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Winter finally moving into our area

This week was probably the end of the season for biking along the Allegheny Passage. My 22-mile ride on Tuesday took place under sunny skies with pleasant temperatures in the mid-50s. My total for the year was 3,442 miles and this is down from last yearÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 4,025 miles. Age is beginning to take ...

That’s the way of the AFC North

I was actually on the edge of my seat as Monday night rolled into Tuesday, thinking that position might actually help the Steelers rally past the Bengals.Now, scientific data and review aside, results are results, so that might just have to be my posture on Christmas Day when Pittsburgh travels ...

Moorhead, Barkley, bowls and more

It was a busy week for local college teams and players, so letÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ jump right into it.In last weekÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ column, it was brought up that Mississippi State was looking at former Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead for its head coaching opening.It is a great move for Moorhead as the ...

JuJu suspended; Tomlin mum on Shazier

PITTSBURGH -- The NFL has suspended Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Cincinnati Bengals safety George Iloka for one game for separate hits delivered during the same drive in Monday night's game.The players will appeal the suspensions that were handed down by Jon Runyan, the ...

Patriots are coming but Bengals game bigger

Mike Tomlin mentioned it weeks in advance, Steeler Nation knows it's coming and surely the players are peeking ahead to it as well if the coach already has done so.Pittsburgh welcomes the New England Patriots to Heinz Field on Dec. 17.You've heard all the talk. Basically, the thought is if the ...

WWE looking at business model

When WWE runs its bigger PPVs like WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam and Survivor Series as of late, it has held an NXT show on Friday or Saturday night as well as running Raw and Smackdown in the same venue.While this can be looked at as oversaturation of a market, WWE is heavily ...