Tag: Greg Maresca
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An Italian Echo Across America
A jar of supermarket sauce can get you into trouble in this column. So can confusing Rocky Balboa with Rocky Marciano. Greg Maresca marks Columbus Day with an affectionate, occasionally…
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Bucknell Will Do It Again
Pitt beat Bucknell 59–0 on the same Saturday that Bob Chesney’s UCLA team demolished Maryland, 54–3. Greg Maresca sees a connection beyond the lopsided scores. Chesney built a championship program…
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Exiling Sweet Caroline
Greg Maresca has heard enough. Between the hype tracks, recycled rock riffs, and obligatory singalongs, the modern stadium rarely lets a game speak for itself. His chief offender: “Sweet Caroline,”…
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Penn State’s Necessary Correction
Penn State removed Joe Paterno’s statue, stripped his name from prominent places, and spent years treating its most consequential football coach like a historical embarrassment. Now, the university has opened…
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Campbell’s Honeymoon Slate: Penn State’s 2026 Playoff Path
Matt Campbell could hardly have ordered a cleaner runway for his Penn State debut. The 2026 Nittany Lions avoid Ohio State, Oregon and defending national champion Indiana, draw seven home…
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Leave the Gravy Alone: Satire and the Italian soul
A year after Greg Maresca stirred the Sunday gravy with an affectionate roast of Pennsylvania Italians, he returns to the scene of the culinary crime. His original column borrowed the…
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Hockey’s Holiest Trophy Hijacked
The Stanley Cup is supposed to remember sacrifice, not celebrate bloodlines. Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon turned hockey’s most sacred monument into a silver family album when he placed his…
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Congress Fumbles College Sports
The Cruz-Cantwell “Protect College Sports Act of 2026” arrives dressed as a bipartisan rescue mission for a college athletics system drowning in NIL confusion, antitrust pressure, transfer madness, television money,…
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Stirring the Gravy
Greg Maresca serves a spicy meatball of cultural satire in “Stirring the Gravy,” skewering the quirks of Pennsylvanian-Italians with unapologetic humor. Channeling Jeff Foxworthy’s “You might be a redneck if…”…