I had the pleasure of chatting with a living Pittsburgh icon, Dick Hoak, on Thursday. My friend Bill Priatko and I journeyed to an assisted living facility in Greensburg and spent over an hour with the 83-year old Hoak.Even though he was in a wheelchair Hoak was still pretty sharp as we talked ...
Look around a crowd of runners and walker participating in a road race, and one might be surprised to see a lot of smiling faces.Now, this could be the result of pain, dehydration and oxygen debt (and for the non-walkers and runners, why?), but I'd like to think it's the result of ...
Former Belle Vernon football standout Spencer Lynn has set a shining example both on and off the field.Lynn got an early start with football.鈥淚 started playing football when I was four years old,鈥� Lynn recalled. 鈥淚 started playing flag football in the Rostraver Township Youth Football ...
Ray Ciferno Jr. was a key cog in the turn around of two football programs, first at Frazier High School and then at Washington & Jefferson College.Ciferno came from a solid athletic background and started playing sports early.鈥淚 was around the game of football for quite a long ...
Just in case anyone was wondering what I thought ...Everyone needs to calm down about the "collapse" of the Pittsburgh Pirates.You really expected this team to contend for a division title?The Bucs are still at least a year or two away from being serious contenders and they lost one of their ...
When Bill Power took over the football program at Uniontown High School in 1948 the Red Raiders began a transformation into a WPIAL football power.One of the key components in the early days of the transformation was four-sport standout Fred 鈥淗awk鈥� David.One of the changes Power made was to ...
