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Band performance requires discipline As a longtime professional musician, I was very happy to see that Neil Rudel picked music and the Blue Band as his favorite PSU traditions in Thursday’s point-counterpoint. I lived in State College as a PSU MuEd Major 1972-76. Had I gone straight from Altoona Area High School, I would likely have been in the marching Blue Band. However, by the time I got there, I was almost age 23, having served as an Army Bandsman. I already had plenty of marching experience and felt that I was a little aged out for the antics of a college marching ...

PGA needs to recognize … everybody

By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press The PGA Tour’s social media army probably meant well. The tweet it sent this past Monday celebrated big years by Rory McIlroy and Lydia Ko, and for good reason. Both delivered some of their best, most consistent golf. Both won the points race on their respective tours and the trophy for the lowest scoring average. Money can be skewed. Scores don’t lie. Golf royalty? Sure. But for the PGA Tour to suggest they “ruled the golf world in ‘22” is to dismiss Scottie Scheffler and to ignore Cameron Smith. It also overlooks that neither ...

Tide, Saban in a strange place this year

By Paul Newberry The Associated Press The Alabama Crimson Tide will play a football game Saturday that means ... well, absolutely nothing. Not being cruel. It’s just the way things work in Tuscaloosa. The Southeastern Conference championship is out of reach. All hope of claiming a spot in the College Football Playoff is gone. Which means there’s no chance of Bama winning its seventh national title since Nick Saban arrived 15 years ago. Which means, of course, that the season is effectively over for the Tide. Just how momentous of an occasion is this for the greatest ...

Women in NFL workplace getting better

By Rob Maaddi The Associated Press From the owner’s suite to the front office to the sideline, the number of women in the NFL is steadily rising. And, they’re here to stay. Kalen Jackson was born into football, one of three daughters for Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. She got her introduction to the sport attending community events. Now, she has a seat at the table for owners’ meetings. Sam Rapoport fell in love with football the first time she held a ball and threw a spiral as a 12-year-old growing up in Canada. Rapoport ended up becoming a professional quarterback in ...

Philadelphia showed all its brotherly love

By Ira Kaufman For the Mirror Anyone who thinks the NBA Finals, the World Series, or the Stanley Cup Finals should be played at a neutral site was not in Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia for Game 3 of the World Series last Tuesday night. Philadelphia fans were in a state of euphoria. The Phillies made an improbable run to the World Series and had split the first two games in Houston — and the Philadelphia Eagles were undefeated and had just destroyed the Steelers. Philadelphia has a reputation for having very mean fans (they once booed and threw snowballs at Santa ...

Philadelphia showed all its brotherly love

By Ira Kaufman For the Mirror Anyone who thinks the NBA Finals, the World Series, or the Stanley Cup Finals should be played at a neutral site was not in Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia for Game 3 of the World Series last Tuesday night. Philadelphia fans were in a state of euphoria. The Phillies made an improbable run to the World Series and had split the first two games in Houston — and the Philadelphia Eagles were undefeated and had just destroyed the Steelers. Philadelphia has a reputation for having very mean fans (they once booed and threw snowballs at Santa ...