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Diethorn excited for Virginia Tech role

When Mark Diethorn graduated from Belle Vernon Area in 2004, little did he know that his future path would lead him to his current position as the Director of Player Personnel for the Virginia Tech football program.The journey started when Diethorn took a visit to Virginia Tech as a high school ...

Extreme Rules tonight in Pittsburgh

The 10th annual Extreme Rules takes place tonight at PPG Paints Arena, and it is the ninth WWE Pay-Per-View (PPV) to take place in Pittsburgh.Rusev, who made his WWE main roster debut in the same building at the 2014 Royal Rumble, will face AJ Styles for the WWE title.The match that should ...

Three decades of the Woodruff 5k

You know you're getting along in life when anniversaries and remembrances start ending in zero.Celebrate a 20th anniversary. Gather for a 40th class reunion (which I will be doing in a couple weeks). Roll out the 50th birthday cake. Remember this day in history 60 years ago.I participated in my ...

Christopher Columbus and his early weather warnings

As we approach the beginning of another Hurricane season, it might be prudent to apply what we have learned from one of our earliest weather forecasters.Long before radar, satellites, and El Nino, and even before the invention of the barometer in 1643, an explorer named Christopher Columbus had ...

PA deer hunters face new CWD rules out-of-state

Deer hunters know it is time to make plans for the upcoming seasons. Many have already mailed their familiar pink envelopes to county treasurers to apply for antlerless licenses.But they may not be aware of new rules that apply to Pennsylvania hunters who pursue deer in neighboring states, and ...

A missed NCAA entity

Five years ago this month, one of the most popular video games, NCAA Football, was released for the last time.The EA Sports game, sort of a little brother to the Madden football series, was a major hit from its inception in 1993 under the name Bill Walsh College Football.The last edition, NCAA ...