Sports For Beginners Podcast

The 2024 MLB regular season has officially begun and that can only mean one thing. Blue Jays Game Recap is back on the Sports For Beginners Podcast and this season we’re covering all select Toronto Blue Jays series including those from Opening Day where the Blue Jays opened up their road game season against the Tampa Bay Rays in a 4-game series. So how did the Blue Jays fair against the Rays? Was...

The Columbus Blue Jackets are out of the playoffs but the Pittsburgh Penguins could be turning their hopes of making the playoffs this season around as this Home & Home series continues on Saturday and wraps up by the end of the night. But that doesn't mean the Blue Jackets should stop competing for wins and you can bet that they will definitely try everything in their power to ensure that...

The Penguins saw the return to the win column in a big way on Tuesday night when they paid tribute to a former teammate in Jake Guentzel who made his return to Pittsburgh in the final game of the 4-game season series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Carolina Hurricanes as the Penguins would defeat Jake and the Hurricanes by a final score of (PIT 4-1 CAR) and in doing so they would even the...

"Let's Play Ball..." It's the dawn of a new Baseball Season and these two teams in the Toronto Blue Jays and the Tampa Bay Rays are ready for another exciting season of Baseball filled with twist and turns, trades etc. It starts now on Opening Day and Sports For Beginners and On The Ice & Behind The Benches are teaming up to bring you a new kind of Pre-game show created just...

It’s episode 11 of Weekly In Sports it’s the end of the month March show and with the NHL playoffs right around the corner and the professional women’s hockey league playoffs coming up fast behind them. There’s a lot to discuss! On today’s show, we will be doing the following.. A look at the PWHL after the month of March Blue Jackets, Penguins home and home series preview Our monthly shout outs of...

The Pittsburgh Penguins return home to Pittsburgh to battle the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night and they will look to even the season series with the Hurricanes after losing to Hurricanes back in late January in Carolina by a final score of (CAR 3-2 PIT) in overtime and they'll do so coming off a (COL 5-4 PIT) overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday afternoon in Denver Colorado....

The Colorado Avalanche began their 5-game home stand to wrap up the month of March with a bang by defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday in by a final score of (COL 6-1 CBJ) and now they will host the Pittsburgh Penguins as the home stand continues. The Pittsburgh Penguins come to Denver Colorado for the only time this season since the two teams last met in Pittsburgh in late October where...

These two teams both took part in a little St. Patrick’s Day 2-day weekend in the motor city of Detroit when Ottawa took on Boston at Little Caesars Arena and it was Boston’s Hilary Knight who gave Boston the win in a shootout by a final score of (BOS 2-1 OTT) on Saturday. Toronto was available to pick up a victory over Montréal of their own in Pittsburgh on Sunday (St. Patrick’s Day) when Montréa...

The Pittsburgh Penguins head to Dallas for a big weekend as they look to make a push for the playoffs, even with the odds stacked not in their favour, and so, bring on the Dallas Stars for the final time this season. Last time, these two teams met, Dallas defeated Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh by a final score of (DAL 4-1 PIT) back in late October. The Penguins will be looking to get even with the star...

After 15 straight seasons in the NHL Wayne Simmonds has called it a career after playing with the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Nashville Predators, New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Meanwhile the Pittsburgh Penguins continue their push for a playoff spot in the 2023/2024 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs as they head into Dallas to take on the Dallas Stars on Friday...

The Pittsburgh Penguins come to New Jersey hoping to get another win as they continue their quest for a playoff spot and they’ll have to do so against a team in the New Jersey Devils who defeated the them back in November of 2023 in Pittsburgh by a final score of (NJD 5-2 PIT) and they’ll do so coming off a (PIT 6-3 DET) win against the Detroit Red Wings in Pittsburgh on St. Patrick’s Day. The New...

The Detroit Red Wings come to Pittsburgh looking to string together a few more wins after ending their 7-game losing streak on Saturday against Buffalo in Detroit by a final score of (DET 4-1 BUF) and right before the PWHL took the ice in the motor city later that evening. The Pittsburgh Penguins are struggling to string together some wins of their own after ending a 4-game losing streak at home o...

