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Maz’s homer was more than ‘immaculate’

“Was Mazeroski’s Game 7 home run or the Immaculate Reception the greatest moment in Pittsburgh sports history?” Excellent question from last week’s Mailbag, but there is only one clear and unequivocal response which I will reveal shortly. As Pittsburgh fans, we have been very fortunate to witness many outstanding achievements by some of the greatest athletes and teams in MLB, NFL and NHL history. The NFL rated the Immaculate Reception as the greatest play in its first 100 years. No doubt, it was, is and always will be a memorable and exciting play which won a playoff ...

Anyone shopping for a Super Bowl MVP running back?

The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks found their starting quarterback in free agency last year, landing Sam Darnold. The New England Patriots went from worst to first in the AFC East after signing several key veterans who helped them reach the Super Bowl. Winning free agency doesn’t ...

Bill Mazeroski’s humility equally memorable

The passing of Bill Mazeroski brought back so many great moments with the Pirates when they were a team we took pride in. There was the man himself, Maz, his historic home run, his outstanding defensive ability and, maybe above all, his humility and sound character. Well over a decade ...

Talkin’ baseball with Babe Ruth’s descendants

Quite some time ago I was fortunate enough to interview Babe Ruth’s charming daughter, Julia Ruth-Stevens, and her son Tom in her winter home outside of Phoenix, Arizona. The house featured some, but not a great deal of, Ruth memorabilia, but more importantly, it housed a whole lot of ...

Fresh outlook helped Liu in her return for Olympic gold

MILAN — Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning the gold medal. Maybe that is why she won it. The 20-year-old with the striped hair, prominent frenulum piercing and carefree attitude never showed any worry or strain ...

PSU basketball teams search for answers

With two exceptions, Penn State’s University Park campus is a fertile landscape of sustained innovation, productivity and achievement. The two exceptions are the desert wastelands of Rec Hall and the Bryce Jordan Center where the home basketball teams toil in a state of perpetual ...