Last Saturday, temperatures jumped up into the mid-70s across Southwestern Pennsylvania and it was enough to hear the sounds of the spring peepers singing from area ponds and waterways. Peepers are a small chorus frog found in ponds. Their calls are an indicator that winter cold is giving way ...
The April outdoors beckon with lots of options. Tomorrow is Youth Mentor Day for trout fishing, the trout season for everyone opens April 13, and spring turkey hunting starts two weeks later. Also, with mild temperatures and often brilliant sun, April is a great time for a hike on a trail or a ...
Now that the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is down to the Final Four, we know that the national champion will either be Michigan State, Texas Tech, Virginia or Auburn.Last week in this column, we looked at how there weren’t a lot of upsets during the opening weekend of March ...
Ring of Honor has been breaking down barriers ever since its debut show in 2002.It ran its 17th anniversary show two weeks ago in Las Vegas, and Saturday night, it will do what many thought was impossible in the professional wrestling world:Run a show at Madison Square Garden in New York ...
If not a linebacker, who would the Steelers draft in the first round?You’ve probably heard of Heathers, the movie about popular girls in high school.Well, opening in NFL cities next month is the sequel, Devins, a flick about the most popular linebackers in the NFL draft.We’ve seen clues ...
March has been on the chilly side. Despite a few mild days mid month, temperatures are averaging about 4 to 6 degrees below normal and this has contributed to a delay in the spring growth that is usually evident in the later days of March.In the urban areas, it’s not uncommon to see the white ...
