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Cold forecast heats ice-angling fervor

A friend who writes about the outdoors for a newspaper in eastern Pennsylvania coined a phrase I like and have borrowed often. He calls those who trudge onto a frozen lake, bore a hole through the ice, then drop down a line, the “Frozen Chosen.” HeĢƵ an avid ice-fisherman himself and with ...

Cold forecast heats ice-angling fervor

A friend who writes about the outdoors for a newspaper in eastern Pennsylvania coined a phrase I like and have borrowed often. He calls those who trudge onto a frozen lake, bore a hole through the ice, then drop down a line, the “Frozen Chosen.” HeĢƵ an avid ice-fisherman himself and with ...

WVU sloppy in loss to Utah

West Virginia played its bowl game Tuesday, while Penn State gears up for the Fiesta Bowl.Also in this column we take a look both the early signings by both schools as well as those at Pitt.<strong>’Eers sloppy in loss</strong>Playing without star quarterback Will ...

A Christmas Eve tale

With apologies to Clement Moore, my attempt of an updated version of his classic poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas," or as the poem is more commonly known, "Twas the Night Before Christmas."'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the National Football League,Officials, in the booth ...

Women’s Royal Rumble is set

A few weeks ago in this column we looked at a womenĢƵ Royal Rumble match.And while I thought it wouldn’t take place at next monthĢƵ Royal Rumble, it is indeed taking place.This past Monday on Raw, Stephanie McMahon announced that the first-ever womenĢƵ Rumble will take place at the PPV, ...

A pleasant December bike ride

This past Monday and Tuesday, I had occasion to be in Pittsburgh to close up our small townhouse for the winter. Many city people have cabins in the mountains and reside full time in the city. We do the exact opposite; living full time in the mountains and maintaining a small historic town ...