This is personal. At my father's funeral in 1991 a man introduced himself to me with a surprising revelation: "I knew your great grandmother." As a youngster, Bill Calhoun, my dad's chum, delivered the Connellsville Courier. One of his stops was the Soisson Theater. The Crawford Street ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) 鈥� Matt Weston doesn't always win. It only seems that way. And at the Milan Cortina Olympics, the 28-year-old slider from Britain left no doubt 鈥� he's the best skeleton racer in the world. Capping a four-year run that featured one remarkable finish after ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) 鈥� The U.S. women's curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada on Friday marked an Olympic first. "If that's true," caveated Minneapolis native Taylor Anderson-Heide said after the 9-8 nailbiter, "I think we just played a really good game. ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� Elroy Face, an All-Star reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates who saved three games in the 1960 World Series to help them upset the New York Yankees, has died. He was 97. In a news release Thursday, the Pirates announced they confirmed Face's death. Team historian Jim ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) 鈥� The stakes were low 鈥� and the time ripe 鈥� for a 54-year old personal injury lawyer and six-time winner of "Minnesota Attorney of the Year" to make Olympic history. It was the end of the U.S. men's curling match against Switzerland on Thursday and they ...
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) 鈥� Shohei Ohtani is a five-time All-Star, a four-time Most Valuable Player, a two-time World Series winner and a World Baseball Classic champion, giving him a sparkling baseball resume that no current player can touch. The only major honor he hasn't won? A Cy Young ...
