Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review articles from July 2011

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review archives from July 2011

Legal eagles fly.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Thomas Olson July 31--After 28 years with the only firm he'd ever worked for, attorney David Cohen resigned his position at K&L Gates, Downtown, at the end of April and joined a rival law firm. "It was a real leap of faith for...

Bodies, souls put to test in competitions.(National Veterans Wheelchair Games)
July 31, 2011... Byline: Rachel Weaver July 31--The sweat gathers on William Wheaton's brow as he takes a few deep breaths between weight-lifting sets in a corner of the Homewood-Brushton YMCA gym. He needs to pause before talking about the events that...

Thousands of deteriorating spans need to be fixed.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Tom Fontaine and Rossilynne Skena July 31--Bridge work is a hot topic at The Rainbow, a tiny bar in the shadow of the hulking Freeport Bridge. PennDOT is spending more than $63 million to fix the deteriorated bridge that stretches...

The fall of a man who once served the people.(Ken Ruffing)
July 31, 2011... Byline: Eric Heyl July 31--Ken Ruffing once enjoyed the perks and privileges afforded members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. On Wednesday, sheriff's deputies arrested him in the woods after hunting him down like a dog. ...

Rocky road for Sto-Rox's Rippy.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Chris Harlan July 31--Sto-Rox senior Deaysean Rippy has trouble spotting the good in the good news/bad news scenario that Florida coaches presented him. The linebacker was in Gainesville last month to accept a football...

Personnel moves.
July 31, 2011... July 31--MANUFACTURING Russell Standard Corp. added Nathan Schroeder to its road construction technical sales team. Schroeder's primary focus will be the Southwestern Pennsylvania and upper West Virginia regions. ------ BANKING,...

ID Labs in Lawrenceville keeps Pittsburgh on the hip-hop map.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Michael Machosky July 31--Nobody thinks about coming to Pittsburgh to make a hit record. Hey, that's their loss. For planet-spanning rappers Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller, it was at a cozy little music studio in an industrial...

Review: Tim McGraw and band thrill crowd.(Concert review)
July 31, 2011... Byline: Kellie B. Gormly July 31--We liked it. We loved it. And the audience wanted some more of it. Country music star Tim McGraw and his Dancehall Doctors thrilled an ocean of faces on Saturday night at the First Niagara Pavilion in...

Jim Knipfel's 'The Blow Off' follows the search for Bigfoot in Brooklyn.(Book review)
July 31, 2011... Byline: Rege Behe July 31--In 2001 in New Delhi, a series of attacks were attributed to a monkey man. Three people were killed and numerous injuries were reported when citizens formed vigilante groups and roamed the streets looking for the...

Excitement at every level for Carnegie Museums leader.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Kurt Shaw July 31--Two months into his position as president of Carnegie Museums, John Wetenhall is sitting in his office surrounded by artworks: a cat portrait by Andy Warhol, a 19th-century still life of flowers in a ginger jar, and...

Program helps terminally ill patients care for pets.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Rick Wills July 31--Almost no one knows or understands Leethia Haddad better than Niles and Alexander. "They even come up to me in bed -- they just know I'm not feeling well," Haddad, 69, of Pennsbury Village said of her two...

Debt crisis hits home for locals.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Mike Wereschagin July 31--The government almost certainly will not default on its debt, regardless of whether Republicans and Democrats cut a deal by Tuesday. But anyone else waiting for a government check -- Defense contractors,...

Ross may revisit deer-feeding ban.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Adam Brandolph July 31--The deer that traipse through Karla Maruca's backyard eat her plants, drink from her bird bath and leave their droppings near her garden. And they're getting worse, she says. "I wouldn't mind if there...

Grads advised to stay flexible.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Andrew Conte July 31--The world might be surprised by the United States' debt crisis, but it still has no better alternative than the dollar for international investment, the Polish National Bank president said Saturday on a visit to...

