Pittsburgh Pirates

The NHL, or the National Hockey League is one of many hockey leagues. It is also home to many great players such as, Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson, Patrick Kane, and many other great players. But one of the best all time players in the NHL is Connor McDavid. Connor McDavid is a young Canadian athlete that started playing hockey at a very young age. He quickly gained an interest and talent for the sport and slowly worked his way to the pros. Connor McDavid was born January 13, 1997 in Richmond…

Immanuel History Project Polio was a shocking disease in the 1960, affecting large numbers of the population. What changes has the vaccine had upon Australian society? “The highest recorded incidence of poliomyelitis in the country Australia was 39.1 per 100,000 population was in 1938”- http://www.ncirs.edu.au/immunisation/fact-sheets/polio-fact-sheet.pdf. Polio was a highly contagious virus that entered the body through the mouth. The virus spread across Australia taking the lives of many…

If everything is a text, then let’s analyze people and their sports teams. Why do people like the teams they do, and what makes them like them so much, that they stay loyal to one day till the day they die? The superstitions that people follow every week, or every season, is because those people are die-hard fans of that team. People sacrifice so much to be able to watch their teams every season. Some people like sports teams because of who their parents like. When a kid watches their first…

Although he is a prominent figure in the history of Pittsburgh, the life of Jonas Edward Salk did not begin in Pittsburgh. Jonas Salk, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants to the United States was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City. It was in New York City that he became the first member of his family to attend college by attending New York University and earning his medical degree in 1939. The next stop on Jonas Salk’s journey to Pittsburgh was at the University of Michigan. At the…

In football, every play is a feat of endurance. The snap sets off a crescendo of violence as linebackers slam together, receivers take off, and the quarterback desperately scurries for safety in the backfield. Players “[regard] their bodies as machines and weapons with which to annihilate their opponents,” and do not hesitate in taking down their foes (Messner and Sabo 95). They are injured fairly regularly in this hostile landscape: some athletes even endure career ending injuries. In…

Mark Fainaru wrote this documentary to enlighten us on what is really causing the football players concussions. Scientist were figuring out why players life spans were not very long. They bought it to the league which they were denying the true fact that were going on. The League kept denying the subject and tried to cover it up possible ties with the player’s concussions and their suffering on the football field and all the brain injuries. The league covers up the real reason why they are…

Rod Gilbert was one tough player. He overcame one serious injury a broken back. During a junior game, Gilbert skated over a piece of debris. He had two operations to fix his injury in which he almost died as a result of the surgeries. When he was eligible to play again after his broken back, he was put in and got five points in 4 games. Gilbert fought through his injury and reached his goal of playing in the NHL with the New York Rangers by 1962-63. For his work he would be given the Masterton…

warm Tampa Bay evening on February 1st, 2009. Most people would recall it as any ordinary day, but it was the game of the year for football fans – super bowl XLII. One night, one game, in one neutral stadium between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers to ultimately decide who takes home the Lombardi trophy. The Steelers were leading at the start of the fourth quarter, but Arizona answered by scoring sixteen points straight, taking the lead and momentum away from the Steelers.…

Wayne Gretzky (The Great one) He was born on January 26, 1961, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Early life Gretzky began skating at the age of 2 ½ years old. At age 6 he was playing on a all-star team with 10-11 year olds. In 1977 when he was 16 he was already playing with juniors and had the best record for goals and assists for being the youngest player in his league. Professional He turned professional in 1980 at the age of 19 years old. He was the greatest hockey player in the NHL and…

The Philadelphia Flyers turned in a very underwhelming performance falling 6-2 against the New Jersey Devils who ended their 10 game losing streak. The Philadelphia Flyers opened the scoring as Michael Del Zotto finished off a beautiful tic tac toe passing play from Claude Giroux and Jake Voracek. Giroux who has had his fair share of struggles this season is now enjoying a six-game point streak Only 1:11 later Kyle Palmieri tied the hockey game starting a string of three unanswered Devils…