Sports For Beginners Podcast

Spring training is underway and opening day in Major League Baseball starts next month. The professional women’s hockey league is coming to the steel city of Pittsburgh and the motor city of Detroit but how did the remainder of the month of February‘s games go? On this episode of weekly in sports we dive into.. Who impressed in the month of February in the professional women’s hockey league Will t...

Last time these two teams met the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in Overtime by a final score of (VAN 4-3 PIT) in Pittsburgh back in early January. Now this season series has been sent to Vancouver where the Penguins are looking to get even with the Canucks as they play at Rogers Arena on Tuesday night. The Penguins come in to this game coming up (PIT 7-6 PHI) win over their cr...

Here we go Penguins and Flyers fans the winner of this game on Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh will either even the series or win the series when the dust settles. That's right Penguins and Flyers fans it's time for the final "Battle of Pennsylvania" of the 2023/2024 NHL season. The Penguins come into this game coming off a huge (PIT 4-1 MON) win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thu...

The Professional Women’s Hockey League is here to stay so what’s been making news lately? Spring has sprung and Opening Day is just a month away so let’s take a look at some news from around the Spring Training sites. On today’s show we will discuss the following.. What’s going on at Spring Training in Major League Baseball? The PWHL is coming to the Motor City and the Steel City so who’s competin...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are looking for a big turnaround heading into the trade deadline next month but they’re also looking to get right after another hard fought battle with the Islanders on Tuesday night which they did earn a point in but came up short in overtime with Adam Pelech sealing the Islanders win by a final score of (NYI 5-4 PIT). The Montréal Canadiens come to Pittsburgh for a chance...

The Pittsburgh Penguins will look to get back in the win column after a hard fought loss to the Los Angeles Kings on a very special night in Pittsburgh for the former franchise icon in Jaromir Jagr as the Penguins loss to the Kings by a final score of (LA 2-1 PIT) on Sunday night. The New York Islanders are also looking to get back in the win column after coming up short their stadium series again...

"Pittsburgh I'm coming home." It's gonna be a fun time in Pittsburgh for the former Penguins forward Jaromir Jagr as his number 68 jersey is raised to the rafters of PPG Paints Arena on Sunday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins battle the Los Angeles Kings a team they beat at Crypto.com Arena in overtime by a final score of (PIT 4-3 LA) back in early November earlier this season. S...

Last time these two teams met Montréal was able to get even with Minnesota after Minnesota became the first team in PWHL history to win their Home Opener when they shut out Montréal on Saturday, January, 6th, 2024 by a final score of (MIN 3-0 MON) and last time they met back on Wednesday, January, 24th, 2024 it was Montréal who got the win when they played again at the Excel Energy Centre in St. P...

It's episode 4 of season 3 of the Sports For Beginners Podcast and we've got a very special guest joining me in studio today. You know him for being the co-host and sometimes host of the Toronto Maple Leafs former pre and post-game show "Leafs Nation Pre and Post Game" alongside Gord Stellick and now he is currently still available to be heard on the Sports net radio network know...

The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks began the 2023/2024 NHL regular season in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, October, 10th, 2023 the day we dropped the puck on the start of the regular season and the Penguins opened up their season with a big (PIT 4-2 CHI) victory over the Blackhawks and rookie first overall draft pick Connor Bedard. Since then the Penguins have been a little bit of hot and...

Last time the Florida Panthers and the Pittsburgh Penguins met in Pittsburgh the Penguins fought hard to get even with the Panthers and came up with a point while at the same time coming up short in a shootout as they would end up falling to the Panthers by a final score (FLA 3-2 PIT) back in late January on (Friday, January, 26th, 2024) They also lost to Panthers (FLA 3-1 PIT) back in early Decem...

Last time we saw Toronto and Boston in action head-to-head we were at the old Maple Leaf Gardens inside what is now called the Mattamy Athletic Centre and Boston came out on top with a (BOS 3-2 TOR) victory over Toronto in late January. Since then we’ve seen Toronto start catch a little bit of fire and start winning hockey games but will it continue after this matchup with Boston inside of the Tso...

The time has come this is why we play football not just to see who wins the most games, but true fans of the game watch it to see if their team can raise the Lombardi trophy. This year, the Kansas City Chiefs fought hard and are now one game away from repeating their championship title reign Super Bowl champion but standing in there way is the powerhouse in Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers....

