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Time flies when walking up the Summit

I guess I've really set the bar pretty low when the most excitement I experienced in the 34th Mount Summit Challenge was when I saw where the race would finish.Yes, I did say where, not how or when.The past couple years the finish of the 3.5-mile race from Hopwood to the Summit Inn concluded in ...

Oakmont gearing up for US Open

I was on two of the most iconic, demanding courses around in a span of 24 hours.I opted to play the first course, and, despite a lot of internal discussion on the matter, decided against the second course.The first course was the Mount Summit Challenge on Sunday morning. The 3.5-mile course ...

Cicadas have an ‘up’ side — great fishing

File this under “silver lining.” While most area residents will be annoyed, disgusted, even terrified by the hordes of periodic cicadas that will soon saturate this region, one group awaits the insect legions with glee. ItĢƵ those fly fishermen again. Viewed always by the non-fishing ...

Former WWE star Chyna dead at 45

On Wednesday, former WWE star Chyna was found dead in her apartment.She was 45.Billed as the “Ninth Wonder of the World” by the WWE, Joanie Laurer broke several barriers while performing for the company from 1997 through 2001.Trained by Killer Kowalski outside of Boston, Laurer caught the ...

It’s time to fight

The time has come for Mixed Martial Arts coverage to come to the readers of the ĢƵ and I am using this column as an opportunity for the sport to gain exposure.I will also include any boxing (amateur or professional) and Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling but please make ...

Arm trouble hindered Margoneri’s promising pro career

Smithton native Joe Margoneri was like a comet bursting on the Major League Baseball scene and then fading because of arm trouble.The fireballing lefty honed his baseball skills on the sandlots in Western Pennsylvania.“We didn’t have baseball at South Huntington Township High School,” ...