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Can Pirates get back to winning ways?

PITTSBURGH — It is only one game, but the Pittsburgh bats came alive in the home opener against the Atlanta Braves on Friday afternoon at PNC Park.The Pirates dropped to 0-2 after a 3-0 setback in 12 innings to the Red Sox on Wednesday, but responded with a 5-4 win in the first game of the ...

The perils of baseball in April

I'm holding the Pittsburgh Pirates personally responsible for this current stretch of weather we're enduring.Why them? Well, after an unsuccessful sojourn to Boston to open the MLB season this week, the local Boys of Summer return home this afternoon to open the home portion of the schedule ...

WrestleMania reflections

The 33rd installment of WrestleMania is in the books, and it will go down as one of the better versions in the annals of time.The big news coming out of show, and it was discussed in SundayĢƵ pre-Mania column, was that The Undertaker appears to have wrestled his last match and retired. After ...

Two former German Township standouts pass away

TodayĢƵ Memory Lane is comprised of items from the mail bag and my notebook.It is my sad duty to report that two former Fayette County athletes have passed away recently, both were former standouts at German Township High School during the 1940s and ‘50s.Speedy Murnis Banner died on ...

Will WrestleMania deliver tonight?

Orlando has been the Mecca of the wrestling world this week, and the sports entertainment universe begins and ends its “calendar year” with WrestleMania 33 tonight on the WWE Network.Approximately 100 events, between shows, autograph signings, speaking engagements and social get-togethers ...

The unfolding of spring

After a mild January and February, the month of March was on the cool side and this was good as it slowed down the advance of our spring growth.You may recall last year after a mild winter, a mid-April freeze did a lot of damage to area plants, bushes and trees. This year, we should do much ...