After a scary scene in Pittsburgh led to a 3-game suspension for Winnipeg Jets Defensemen Brenden Dillion without pay for an illegal check to the head on Pittsburgh Penguins forward Noel Acciari who suffered a concussion in the 2nd period of Tuesday night match in Pittsburgh. The Winnipeg Jets are set to host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night down a with Pittsburgh down a Forward and Winni...

These two teams last met in Pittsburgh on the Monday before Christmas where the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Minnesota Wild by a final score of (MIN 3-4 PIT) Now the Pittsburgh Penguins head to Minneapolis Minnesota to take on the Minnesota Wild coming off a scary (WPG 0-3 PIT) shutout victory over the Winnipeg Jets who they will face on Saturday night in Winnipeg. The Minnesota Wild however r...

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to another season of the Sports For Beginners Podcast and boy do we have a show for you to enjoy. On today's show we look at: The PWHL inaugural season has begun Penguins buyers or sellers? Toronto Blue Jays off-season wrap up and what should we expect from the team going into Spring Training 2024? A look at how the PWHL league has played out it’s 24 game in...

With the All-Star break in the rearview mirror it’s time to look ahead to the trade deadline, and these two teams are going to be looking to make a run at Lord Stanley, but the question is which one of them is going to do it and get off to a good start? The Winnipeg Jets come to Pittsburgh coming off of (TOR 4-2 WPG) loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on the Saturday night before the All-Star break,...

The 2024 All-star weekend for the 2023/2024 NHL Regular Season and now it’s time for the NHL to take it to the next level with lots more hockey going forward and throughout the NHL Trade Deadline. Sports For Beginners will have you covered with coverage of as many games as we possibly can get to including more coverage from the steel city of Pittsburgh. But first I’d like to invite you to the firs...

This past Sunday we had 4 teams remaining in the race for Super-Bowl 58 and now we are down to the final two teams who will battle it out for a chance to become Super-Bowl Champions and hoist the Lombardi Trophy. The matchups to determine the final two teams competing in this year's Super-Bowl one week from this Sunday were. The Kansas City Chiefs who took on the Baltimore Ravens for the AFC C...

The Wildcard and Divisional Rounds this Football season decided who was moving on and within each round the Baltimore Ravens and the 49ers find themselves against their final round opponents of the NFL 2023 Playoffs in the Kanas City Chiefs and the Detroit Lions so can the Ravens and 49ers contain their playoff run into the last teams standing or is it Chiefs and Lions Time to shine at Super bowl...

The last time the Penguins played the Canadiens was when they opened the season series against the Canadiens in Montréal on a Wednesday night in December in which the Penguins defeated the Canadiens in a shootout by a final score of (PIT 4-3 MON) and that was part of a Pittsburgh Penguins (Back-to-back). Since then the Canadiens have lost a couple of games and won a few games including their (MON...

The All-Star break is coming up fast and the Penguins will be looking to end the first half of their 2023-2024 NHL 82 games season on a high notes after back-to-back losses to the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights in Vegas last weekend by a final score of (VGK 3-2 PIT) and a (ARI 5-2 PIT) loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Monday night in Arizona. Meanwhile the Florida Panthers come...

It's a Friday game night as the New York and Toronto teams get ready for yet another battle on the ice in Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens arena where last time these two teams played New York issue the first ever women's Hockey league shutout by a score of (NYC 4-0 TOR) also New York Forward in Ella Shelton scored the first ever Professional Women's Hockey League Goal. Now with this s...

Weekly in Sports Returns for episode 9 of the program and it's a good one as we begin our 2024 run of the program. On this month's show we discuss the following topics.. What's next for the Buffalo Bills? Where do the Pittsburgh Penguins stand heading into the All-Star break Toronto Blue Jays thoughts on the off-season and more W Thomas McGregor PWHL Inaugural season from the Month of...

It's Time for the playoffs and with only twelve teams left the battle for Super-bowl 58 can begin. So, now that every game matters this weekend holds a lot on the line and the teams of the Kanas City Chiefs, Houston Texans, Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins are hoping to take their postseason run all the way, but in this round of the playoffs one thing is certainly not on both teams minds an...