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Report: Boise State, SMU, Houston, Others Moving To Big East
The Big East conference got their wish. They have finally added schools to the conference when they could have been down to five schools after Pittsburgh (ACC), Syracuse (ACC), West Virginia (Big 12) and TCU (Big 12) all left within the last three months.
The schools to be added to the Big East include Boise State, Houston,[...]
2012 NHL Draft Will Be Held In Pittsburgh, Report Says
Rumors have been circulating for quite some time that the 2012 NHL Draft would be held at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins, but it’s expected to become official this week. According to a report at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the NHL is set to formally announce Pittsburgh as the host of the draft on Thursday from the arena, prior to the Penguins’ game [...]
Your Conference Re-Alignment Update for September 20
Pitt/’Cuse make the mediocre slightly mediocre-er
The obvious news from Monday is that Syracuse and Pittsburgh both left the Big East for the ACC. Everyone knows this was a money move, since super conferences are coming, but there’s no way this move really makes the ACC any better in football. The Orange are still a doormat and Pitt just had Dave [...]
ACC Adds Syracuse, Pitt As Oklahoma, Texas Prepare To Head West
Well, that came out of nowhere. The Syracuse Orange and Pittsburgh Panthers were announced in a Sunday morning release as the ACC’s 13th and 14th teams. Pretty amazing, considering that before Saturday there were barely even rumors of these schools getting the call-up. There’s no reason to assume the ACC is done, as it could [...]
Ohlendorf spending offseason as intern
An e-mail requesting an internship arrived at the Agriculture Department this summer with an impressive resume: Princeton University degree in operations research and financial engineering, 3.8 college GPA, 1520 SATs. Ross Ohlendorf didn’t mention his 95 mph sinking fastball, but it probably wouldn’t have hurt his chances. Department officials were impressed that the Pittsburgh Pirates [...]
