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Are you ready for some cooler weather?

June wasn’t too bad with just 2 days of 90 degree weather and overall temperatures just 1.5 degrees above normal. July was a different story with 18 days of temperatures of 90 or better and averages 5 degrees above normal for the month.Each summer the Uniontown area averages 11 days with ...

Big EÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ big chance?

Sometimes, an injury or bad luck to one wrestler leads to an opportunity for another.Currently, Big E is the lone healthy member of The New Day, one of most successful factions in WWE history.Xavier Woods tore his Achilles tendon on a WWE tour in Australia in October and is still recovering ...

Has wrestling taken advantage of no sports?

Last week we looked at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected pro wrestling.One aspect, however, that has not garnered a lot of attention has been whether the pro wrestling world has taken advantage of being the lone sport available on TV for the entire stretch since things were shut down in ...

Found tackle box a ‘time machine’

Depending on your worldview, time-travel belongs in the realm of science-fiction or advanced metaphysics. I savored a more down-to-earth version when I re-discovered my dadÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ old tackle box, forgotten somehow under mounds of my own outdoor gear. Opening the box was a combination of déjà vu ...

Weather and its effect on history

Little did the people in France know that the dry weather developing across the area in the spring of 1788 would lead to a major change in the makeup of the political landscape in their country. Widespread crop failures came later in the summer and the wheat harvest was some 20% lower than ...

CovidÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ affect on wrestling scene

When the country all but stopped when the coronavirus took off in March, it affected every single one of us in one way, shape or form.In the world of professional wrestling, it shut down every promotion in the country except WWE and AEW, with both promotions running out of Florida when its ...