Few of the 'greatest' reunite.(Obituary)
July 31, 2011... Byline: Luis Fabregas July 31--One veteran walked with a cane, sporting a blue ballcap with patriotic pins. Another came in a wheelchair, gently pushed by his daughter. One by one, the World War II veterans who served with the Army's...

BRIEF: Man faces 20 years for smuggling fish.
July 31, 2011... July 31--A Pittsburgh man is facing up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting he smuggled 11 endangered fish into New York from Canada. Federal prosecutors in Buffalo, N.Y., say Anthony Nguyen, 37, was caught bringing 11 Asian...

Brief: Humane Society to host Station Square event.(Brief article)
July 31, 2011... July 31--The Western Pennsylvania Humane Society will host its eighth annual "Sample of Station Square" from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in Station Square, South Side. The evening features food sampling, live entertainment and an opportunity...

O'Hara music teacher was committed to quality education.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Jerry Vondas July 31--Alma Hall Michael grew up on her family's cattle farm in western Missouri, but farm life wasn't her destiny. "They also had horses on the farm," said her son, Ralph S. "Mike" Michael III. "But my mother was never...

Mendenhall's focus on football after turbulent offseason.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Ralph N. Paulk July 31--It's conceivable that Rashard Mendenhall could have lowered the temperature on his controversial tweets if he had argued that posts of Osama bin Laden's death was misunderstood. Perhaps, his insinuation that...

Pirates acquire Orioles' first baseman.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Rob Biertempfel July 31--PHILADELPHIA -- On the eve of the non-waiver trade deadline, the Pirates acquired first baseman Derrek Lee from the Baltimore Orioles Saturday night. The deal was not costly for the Pirates. They gave up...

Steelers seek salary-cap flexibility.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Scott Brown July 31--The Steelers will utilize one-time exemptions that provide $3 million in salary-cap relief this season. Beyond that, a number of things could happen this week: The Steelers must get in compliance with the salary...

Brief: Steelers, Sepulveda agree to deal.(Daniel Sepulveda)(Brief article)
July 31, 2011... Byline: Scott Brown July 31--Daniel Sepulveda will get a chance to win back his punting job. The Steelers agreed on a contract with Sepulveda, pending a physical. If Sepulveda checks out medically, it will give the Steelers three punters...

Monessen's Vasquez fighting for his country.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Kevin Gorman July 31--Boxing in the Olympics has been a dream for Sammy Vasquez since he first stepped in the ring as a 9-year-old in Monessen, yet it was far from his thoughts as a 19 Delta Cavalry Scout in Iraq. Whether it was...

Paulk: McMurray's dream yields a nightmare.(Jamie McMurray )
July 31, 2011... Byline: Ralph N. Paulk July 31--Jamie McMurray has scratched his head nearly every weekend this Sprint Cup season. He has been puzzled, mostly because of an inability to recapture the magic that enabled him to rejuvenate a stalled career. ...

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Joe Starkey column.(Pittsburgh Steelers)(Column)
July 31, 2011... Byline: Joe Starkey July 31--Sure, one could accuse Steelers receiver Mike Wallace of being overly optimistic, or even downright delusional. But I like the way he thinks. Wallace has pegged his season's goal at 2,000 yards receiving,...

Opinion: White House's over-the-cliff moment.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Salena Zito July 31--When historians look back on this moment in American politics, they may wonder why the White House failed to focus on the consuming issue of the time: the economy -- and, in particular, jobs. An exasperated U.S....

OPINION: Shale fee: Price of privatization?
July 31, 2011... Byline: Brad Bumsted July 31--HARRISBURG Sen. Joe Scarnati was selling something, that much was clear. The commodity appears to have been his lack of interest in selling the state stores. He all but said it's a bad idea. He...

Sanders sits out practice.(Emmanuel Sanders)
July 31, 2011... Byline: Scott Brown July 31--Emmanuel Sanders didn't practice Saturday, as the Steelers held the second-year receiver out of drills for precautionary reasons. Coach Mike Tomlin said Sanders may be sidelined for a couple of days with foot...

