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Reliving the Cowher era in Pittsburgh

From the notebook of a sportswriter who has to admit he was taken aback by Bill Cowher being named to the Hall of Fame this weekend:n Probably even more so than Cowher himself.n That live clip has Cowher going from stuffing the photo into an official's shirt pocket upon being interrupted, to ...

It’s only cheating if you get caught

Seems oddly appropriate MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred brought the hammer down on the Houston Astros for cheating at this time of the year.'Tis tax season for many people and it's more likely than not some of America's taxpayers will find a way to fudge -- or out-and-out cheat -- on their ...

ESPN CFP 150 has local flavor

At at halftime of the college football national championship game Monday night, ESPN announced the top 11 players of its countdown of the top 150 players from the sport’s first 150 years.Six Pitt players and four from Penn State made the list.Hugh Green, a defensive end at Pitt from ...

Reliving the Cowher era in Pittsburgh

From the notebook of a sportswriter who has to admit he was taken aback by Bill Cowher being named to the Hall of Fame this weekend:n Probably even more so than Cowher himself.n That live clip has Cowher going from stuffing the photo into an official’s shirt pocket upon being interrupted, to ...

Mild weather to continue

Since June, every month except November has seen warmer than normal temperatures across Southwestern Pennsylvania. December averaged 4.7 degrees above average; and, so far, January has been on the mild side and it looks like the mild days will continue at least over the weekend and into the ...

A Fowl Accounting

Thirty-four volunteers endured last Saturday’s all-day rain for the Christmas Bird Count, based at the Laurel Highlands Visitor Center in Ohiopyle State Park. Observers fanned out on assigned routes to log 6,288 birds of 52 different species, all within a 7-mile radius of the falls at ...