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San Fran, McCaffrey will edge Chiefs

Before I get to my thoughts on Super Bowl LVIII, here’s what the next generations of Downey prognosticators think. Great-nephew Collin Downey, a middle-school student in the Hempfield Area School District, simply stated, “Kansas City Chiefs, 31-17.” Nephew Brian Lohr hit the prediction ...

Memory Lane: Darrin another star from the McLee family tree

The McLee family is a storied name in Fayette County athletics. Darrin McLee is another member of the clan who made his mark on the hardwood for the Uniontown Red Raiders. “I started playing sports at an early age,” McLee reported. “I went to Lafayette Junior High School and I'm from ...

Family ties: Georgeann Wells and Rodney Gallagher

It has been 40 years since West Virginia center Georgeann Wells broke the barrier and became the first woman to dunk a basketball in a college game. On Dec. 21, 1984, Wells went on to make history. Playing at Elkins Randolph County Armory against the University of Charleston (W.Va.), with ...

Sank’s a WPIAL HOFer, too

Upon further review … Apparently, Beth Swink is the fifth individual with ties to Connellsville to be inducted into the WPIAL Hall of Fame. I must’ve had a fan’s perceived accuracy of NFL officiating these days when searching the list. (More on this later). As I scanned the ...

50 years ago Clay ended UCLA’s 88-game winning streak

On Jan. 19,1974 a seismic event occurred in college basketball when a Pittsburgh kid, Dwight Clay, hit a corner jump shot to end UCLA's 88 game winning streak. Clay, born and raised in the Hill District in the early 1970s, was a star basketball player at Fifth Avenue High School (now ...

Red Raider legend: Yates slated to be inducted Into PBC Hall of Fame

Former Uniontown High School basketball star Don Yates is scheduled to be inducted into the 2023 Legends Class of the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame on Feb. 3 at a brunch at Chartiers Country Club. The class also includes: Dan Bonner, Avonworth High School and University of ...