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Royal Rumble review

The “Road to WrestleMania” officially began last Sunday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, and the show has received mostly positive reviews.Randy Orton won the Rumble, John Cena won his 16th World title by defeating A.J. Styles in a classic match, and Kevin Owens retained the Universal title ...

January continues year of above normal warmth

January continued a trend started almost a year ago with temperatures across a large portion of the United States coming in well above normal.The warmth covered the entire eastern United States from Maine to Florida and west to California. Only the extreme northern states and the Pacific ...

Ho, hum, get ready for ‘Brady, Belichick, Pats greatest ever’

I think Super Bowl 51 will be close. I really do. Even so, there is no allure to this game for me whatsoever. It's all just "Yay, the Patriots win No. 5, Brady is the greatest player of all time, Belichick is the greatest coach of all time, it's the greatest dynasty of all time ... blah, blah, ...

Remembering Monessen super fan Nello Tineri

When I received word last Thursday that Nello Tineri died, my mind instantly went back to my childhood.I have literally known Mr. Tineri my entire life, and even though he lived in Florida for a while, he often crossed my mind every football season.You see, Mr. Tineri bled Monessen black and ...

Russell was part of Belle Vernon basketball history

John Russell was part of the greatest basketball team in Belle Vernon Area High School basketball history and the memories of the Leopards’ WPIAL title run in 1977-78 are still vivid to this day.After playing JV ball, Russell became a key cog for Belle Vernon in 1976-77 on a team that ...

Royal Rumble outcome up in the air

The 30th annual Royal Rumble takes place tonight, and the outcome of the Rumble match itself truly is a guess.No less than 10 men could win the match in my eyes, and this yearĢƵ Rumble match has the second deepest pool of talent in history. The only 30-man Rumble that could touch this one, in ...