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I caught a short video someplace on the social media spectrum that showed how to respond when someone felt they could do whatever Olympic endeavor they were viewing at the time.A fellow is sitting in his recliner, patiently waiting to respond, “No, you couldn't.”With Olympic events pretty ...

Every American Legion baseball game begins the same no matter where it's played with the recitation of the Code of Sportsmanship. Generally, the pledge is handled by a player, but, in Tuesday's Region 6 American Legion Baseball Tournament championship, the code was read by umpire supervisor ...

Summer ball might be fading away

The Fourth of July holiday is just a couple days away, meaning fireworks, barbeques, the return of some pandemic-cancelled community events and celebrating the USA's 245th birthday.In the wide world of sports, July 4 signals the MLB All-Star Game is about a week away, the annual Woodruff 5K is ...

As I powered through the account of Mount Pleasant softball's state-title winning victory last Friday, a few items were left on the lunch counter at the Sheetz somewhere in central Pennsylvania where the story was punched out.So, here's the bits that were in my brain, but were not tapped out by ...

Walking up the Summit for the 25th time

Albert Einstein supposedly quipped, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."Now, I say supposedly because, after extensive research (two minutes) on the internet, Einstein apparently did not say the aforementioned quote, but it's been attributed to ...

Fearless, bold predictions for 2021

No prognosticator in their wildest dreams could've predicted the events over the past 10 months or so of 2020.So, with the uncertainty of what the future holds, allow me to make some bold predictions for 2021.(Please, any predictions below are for entertainment purposes only and gambling of any ...