Colin Dunlap
Colin grew up in Sharpsburg and Aspinwall and attended Fox Chapel Area High High School. He graduated from West Virginia University and then came back home to write for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. While there, he covered the Pirates, area college football and basketball, and the prep sports scene. Colin joined The Fan when it launched in February 2010 as a weekend show host. He also serves as a featured sports columnist for CBSPittsburgh.com.
Colin Dunlap: Thanks, Jeff Banister
Everyone has a Jeff Banister story. How can you not?
93-7 The Fan–10/16/2014
Dunlap: For Pitt, It Has Come Down To Quarterback Play
Pitt is Pitt — or are we supposed to call them ‘Pittsburgh’ — because they haven’t been able to find good enough players in recent years. And, more to the point, a good enough quarterback.
10/16/2014
The Inaugural Pirates Hot Stove Report With Colin Dunlap
In the first edition of the “Pirates Hot Stove Report,” Colin Dunlap takes a look at some of the more pressing offseason issues the team will have to address.
93-7 The Fan–10/15/2014
Dunlap: I Like Steve Downie Already
It is all still vivid in my mind as the Penguins get set to begin the 2014-15 season against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday at the CONSOL Energy Center.
10/08/2014
Dunlap: Pass To Brown Just Plain Selfish
Less than a week after Mike Tomlin spoke at his Tuesday media gathering about discipline, and after the head coach seemed to not take kindly to the notion — even indicating his race was a factor — that he was a player’s coach, Tomlin got walked all over on Sunday by a couple of his guys.
10/06/2014
Dunlap: Thanks Again, Pirates
This is the second season in a row. The second time we sit here, the day after, with hearts ripped apart not knowing exactly how to feel. The second time in a row we invested [...]
10/02/2014
Dunlap: This All Comes Down To Eddie’s Right Arm
The people in our fair city will jam the North Shore on Wednesday night, will sardine into T cars that go under a river and bottleneck a bridge that crosses the same one for the chance to see the Pirates hopefully push on to the playoffs proper.
10/01/2014
Dunlap: Mike Tomlin Needs To Start Acting, Quit Talking
No one likes fun more than me. Well, maybe except Antonio Brown. Dance, dance, dance. Have your fun, go crazy and go wild — until it costs your team. That’s what happened, again, on Sunday [...]
09/29/2014
Dunlap: It’s In The Effort, Not Result For Martin
With the Pirates and Russell Martin, it really might come down to the effort and not the result. If the effort is made — a fair and honest effort by the Pirates — I don’t [...]
09/25/2014
Dunlap: Harrison Will Provide Depth, Leadership
James Harrison is apparently coming back to the Steelers.
09/22/2014
Colin Dunlap: Clint Hurdle Fights Through The Pain
Clint Hurdle says a prayer each morning.
93-7 The Fan–09/18/2014
Colin Dunlap: No Excusing Adrian Peterson
Everyone might not agree with me, but I don’t care one bit, so here it is: I resolutely believe Adrian Peterson is a terrible person; just a rotten human being.
09/16/2014
Colin Dunlap: Rooney II In No-Win Situation
I’m afraid, however, Rooney has found himself in a no-win situation; where there’s no way he can look good.
93-7 The Fan–09/11/2014