Ahoy there, dear reader! It’s been a while since I put pen to paper and, while tempted to explain away my lengthy and unexcused absence with the usual “dog ate my homework” excuse, I simply cite my own abject laziness and lack of inspiration as the prime suspects. That was until last ...
College football officially kicked off last weekend and swings into high gear today after an offseason that made it seem like it was locked in a room with an angry leprechaun. To say it was loud and chaotic and anything resembling the game anyone grew up watching would be the understatement ...
The Seattle Seahawks are aiming to become just the ninth repeat Super Bowl champion and third in the 2000s. They have 31 other teams standing in their way. Maybe a third of NFL teams have a real chance to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy on Feb. 14. Oddsmakers have made the Los Angeles Rams ...
Randy Allen was once a young, accomplished basketball player, winning the hearts of Altoona fans with some of the finest high school hoops this area has ever witnessed. Allen, who passed away Aug. 21 at the age of 74, was a 1970 graduate of Altoona Area High School under first-year head ...
For Billie Jean King, the fight for Title IX continues. Some 54 years after the passage of the landmark legislation that banned discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal funds, King still advocates for women’s sports and equity. There’s a throughline from ...
We are all eagerly looking forward to the “old-timers extravaganza’’ scheduled for today at Vets Field. “Just’’ 65 years ago, almost to the exact week, and certainly at the same specific location, I had the opportunity to pitch for the Altoona entry in the National Amateur ...
