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2.6K9PenguinsCartoon Canon: Jake stuns Pekka! ☕
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:03 AM May 28, 2019While I will grudgingly admit that the fact that the NHL is still playing hockey on Memorial Day is fairly ridiculous, you’ll never hear me say that I don’t love...
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2.3K15PiratesCartoon Canon: Babe’s farewell at Forbes! ☕
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:03 AM May 21, 2019May 25, 1935 didn't mark Babe Ruth’s final game, but man, it really should’ve.
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3.0K25PiratesCartoon Canon: Necciai’s 27 Ks!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:06 AM May 14, 2019Ron Necciai was a chronic worrier, and he had the ulcers to prove it.
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2.7K12PenguinsCartoon Canon: Jagr on one leg!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:00 AM May 7, 2019We’ve seen quite a bit of ol’ Jags in Cartoon Canon of late, but in the long view, his gutsy performance in the spring of 1999 might be his most...
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2.2K25PiratesCartoon Canon: Dock drops ’em all!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 11:25 PM April 29, 2019RICHMOND, Va. — Dock Ellis’ acid-aided no-hitter is common baseball lore, but this lesser-known incident which saw him go headhunting against the Reds more aptly describes the mercurial player’s character...
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2.2K6zColumnsCartoon Canon: Ah, Leah!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:00 AM April 16, 2019The TYR Pro Swim Series, a professional swimming event featuring some of the sport’s biggest names, took place right here in Richmond last week.
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2.8K15PenguinsCartoon Canon: The great 68!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:00 AM April 9, 2019I will freely admit, I briefly considered changing course with this cartoon yesterday afternoon to focus on the Pirates’ Claude Ritchey.
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2.6K16PiratesCartoon Canon: Who buried the monkey?
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:06 AM April 2, 2019Scant few photos exist, either of the team or the venue, Recreation Park, and the event itself may well be a tall tale.
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1.9K6PenguinsCartoon Canon: A March … to nowhere!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:04 AM March 26, 2019The Penguins have had longer winning streaks, but they’ve never had a better month than they did back in March of 2013, going a perfect 15-0.
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2.0KzColumnsCartoon Canon: Brianne’s super sendoff!
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM March 19, 2019U.S. Olympic hero Brianne McLaughlin’s dazzling performance with Buffalo Beauts to win the NWHL’s Isobel Cup over the favored Boston Pride in 2017.
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3.3K21SteelersCartoon Canon: Snowballs for Stoudt!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:19 AM March 12, 2019Amazing Pittsburgh fans booed Jaromir Jagr and Barry Bonds, but perhaps no returning player ever approached the level of loathing that welcomed Cliff Stoudt.
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2.6K16PenguinsCartoon Canon: A pair of 50s!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:43 AM March 5, 2019Amazing as Mario Lemieux was in the 1990s, I always told people that Jaromir Jagr was my favorite hockey player.
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2.5K10PenguinsCartoon Canon: When 18 losses were enough!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:05 AM February 26, 2019As sports fans go, we in Pittsburgh are luckier than most. There are cities that suffer through entire decades of abject misery.
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3.5K19PenguinsCartoon Canon: Valentine’s Day massacre
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:05 AM February 19, 2019There was a time when the hockey season didn’t really start and that nobody paid attention to the Penguins until the Steelers season was over.
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2.4K13Courtesy of StepOutside.orgCartoon Canon: Blass and Sangy forever!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:05 AM February 5, 2019With pitchers and catchers set to report next week, here’s a tribute to Steve Blass’ amazing performance in the 1971 World Series.
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2.1K21PenguinsCartoon Canon: Victory at the Spectrum!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 12:05 AM January 29, 2019From 1974 to 1989, the Penguins played 42 games at the old Spectrum in Philadelphia, and they didn’t win once.
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3.0K14SteelersCartoon Canon: Feels like the first time!
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 1:10 AM January 22, 2019I never get tired of reading about Super Bowl IX. The idea of the relatively unknown Steelers bursting onto the national scene is just irresistible.
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2.6K7SteelersCartoon Canon: America’s Team? Which?
in Richmond, Va.POSTED: 2:05 AM January 15, 2019The Steelers’ reward for trouncing Houston in the 1978 AFC Championship Game was a date with Dallas in Super Bowl XIII.