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The first time it rained

Scientists like to tell us our world began about 14 billion years ago. Some people think differently, however. Since this is a scientific article, we will go with the older version.After billions of years, a new star was born which became our sun. Gas, dust and flaming rocks were flying around ...

Pitt, PSU, WVU training camp news

The official opening weekend of the college football season is only 10 days away, and the three area teams are gearing up for their respective openers.Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi officially named Kenny Pickett as the starting quarterback on Tuesday, although every single Pitt fan already knew ...

SummerSlam airs tonight

WWE presents the 31st annual SummerSlam tonight on the WWE Network, and it will be interesting to see what direction the company goes with several of the storylines.There are 10 matches scheduled on the actual card and three more on the Kickoff Show.The Universal title match between Brock ...

Ups and downs of Steelers’ loss

The Steelers were pelted by the Green Bay Packers, 51-34, Thursday night at Lambeau Field in both teams' second preseason game.As might be expected with such a score, there were plenty of Ups and Downs for the Steelers as the games begin to mean more in terms of roster jobs. Here's my ...

Rain rain please go away

Most folks in Southwestern Pennsylvania would agree that this has been a wet year. In Pittsburgh, the national Weather Service has reported rainfall some 9 inches above normal for our area.Average rainfall rates for most of the area are averaging between 6 and 10 inches above average. Almost ...

Dobbs, Rudolph to handle QB duties

Well, Ben Roethlisberger is in the concussion protocol. Before he went down Tuesday, he was razor-focused.In fact, Roethlisberger, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Antonio Brown were peaking at Latrobe Memorial Stadium with four scores in four plays during the first half of two-point conversion work.The ...