Pete’s Professional Portfolio

Though blogging about Pittsburgh and Penn State sports is a fun hobby, I’m also an experienced media professional specializing in operations and project management. Learn more about my professional skills and experience, check out my LinkedIn profile and my resume.

You can also check out everything I’ve written for Thrillist.com here, and additionally, here’s a sampling from my previous experience as an editor at the now-defunct Chelo Publishing, which published the fitness magazines Men’s Exercise, Exercise for Men Only, and Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness.

I’ll continue to update this page as I go, so it will also include some articles I wrote as a sports beat reporter for the Daily Collegian, Penn State’s student-run independent newspaper.

• My award-winning story about Penn State professor and former basketball coach Mike Morse.
• My sit down with legendary quarterback Joe Montana.
• My thoughts on Tiger Woods before his first tournament after the scandal.
• My coverage of former Penn State men’s hockey coach Joe Batista’s entrance into the ACHA Hall of Fame.

I talk fitness with NFL players Vontae Davis, Bryant McKinnie, Ray Edwards and Jason Babin.

• Men’s Exercise 9/2011 A Glimpse Inside the NFL – Vontae Davis
• Men’s Exercise 9/2011 A Glimpse Inside the NFL – Bryant McKinnie
• Men’s Exercise 9/2011 A Glimpse Inside the NFL – Ray Edwards
• Men’s Exercise 9/2011 A Glimpse Inside the NFL – Jason Babin

Baseball chatter with Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer.

• Men’s Exercise 6/2011 No Average Joe – Part 1
• Men’s Exercise 6/2011 No Average Joe – Part 2
• Men’s Exercise 6/2011 No Average Joe – Part 3

Former New York Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer discusses his preparation for the 2010 ING New York City Marathon.

• Exercise for Men Only 11/2010 Amani Toomer – Part 1
• Exercise for Men Only 11/2010 Amani Toomer – Part 2

My interview with US Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Natasha Hastings.

• Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness 11/2011 Natasha Hastings: The 400 Meter Diva – Part 1
• Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness 11/2011 Natasha Hastings: The 400 Meter Diva – Part 2

My story (picked up by CBSSports.com) about Penn State golfers losing their eligibility.

• CBSSports.com 4/21/2008 – Penn State golfers lose eligibility at tournament
• The Daily Collegian 4/21/2008 – Golfers lose eligibility at tournament