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Steelers Warren the center of attention

PITTSBURGH — Jaylen Warren’s legs never stop moving. Which way they take the relentlessly upbeat Pittsburgh Steelers running back during a given play is a mystery, sometimes even to Warren himself. Take what looked like a give-up call during last Sunday’s 27-6 victory over Cleveland ...

There’s room on Brewers’ bandwagon

My brother Seth and I are the only Milwaukee Brewers fans we know. Growing up in Altoona in the 1990s, Seth cheered for the Indians, and I rooted for the Red Sox. We both liked Richie Sexson, Cleveland’s 6-foot-8 first baseman who sometimes played left field. When he got traded to ...

What are the odds?

The Indianapolis Colts have two Blair County high school football stars on their roster in Luke Rhodes (left) and Kevin Givens this season. Givens, a standout at Altoona, was signed this past weekend by the Colts after spending the past eight seasons with the 49ers. Rhodes, a Hollidaysburg ...

B-A football coach knows the challenges of BEA team

Bellwood-Antis hosts Bald Eagle Area in an intriguing District 6 Class 2A football quarterfinal Friday at John R. Hayes Stadium at Memorial Field. Both teams began the season 3-0, but while Bellwood-Antis has sustained that success for most of the season and earned the No. 3 seed in the ...

CC girls soccer dreams big en route to title

When a program has never won a district title, sometimes that goal seems so far-fetched it isn’t even on anyone’s radar. That’s why emotions were overflowing following Central Cambria’s 2-1 victory in the District 6 Class 2A girls soccer championship game at Mansion Park on ...

Red Devils drop title tilt on kicks

JOHNSTOWN — The District 6 Class 2A boys soccer championship matchup between top-seeded Westmont Hilltop and second-seeded Central Cambria was that proverbial game that neither team deserved to lose, but that circumstances required one team to suffer that unfortunate fate. After the two ...