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Hockey players can be a very superstitious bunch, from playoff beards to when to and not to touch a conference trophy to goalies talking to goal posts.Their fans can be just as obsessed as to what causes good luck and bad luck.Of course, it's all in people's heads. We all know nothing like that ...

Tod Trent was one of the good guys

<em>NOTE: Look for George Von Benko's "Memory Lane" story on Tod Trent in this coming Monday's edition of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ.</em>The year was 1989 when I took a suggestion from my good friend Taz Zajac and put in a call to the sports editor of the ...

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, ...

You may have heard by now the Penguins, up 3-1 on the San Jose Sharks, are on the verge of winning their fourth Stanley Cup championship.You may also have heard from many fans and most of those in the media that this is an inevitability, and that those folks prefer it to be at home, since the ...

Parity? Maybe, but UNC will rule

You want parity, you got it in the NCAA men's basketball tournament this year.At least that's what I keep hearing, things like the tournament is wide open, anyone can win it, there will be upsets galore.I'm not buying it. Every tournament has upsets and I look at the 2016 bracket and don't see ...

The year was 1996 when California University of Pa. introduced Bill Brown as its new men's basketball coach.Twenty years later Brown is still guiding the Vulcans and has amassed more wins than any other coach in the program's history. His record currently stands at 365-206 at Cal U and he's ...