LL memories will last a lifetime

August 20, 2022

Every year the annual Little League World Series brings back a flood of memories for me, and I'm especially happy the Hollidaysburg kids are the first Blair County team to play for all of the marbles in Williamsport. In the summer of 1962, I was selected as a center fielder on the Altoona Little League all-star team that was fully expected to reach the Little League World Series. It was the best baseball team on which I ever played. We had a strong pitching staff, great hitters and always played well defensively. We opened play in mid-July on our home field, which was then ...

Mailbag

August 13, 2022

Adding more names to Mo Valley’s ‘cradle’ The Aug. 6 article, “Cradle of high school coaches,” which spotlighted the many head coaches from the Moshannon Valley School District, was interesting and very well written. One coach who should have been included is former Glendale High School head football coach John Lloyd. Coach Lloyd was from Ramey and one of his longtime assistant coaches, George Mills, was from Houtzdale. Both men played high school football in the Moshannon Valley School District. Together, with the late Tom Terza, they coached the ...

One last salute to four of our greatest athletes of all time

August 13, 2022

To call them four of the greatest athletes in the history of women’s sports is a bit of a slight. Let’s just call them four of the greatest. Period. In what should be a melancholy, reflective time for all sports fans, Serena Williams, Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles and Allyson Felix have decided it’s time to go, almost in unison, leaving behind a gaping hole that the next generation will be hard-pressed to fill. Because these four icons are more than just stellar athletes, though their accomplishments on courts and tracks around the world leave no doubt they are — and were — ...

Clifford misfires on loyalty

August 6, 2022

Say it ain’t so. When has it ever happened where a Nittany Lion football player would go behind the coaches backs to potentially lose the trust of their coaches as well as possibly disrupt what could be a successful new season? Does Sean Clifford realize that most major football programs would have some difficulty welcoming back a sixth-year, 24-year-old starting quarterback who at best is average in his playing ability while waiting on the sidelines are some outstanding young recruits? Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth. Wanting to improve the college players ...

Clifford on right track with pursuit of benefits

July 30, 2022

I was reading the story in the Mirror about Sean Clifford leading a movement to help improve the benefits for college athletes. Medical benefits for life for athletes is an overlooked and incredibly important issue. Until it’s affordable to personally treat/finance sports injuries, the teams and leagues need to address this. I have two neighbors that were Division III athletes. The ex-football player sustained a knee and back injury during his college career and estimates he’s paid out over $50,000 in medical bills. The second guy was a tennis player. He has ...

Additions should benefit Big Ten

July 16, 2022

The additions of USC and UCLA into the Big Ten in 2024 will brighten the traditional Big Ten brand of historic American universities and their athletic programs. In four ways, these additions will benefit Penn State. First, it will bring more revenue to State College and the surrounding communities, via fans of these universities. Secondly, the growing conference will also help Penn State recruit more major talent, giving athletes the opportunity to play against UCLA and USC, schools possibly too far away to consider for those on the east coast. Third, the Big Ten will be ...