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Slight bump in Raw’s rating a move in the right direction

On Monday, RawĢƵ rating bumped up to an average of 2.98 million viewers as compared to 2.61 last week.While it isn’t a huge number, the 2.98 is a move in the right direction for WWE.A little more than a week ago, reputable wrestling journalist Dave Scherer posted a piece online at ...

Weather pattern changes moving summer in, finally

Like the song says, “Times they are a changing,” and so it is with the weather in our area.The past week was a continuation of the wet, cool and cloudy weather that visited us for a good portion of the month of May. A large upper-level low-pressure system stalled out over the Mid-Atlantic ...

Geibel Catholic grad Lonigro still working in baseball

Baseball has always been a part of Greg LonigroĢƵ life, so much so that it became his lifeĢƵ work.Lonigro was a three-sport athlete at Geibel Catholic High School in the 1980s where he played baseball and basketball and was on the golf team.“My senior year was the first year they had ...

A relaxing bike ride in the city

I had occasion to be in Pittsburgh to meet old-time friends for breakfast recently. We all grew up together in the 1940s and ‘50s. We meet once a year to reminisce about old times and share new aliments. We have all been friends for more than 70 years.While in the ‘Burgh, I decided to ride ...

Panfish: AnglingĢƵ great equalizers

Fishing can be intimidating, and thatĢƵ unfortunate. The specialized selection of flies to match seasonally-timed insects, the complex sonar devices deployed from boats, and the daunting array of all kinds of modern equipment can sometimes make fishing seem too difficult to try.I know ...

Extreme Rules airs tonight

Now that WrestleMania Season is farther away in the rearview mirror, WWE is in the midst of presenting two “PPV” events on the WWE network.RawĢƵ Extreme Rules is tonight on the WWE Network, and the card is headlined by a Fatal Fiveway match to determine the No. 1 contender for Brock ...