During a practice in 2022 while at Saint Francis, wide receiver Elijah Sarratt blew out a cleat to the point that his foot was coming out of the shoe. Sarratt taped up the cleat and went straight back to work to finish practice. “We didn’t realize it until practice was almost over,” Red ...
Notes and observations leading up to Monday’s NCAA football championship game: Pat Fellinger would have been beaming. The 1952 graduate of Altoona Catholic High School, who went on to be a three-year college football starter at end for the Indiana Hoosiers from the 1953 through 1955 ...
Notes and observations about the Pittsburgh Pirates during the middle of Major League Baseball’s Hot Stove offseason: ■ This offseason has been considered the most crucial in recent history for the Pirates and their general manager Ben Cherington. The Pirates had been largely inactive on ...
As one who has always been close to the outdoors and the natural world, the recent bout of harsh winter weather with high winds and cold temperatures brings home the reality of how tough wintertime can be. Forests that just a few months ago were green and lush while hosting a symphony of bird ...
Looking back on the 2025 scholastic soccer season, it was a year full of numerous outstanding games with a number of standout teams, but the success attained by the Bishop Guilfoyle Academy girls team truly highlighted the season. The Bishop Guilfoyle girls became the first team from Blair ...
Friday was a wild day at Penn State and capped a wild coaching search. It concluded with the landing of a new football coach — Iowa State’s Matt Campbell, who informed his team at a meeting in Ames on Friday night. Numerous national media outlets that closely cover college football ...