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LaFleur joining others on NFL’s coaching hot seat

Move over, Todd Bowles and Shane Steichen. Make room for Matt LaFleur on the NFL's hot seat. The Green Bay Packers are off to a 1-2 start following a lackluster performance in a 35-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night in their home opener at Lambeau Field. "It's three games in. ...

WNBA, sadly, littered with dysfunction

Thirty years after the establishment of the WNBA, the league has finally achieved equal footing with all the other professional sports in America. Not in a good way, however. The regrettable experience that the WNBA shares with the other leagues is a self-inflicted battering from controversy ...

How long will fans ‘hold fast?’

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 ...

NCAA making bad situation worse

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 ...

AP: Bills will finally get back to a Super Bowl … and lose

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 ...

Allen was ‘apple’ of Altoona, IUP eyes

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 ...