Kevin Stallings to be Pittsburgh's new head coach

Stallings will replace Jamie Dixon, who left the Panthers last week to take the job at TCU. Stallings was 455-283 with nine NCAA tournament appearances in this coaching tenure. Jamie Dixon chose to depart, leaving for TCU after 13 seasons as the Panthers head coach. During his time at Pitt he had two conference titles, two No.1 seeds, one conference tournament and 11 NCAA Tournament appearances. Dixon was the most successful coach in the school's history.

Inspiration Post: Design Background

The reason I decided to write my blog on sports was while growing up I always had a passion in many different sports. I was able to talk sports with all my friends and family and be able to relate to them. I grew playing baseball until the age of 15, but I decided I did not want to play baseball in High School so I gave up my passion. Now that I am older I am able to follow everything a lot closer and more in depth. 

Michigan State stunned by Middle Tennessee

In one of the biggest upsets in the NCAA tournament, Middle Tennessee upset Michigan State 90-81. This is only the 8th time that a 15 seed has beat a number 2 seed. Middle Tennessee and Michigan State shot the same percentage from the field at 56 percent. Middle Tennessee forced Michigan State to turn the ball over 14 times, which was a huge key to game since Michigan State is a high scoring team who averaged 80 points per game coming into the NCAA Tournament. Middle Tennessee ended up losing the following round to Syracuse. 

Penguins defeat NHL best Capitals

On Sunday March 20th, The Washington Capitals traveled into Consol Energy Center to play The Pittsburgh Penguins. The Capital were coming into the games with a record of 51-15 and 106 points which is the best in the NHL. The Penguins scored two quick goals in the first period by Bryan Rust and Trevor Daley. The Capitals evened the score at 2-2 7 minutes into the second period, but a minute later Tom Kuhnhackl scored his 3rd goal of the season to give the lead for good. The Penguins went on and scored 3 goals in the third period to secure the victory and win 6-2.

Penguins lose to Flames

The Pittsburgh Penguins lost to The Calgary Flames 4-2 on Saturday March 5th. The Penguins were playing catchup most of the game and could not fully catch up. Sidney Crosby scored Pittsburgh's only goals in the 1st and 2nd period. Even with the Penguins losing they are still three points up on the Flyers for the 2nd wildcard berth. The Penguins return to action on Sunday March 6th as they travel to New Jersey to play the Devils.

Peyton Manning Retires

Sunday March 6th 2016 Peyton Manning announced that he will retire after 18 long NFL seasons. Peyton Manning was originally drafted in 1998 by the Indianapolis Colts. Peyton Manning spent 13 season with the Indianapolis Colts and threw for 54,828 yards and 399 touchdowns. In 2012 he was sidelined for the whole year due to having neck surgery. In the offseason the Indianapolis Colts granted him a release, but in the offseason he was picked up by the Denver Broncos. He spent 4 years with Denver and while in the organization he threw for 17,112 yards and 140 touchdowns. He will retiring with the most touchdowns in NFL with 539 and he also has the most NFL passing yards with 71,940.