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Celebrating the ‘birth’ of ‘Stone Cold’

Very seldom does a date get remembered in pro wrestling history.The first WrestleMania and Hulk-A-Mania being born are two dates that stand out, but they are not the only ones.Sunday served as the 23rd anniversary of the “birth” of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.Sure, Austin made his WWE ...

A new fresh water source

It may sound odd or even undoable, but there is a plan being developed to harvest fresh water by towing giant ice bergs over 1,500 miles from Antarctica to South Africa. A recent article in the June 10 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek describes in great detail how sea captain Nicholas Sloan ...

Breaking down how each sport’s draft eligibility

Watching the NCAA baseball College World Series on TV Monday made me reminisce back a year when I was fortunate enough to attend the event.The experience in Omaha, Nebraska is something that all sports fans should try to experience once.As the game moved along, I started thinking about how the ...

Pro wrestling up or down?

Following last weekĢƵ column where we looked at whether or not Vince McMahon is in tune with fans, feedback was tremendous.With that said, letĢƵ look at what some of the loyal readers had to say.<strong>Fans need a reason to care</strong>Longtime reader Jon ...

Ones that get away keep you fishing

The most familiar type of fish tale must be “the one that got away.” Hopefully, readers are open to hearing one more saga about a catch-gone-wrong.Last Friday, friends and I were fishing a beautiful stream in the local mountains, mostly a social event but everyone cast a few lines, ...

Those little round ice balls can do some damage

Fortunately, here in Southwestern Pennsylvania, hail is an infrequent occurrence with most of us only seeing those little round ice balls on one or two occasions per year. Not so just off the Front Range of the Rockies or the Pacific Northwest were it is a much more frequent visitor with annual ...