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BG soccer makes community proud

As I age it seems obvious that I have mellowed, with, no doubt, more room to grow. At this time, if I may be so bold as to concede, I would like to tip my hat to the 2025 girls soccer team at Bishop Guilfoyle Academy. Yes, my granddaughter Jenna was a gainful contributor, but this past ...

Mailbag: Rodgers jeopardizing Steelers’ hopes

Following Alex Trebek’s passing in 2020, a variety of guest hosts, including Ken Jennings, Mayim Bialik and Aaron Rodgers filled in as temporary hosts on “Jeopardy.” Eventually, executives chose to stick with Jennings as a permanent host. Personally, I thought Rodgers did an admirable ...

Probing the business of buyouts in college football

Through week 10 of the college football season, the ledger on what universities owe their former coaches in buyouts was nearly $185 million. It all commenced in week three when Virginia Tech decided to fire head coach Brent Pry, who was owed a buyout of $6 million. Not to be outdone, UCLA ...

Mailbag

Brohm worthy of consideration This a first. I didn’t agree with Neil Rudel or Cory Giger on Penn State’s next coach in last week’s PSU point-counterpoint. No thanks to Matt Rhule. He might be good at cranking out 8-4 and 9-3 seasons at Penn State, but we’ve been there, done that. ...

PSU needs new way to walk the talk

To liberally paraphrase a comment attributed to Winston Churchill, Penn State football’s inability to win big games under James Franklin was a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. With justification, the name Franklin was recently added to the list of college football head coaches ...

Penn State fans should be embarrassed

A blade of grass is at the root of the latest Penn State football drama. Had the Big Ten replay official upheld the blade of grass fumble vs. Oregon, the Lions would not have been demoralized, they would have rolled over UCLA and Northwestern, and James Franklin would still be at Lasch. As ...