Pirates fall hard again to Phillies, Howard, 7-4.(Ryan Howard)
July 31, 2011... Byline: Dejan Kovacevic July 31--PHILADELPHIA -- Even as the Pirates hope to gain help by the trade deadline today, they kept giving up ground in the standings with a 7-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night at Citizens Bank...

Cedeno sidelined with injured knee.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Rob Biertempfel July 31--PHILADELPHIA -- A knee injury has kept Pirates shortstop Ronny Cedeno out of the lineup the past two days. Cedeno was hurt Thursday when he collided with outfielder Xavier Paul in the second inning of the...

Pirates farm report.
July 31, 2011... July 31--INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 57-52) won, 10-5, at Gwinnett (Braves). LHP Rudy Owens (9-6, 4.76 ERA) allowed five runs, eight hits and two walks and struck out six in 62/3 innings. 3B Andy Marte (.219) went 2 for 4 with two doubles and four...

Road Trip! Destination: Chautauqua, N.Y.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Catherine Artman July 31--Earlier this month, you wouldn't have known that Webb's Captain's Table is on Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York. It was a Sunday afternoon, and the Mayville landmark, just up the road from Chautauqua...

Get on board: planking pranks gain popularity.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Chris Ramirez July 31--If you see Johnny Marino, 31, lying on the sidewalk Downtown, check his pulse before you call for an ambulance. He could be in the middle of a game. Pittsburgh, with its collage of interesting backgrounds,...

Islamist factions jockey for power, vow religious rule.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Betsy Hiel July 31--CAIRO -- If a new political force here has its way, public stonings, whippings and the lopping-off of hands will become the law in the Land of the Pharaohs. It all would help return Egypt to "an Islamic state...

With regime's fall, Christians become prey.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Betsy Hiel July 31--QENA, Egypt -- When Ayman Anwar Mitri heard his apartment building had burned, the high school administrator rushed to see the damage. He found a crowd of bearded men waiting. They "beat me all over" with...

BRIEF: Overnight closures of Liberty Tunnel start tonight.
July 31, 2011... July 31--Overnight closures of the Liberty Tunnel inbound will start tonight and last for two weeks, PennDOT said. Crews will be doing cleaning and waterproofing work inside the tunnel on Sunday through Thursday nights through Aug. 12. The...

Brief: body found floating in Monongahela River beneath Fort Pitt Bridge.(Brief article)
July 31, 2011... July 31--Authorities this morning found a body floating in the Monongahela River beneath the Fort Pitt Bridge. Pittsburgh's River Rescue Unit found the body just before 8 a.m. Pittsburgh police said the victim appeared to be a middle-aged...

BRIEF: Clairton teen girl dies this morning after being shot at party.
July 31, 2011... July 31--A 17-year-old Clairton girl died this morning after being shot when a handgun discharged as another teen played with it at a drinking party, Allegheny County police said. The county medical examiner's office identified the victim as...

Carjacking suspect's Batman story doesn't fly.(Micah Calamosca)(Brief article)
July 31, 2011... Byline: Tom Fontaine July 31--Holy carjacking, Batman! A man wanted by Pittsburgh police for assault tried to carjack a vehicle parked in Shadyside about 7:15 p.m. Saturday, city police said. At the wheel? A plain-clothed Pittsburgh...

Brief: Somerset struck, killed by train in Meyersdale.(James Roy Livengood)(Brief article)
July 31, 2011... July 31--A Somerset County man died early this morning after being struck by a train in Meyersdale. State police said James Roy Livengood, 55, of Meyersdale had left a bar in the borough and was walking alone on Main Street about 1:30 a.m....

Pirates target Orioles first baseman.
July 31, 2011... Byline: Rob Biertempfel July 31--PHILADELPHIA -- Amid a flurry of trades around the majors Saturday, the Pirates may be inching closer toward acquiring Baltimore Orioles first baseman Derrek Lee. Lee, 35, is a 15-year veteran and...

