I think Super Bowl 51 will be close. I really do. Even so, there is no allure to this game for me whatsoever. It's all just "Yay, the Patriots win No. 5, Brady is the greatest player of all time, Belichick is the greatest coach of all time, it's the greatest dynasty of all time聽... blah, blah, ...
When I received word last Thursday that Nello Tineri died, my mind instantly went back to my childhood.I have literally known Mr. Tineri my entire life, and even though he lived in Florida for a while, he often crossed my mind every football season.You see, Mr. Tineri bled Monessen black and ...
John Russell was part of the greatest basketball team in Belle Vernon Area High School basketball history and the memories of the Leopards鈥� WPIAL title run in 1977-78 are still vivid to this day.After playing JV ball, Russell became a key cog for Belle Vernon in 1976-77 on a team that ...
The 30th annual Royal Rumble takes place tonight, and the outcome of the Rumble match itself truly is a guess.No less than 10 men could win the match in my eyes, and this year鈥檚 Rumble match has the second deepest pool of talent in history. The only 30-man Rumble that could touch this one, in ...
Following a series of generally mild winters over the eastern United States beginning in 1971-72 the extremely cold winter of 1976-77 came as a rude shock to most people.Fuel shortages quickly followed the cold air as the frozen rivers and lakes made transportation difficult. Commerce and the ...
This is an awkward, anticlimactic time of year for outdoor types. We tend to be objective-driven, especially during the hunting seasons, which are closing now. We enjoy the outdoors for its own sake, but we still crave that 鈥渆dge鈥� of pursuit. It鈥檚 a letdown deepened by the bland and balmy ...
