NON-SUPER BOWL PITTSBURGH SPORTS NEWS

Despite the utter surplus of Steeler/Super Bowl news, other sports continue on in Pittsburgh. A brief update of the recent happenings:--The Pens came back from the All-Star break with a nice 6-2 win over the Rangers last night. Kris Letang and Petr Sykora led the way with two goals each, and Sidney Crosby added a spectacular goal and two assists. It was a nice (and important) win to start the second half.--Here's a formula for opponents of the Pitt Panthers: get DeJuan Blair in foul trouble, and you'll have a much better shot at winning. It happened against Louisville, and it happened again last night, as the big guy was limited to 23 minutes in a 67-57 loss against Villanova in Philly. Of course, it didn't help that Pitt had 17 turnovers, zero threes in the second half, and one field goal in the final five minutes.--LB Shane Gordon of Weston (FL) Cypress Bay phoned the Wannstache and picked Pitt over Auburn, Tennessee, South Florida, Kansas, Louisville and South Carolin...