Misconduct issue rejected in corruption trial for Perzel.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Brad Bumsted July 30--HARRISBURG -- A Dauphin County judge ruled on Friday that state prosecutors did not commit misconduct by destroying investigators' notes in the criminal case against former House Speaker John Perzel and several...

Time heals Steelers vet Polamalu's wounds.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Ralph N. Paulk July 30--Admittedly, Troy Polamalu didn't intimidate the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV. Typically, the hard-hitting safety delivers blows that shift momentum. But his shots that night were weakened by a myriad...

Plaxico Burress meets with Steelers.
July 30, 2011... July 30--Free agent wide receiver Plaxico Burress had breakfast with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and director of football operations Kevin Colbert this morning at the cafeteria at St. Vincent College before Tomlin and Burress met for an extended...

Phillies jump on Morton, Pirates for easy win.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Rob Biertempfel July 30--PHILADELPHIA -- Put them side by side on a split screen, and it's difficult to tell Charlie Morton and Roy Halladay apart. The have the same lanky frames. The same high windup. The same tight shoulder-and-leg...

Excela to reduce nurses' wages.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Alex Nixon and Joe Napsha July 30--Excela Health plans to cut wages for about 12 percent of nurses at its three hospitals in an effort to reduce costs and better align its nursing staff to hospital needs, the Greensburg-based hospital...

Islamists flex political muscle at rally in Cairo.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Betsy Hiel July 30--CAIRO -- It was meant to demonstrate unity among Egypt's political currents. Instead, the rally on Friday in Tahrir Square became a sea of Islamists, flexing their sizable political muscle. The crowd,...

Postal Service's problem: Delivering in era of e-mail.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Bob Bauder July 30--The mailman's biggest enemy is no longer that barking dog. The Postal Service has struggled for years with drastically declining mail volume, experts say. And it could cost Western Pennsylvania dozens of post...

No GOP allowed in Labor Day event.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Bob Bauder July 30--This year's Labor Day parade will go on without the lone Republican candidate for Pittsburgh City Council. Joshua Wander, 40, of Squirrel Hill said the Allegheny County Labor Council, AFL-CIO, has refused his...

Steelers fans gather for training camp arrival.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Bob Cohn July 30--A late-day thunderstorm Friday ended practice early, breaking the stifling heat and humidity during the official start of the Steelers' 46th training camp at St. Vincent College. But even before the rain, there...

Conditioning a priority for Pitt's football team.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Jerry DiPaola July 30--Pitt nose tackle Myles Caragein grabbed the sledgehammer in his meaty hands like Paul Bunyan looking for an oak tree. An excited crowd of teammates pushed toward him, their shouts of encouragement piercing...

Brief: Maryland cornerback Coates verbally commits to Pitt.(Marchez Coates)(Brief article)
July 30, 2011... Byline: Jerry DiPaola July 30--Cornerback Marchez Coates put an exclamation point on a busy summer when he made a verbal commitment to attend Pitt. Coates, who is entering his senior season at McDonough High School in Pomfret, Md.,...

Local stocks fade during July.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Thomas Olson July 30--The Trib 30 wilted in July. The index of local stocks slid to 291.5 from a June close of 300.8. Losers swamped gainers by 5-to-1, with 25 stocks down for the month and only five up. While the index fell...

King Estate's Victorian splendor restored.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Jill King Greenwood July 30--When Frank and Maura Brown bought the historic King Estate in Highland Park 17 years ago, they saw decades of neglect inside the stately Second Empire palace. Interior walls had been haphazardly...

100 mph wrong-way chase ends in man's arrest.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Michael Hasch July 30--A shoplifting suspect in a stolen truck was accused of leading police on a chase on Friday from Washington, Pa., to Green Tree at speeds up to 100 mph, at times driving the wrong way on busy Interstate 79 and...

Tour rallies support for troops, aids veterans' foundations.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Paul McMullen July 30--Jeeps painted with American flags cruised up to the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland on Friday, as the Crossing of America nationwide tour stopped in Pittsburgh for a visit. The...

