Professional sports in general, and Major League Baseball in particular, has often drawn the ire of fans around the country for being a classic illustration of the disparity between the haves and the have-nots. And over the years, the difference in payrolls among the 30 Major League teams has ...
Notes and observations as the calendar on the Pittsburgh Pirates’ season flips the page to July: - The Pirates entered last offseason with their most obvious and pressing need being to strengthen an offense which had been floundering at the bottom of the National League in many key ...
Notes and observations with a month to go before the start of Major League Baseball’s Spring Training games: - The Pittsburgh Pirates have been one of MLB’s biggest movers and shakers this offseason, and according to numerous published online reports, general manager Ben Cherington ...
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 the conference championship games and seedings for the 2025 College Football Playoffs approach, the next month will certainly be an exciting time for the sport on the field. While bluebloods like Penn State and Clemson have scuffled through nightmarish seasons, the prospect of upstarts ...
