned from playing in the Big Ten title game or a bowl as part of NCAA sanctions, both are still eligible to win the conference's Leaders Division and receive a trophy this season.
KDKA AM's Larry Richert talks to former NFL referee and Pittsburgher Sanford Rivers about the effects of the referee lockout.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- Steelers safety Ryan Clark won't play in the team's prime-time regular season opener against the host Denver Broncos Sunday, but on Tuesday he celebrated the creation of a non-profit organization centering on the sickle cell condition that will keep him out of Week 1.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- Center and co-captain Ryan Turnley would have liked to pave the way for more productivity in Saturday's 31-17 loss to Youngstown State at Heinz Field, but he still likes the chemistry of Pitt's offensive line after their first regular-season test.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- West Virginia, which entered the season at No. 11, has moved up to No. 9 in the new AP college football poll following a 69-34 win over Marshall in Saturday's 2012 opener at Milan Puskar Stadium.
93-7 The Fan Steelers insider Ed Bouchette from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joins Vinnie & Cook for his weekly Tuesday appearance.
The preseason is over and Mike Tomlin held his first official press conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the Steelers' Week 1 opponent.
teelers guard, Willie Colon is once again promoting his charity event, the "Lupus Loop" 5k Run and Walk. To talk about it, and the Steelers' first game week of the season, he joined the Fan Morning Show on Tuesday.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- Despite a 31-17 upset at the hands of Youngstown State in last Saturday's season opener, senior quarterback Tino Sunseri sees positives on which Pitt's offense can build entering Thursday's Big East lid-lifter in Cincinnati.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- Some players discussed the need to put foresight above hindsight after Pitt was upset by Youngstown State, 31-17, at Heinz Field Saturday, and head coach Paul Chryst said in his weekly press conference he expects tangible progress to be made between game one and game two, Thursday's Big East opener against Cincinnati at Nippert Stadium.
93.7 The Fan Steelers Insider and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Ed Bouchette joined Ron Cook on The Fan Morning Show Monday morning.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) An emotionless Bill O'Brien spoke in measured tones, delivering short and sometimes one-word answers. Penn State's new head coach clearly wasn't happy, and meeting the media seemed like the last thing he wanted to do after losing his Happy Valley debut 24-14 to Ohio.
