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In this corner of Pennsylvania, the football year can be divided into four seasons: the preseason, regular season, postseason and coaching change season. We are deep into the latter. So far this month, we’ve had one local head football coach (Ed Dalton at McGuffey) resign and three others ...

Final week of football’s best season

Admit it, we have been spoiled when it comes to high school football. Over the many years that the sport has been played in this corner of the state, we have seen future NFL players – some who went on to become Pro Football Hall of Famers – begin their playing careers on the high school ...

The WPIAL recently released its basketball section alignments for the next two seasons. There was much talk and anticipation about the WPIAL trying to group many of the private schools together but that didn’t happen.There are only small changes in the section alignments, most of them caused ...

Gear up at this unique collector’s show

There is a strong bond, seemingly unbreakable, between Pittsburgh sports fans and their favorite teams. If you want proof, just look at the crowd at a Steelers or Penguins home game – thousands of fans wearing Pittsburgh jerseys.Sports fans just can’t get enough of their favorite teams and ...

Best and worst of OTs, extra innings

Some have called the Kansas City-Buffalo game Sunday night the best NFL playoff game with the worst ending.Any game that has 25 points scored, along with three lead changes and a tying 48-yard field goal, all in the final 1:54 of regulation, can’t be considered bad anything except defense, ...

Necciai still noted for his 27 Ks

In today’s world of 24-hour sports channels and social media handy on every cell phone, people around the globe can be instantly bombarded with video and stories about anything in baseball, whether it’s Shohei Ohtani’s latest home run or the Pittsburgh Pirates scoring three runs on a hit ...