From the Home of the Toronto Maple Leafs to the home of the home of the Minnesota Wild. Now the Professional Women’s Hockey League is taking over the home of the Detroit Red Wings and the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins as two teams prepare for battle in the motor city on Saturday night (Ottawa VS Boston) and then in the Steel City of Pittsburgh (Toronto VS Montréal) on Sunday afternoon and on thi...

The New York Rangers return to Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins to close out a 3-game road trip after a quick stop in Tampa Bay for a showdown with the Lighting on Thursday night. The Pittsburgh Penguins meanwhile continue their 3-game home stand as they host the Rangers for the final time in Pittsburgh this season as they continue to struggle to string together some wins they are looking a big...

The wait is finally over because one week from next Thursday and Friday the first pitch of the 2024 MLB 162 game regular season for all 30 Major League Baseball teams and the Toronto Blue Jays will officially be thrown. Meanwhile on the Ice the Pittsburgh Penguins have been struggling to string together wins and with only 17 games left in this season fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh a...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are struggling to string together, some wins, including their previous loss in overtime to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night by a final score of (OTT 2-1 PIT). Now the team heads home to battle the San Jose Sharks who have not been having a great season thus far, but have sort of turned up the heat a little bit lately and the penguins will face the sharks for the second...

The Ottawa Senators have had the Pittsburgh Penguins number all season long with victories in regulation against the Penguins in late October (OTT 5-2 PIT) and just before Christmas in overtime (OTT 5-4 PIT) and now they will look to sweep the Penguins in the season series finale and what better way to do it than in front of the home crowd. They will do so coming off a (SJS 2-1 OTT) loss to the Sa...

The Penguins entered the back half of a back-to-back coming back to Pittsburgh after falling to the Boston Bruins in another disappointing loss on Saturday afternoon in Boston by a final score of (BOS 5-1 PIT) and now they will have to be ready to play and get even with the Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid. The Oilers return to Pittsburgh looking to sweep the season series with the Penguins afte...

The Trade Deadline is in the rear-view mirror and now it's time to turn up the heat as the race for the Stanley Cup playoffs and a chance to hoist Lord Stanley's Cup at the end of this season and after defeating the Boston Bruins the last time the Penguins played in Boston back in early January by a final score of (PIT 6-5 BOS) they come into this game coming off a disappointing (WSH 6-0 P...

It’s the final stop of the 2023/2024 NHL regular season before the race for the Stanley Cup playoffs begins to heat up. Coming up on today’s program, we will be talking the following topics NHL Trade Deadline. Theme Days and promotional events (A biweekly segment that will be featured every 2nd Friday of the month) during baseball season Exuding the mid-summer classic podcast break for season 3 of...

Last time the Penguins played the Capitals the Capitals were able to get even with the Penguins in their season series with a (WSH 4-3 PIT) victory back in early January after the Penguins shut the Capitals out back in mid October of 2023 by a final score of (PIT 4-0 WSH) Since then the Capitals are looking for another victory in Pittsburgh after having already done it in January and they'll d...

There is literally nothing left to do except get right at home and on home ice as the Pittsburgh Penguins return home from a 4-game road trip that started on a high note and ended with 3 straight losses including their recent no show loss to the Edmonton Oilers by a final score of (EDM 6-1 PIT) on Sunday night but now it’s time to start fresh again and grab another huge two points if they can do s...

The Edmonton Oilers and the Pittsburgh Penguins last played each other on (Thursday, February, 23rd, 2023) last season when the Oilers defeated the Penguins by a final score of (EDM 7-2 PIT). This season series between the Oilers and the Penguins is only just getting started and for the Edmonton Oilers it comes on the back-to-back as the Edmonton Oilers are coming off a (EDM 2-1 SEA) victory over...

Last time these two teams met the Penguins picked up a (PIT 5-2 CGY) victory over the Calgary Flames back in October. Now months later here the Penguins and the Flames are again and the Calgary Flames are looking to get even with the Penguins in the season series and they'll do so following a (CGY 4-2 LAK) victory over the Los Angeles Kings which kicked off their 3-game home stand on a high no...

Last time these two teams met the Penguins picked up a (PIT 3-0 SEA) shutout win over the Kraken back on Monday, January, 15th, 2024 in Pittsburgh. Now the season series between these two teams will wrap-up in Seattle and the Penguins are looking to win the season series with the Kraken when the two teams meet on Thursday night at Climate Pledge Arena and they’ll do so coming off their third strai...