Slew of ID thefts hits Mt. Lebanon.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Margaret Harding July 30--Several stores in North Carolina and Georgia want tens of thousands of dollars from Mt. Lebanon neighbors for items they never bought, thanks to thieves who stole their identities. Mt. Lebanon police Lt....

Allegheny County inmate punched 40 times, he says.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Carl Prine July 30--HUNTINGDON -- A prison inmate says he told two FBI agents assisting a grand jury investigation that a senior jail official and several guards on a special response team savagely beat him when he was captured while...

Wilkinsburg official tied to home burglary.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Margaret Harding July 30--Police arrested the chairwoman of the Wilkinsburg Redevelopment Authority on Friday on charges she used her position to plot a burglary. Kate Luxemburg, 65, of Wilkinsburg and Richard Funk, 48, of...

Nephew's DNA identifies WW II airman's remains.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Craig Smith July 30--The story about his uncle's death in World War II that he's heard since a child has come full circle, and Bill Dietz wound up playing a larger part in it than he ever expected. It was his DNA that helped...

Allegheny County Council's redrawn districts won't alter much.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Timothy Puko July 30--Republican-held council districts will have to shed some territory as Allegheny County Council reorganizes this year based on new population figures from the latest census. Council leaders said on Friday that...

Brief: man accused in Ross road-rage incident.(Donald Finnegan)(Brief article)
July 30, 2011... July 30--A Bellevue man was accused of attacking a woman with her two children in the car during a road-rage incident on Friday afternoon in Ross. Donald Finnegan, 56, is charged with simple assault, harassment, careless driving and failure...

Brief: SEA wants arena lawsuit dismissed.(Sports and Exhibition Authority)(Brief article)
July 30, 2011... July 30--The possibility that federal dollars might be used to help redevelop the Civic Arena site is not enough to support a federal lawsuit seeking to halt its demolition, the city-county Sports & Exhibition Authority said in a motion...

Brief: $1 millioin contract OK'd for repair of Pittsburgh basins.(Brief article)
July 30, 2011... July 30--The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority approved a contract on Friday totaling almost $1 million for the repair of storm water catch basins in the city. Frank J. Zottola Construction Inc. of Valencia will be paid $952,000 to repair...

BRIEF: Milk from Aliquippa dairy sickens 5.
July 30, 2011... July 30--Health officials are asking consumers not to drink glass-bottled milk from a Beaver County dairy after five people became sick. Three children and two adults developed diarrhea and other symptoms caused by bacteria called Yersinia...

Point Breeze veteran succeeded in wide range of endeavors.(William C. Hamilton)(Obituary)
July 30, 2011... Byline: Jerry Vondas July 30--William Hamilton, an Army artillery officer who fought in Europe during World War II, including the Battle of the Bulge, never considered himself a member of the Greatest Generation. In Mr. Hamilton's...

Brief: Hill District man not guilty in fatal shooting.(Lonnie Green)(Brief article)
July 30, 2011... Byline: Bobby Kerlik July 30--An Allegheny County jury acquitted a Hill District man on Friday on charges resulting from a fatal shooting during a drug deal. Jurors found Lonnie Green, 21, not guilty of murder for the killing of...

BRIEF: Iron City Brewing to sell Lawrenceville properties.
July 30, 2011... July 30--The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority released Iron City Brewing LLC on Friday from liens against two parcels in the former Lawrenceville brewery complex, so the company can sell the properties and repay a portion of its debt. ...

BRIEF: Port Authority worker's discrimination suit settlement OK'd.
July 30, 2011... July 30--A federal judge approved a settlement on Friday between the Port Authority of Allegheny County and an employee who filed a federal racial discrimination lawsuit over the transit agency's investigation of a black baby doll that was found...

BRIEF: Police seek vehicle in Highland Park bikers' collision.
July 30, 2011... July 30--Pittsburgh police are asking for help in identifying a vehicle involved in a collision with bicyclists on Memorial Day. Jonathan Finder, 50, and Robert Noll, 63, both physicians at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, were riding in a...

Harrison apologizes to teammates, Goodell.(James Harrison and Roger Goodell )
July 30, 2011... Byline: Scott Brown July 30--Outside linebacker James Harrison offered a sweeping mea culpa -- and included NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in it -- for cutting comments he made earlier this month. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who got...

Pirates continue struggle at power positions.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Rob Biertempfel July 30--PHILADELPHIA -- Matt Diaz is painfully aware of the big, fat zero in the home run column on his stat sheet. "People make fun of me for not hitting a homer so far this year," Diaz said. "I've pretty much...

BRIEF: Michael Baker to open office in Abu Dhabi.
July 30, 2011... July 30--Michael Baker Corp. plans to open an office in Abu Dhabi in order to pursue business opportunities in the Middle East. The company expects to open the office within the next 30 days, with about a half-dozen employees involved in...

BRIEF: HomeGoods, Soma Intimates to open in Robinson.
July 30, 2011... July 30--The first HomeGoods store in the Pittsburgh region, offering a variety of home products at discounts of up to 60 percent, will open this fall in the former CompUSA store at Robinson Towne Center, in Robinson. The store, owned by TJ...

BRIEF: Universal Stainless & Alloy Products reports income increase.(Financial report)
July 30, 2011... July 30--Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. said second-quarter net income increased by 33 percent. The specialty steel maker on Friday reported a profit of $5.53 million, or 79 cents a share, compared to $4.16 million, or 61...

BRIEF: Allegheny Valley Bancorp reports income drop.(Financial report)
July 30, 2011... July 30--Allegheny Valley Bancorp Inc., Lawrenceville, reported quarterly net income fell about 30 percent to $695,000, or 73 cents a share, compared to about $1 million, or $1.09 a share, the year earlier. Total assets declined to $409...

BRIEF: Eureka Financial says income jumped.
July 30, 2011... July 30--Eureka Financial Corp., Oakland, said quarterly net income jumped 60 percent to $422,000, or 34 cents a share, compared with $264,000, or 20 cents a share, the year before. Total assets stood at nearly $140 million as of June 30....

Slip on some cute kicks this summer.
July 30, 2011... Byline: JoAnne Klimovich Harrop July 30--Sneakers for summer aren't the white tennis shoes you usually envision. The choices in this footwear option are as broad as the individuals who wear them. These sneaks come in a wide range of...

OPINION: Straight talk on good health.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Craig Smith July 30--As a television medical correspondent, Dr. Nancy L. Snyderman reports on a wide range of medical topics, often from some of the world's most troubled areas. In 2006, she joined NBC News as chief medical editor. ...

Professor incorporates use of cell phones as classroom tool.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Debra Erdley July 30--If you Google "texting in class," you can dive into a debate that has vexed college professors for a decade: What to do about students who pay more attention to text messages than to the instructor? Although...

BRIEF: Body of missing Beaver Falls man pulled from Beaver River.
July 30, 2011... July 30--Emergency responders have located the body of a Beaver Falls man who had been missing since last weekend. The body of Dean Boustead, 52 of Beaver Falls, was pulled from the Beaver River on Friday and has been positively identified,...

Pirates call on SS Ciriaco, send Leroux to DL.
July 30, 2011... Byline: Rob Biertempfel July 30--PHILADELPHIA -- Infielder Pedro Ciriaco was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday to replace reliever Chris Leroux, who went on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left calf. Leroux's move is...

Brief: Steelers waive tackle Flozell Adams.(Brief article)
July 29, 2011... Byline: Scott Brown July 29--The Steelers are down another offensive tackle. A day after releasing left tackle Max Starks, the Steelers today waived right tackle Flozell Adams. Starks and Adams opened last season as the team's starting...

Brief: Maryland cornerback Coates verbally commits to Pitt.(Marchez Coates)(Brief article)
July 29, 2011... Byline: Jerry DiPaola July 29--Cornerback Marchez Coates put an exclamation point on a busy summer when he made a verbal commitment to attend Pitt. Coates, who is entering his senior season at McDonough High School in Pomfret, Md.,...