PARIS – The Summer Olympics and Paris, France. If you’re a traveler and sports lover the last couple weeks provided an opportunity to cross two items off your bucket list. Roaming the iconic city and the surrounding area and watching the best athletes in the world compete in a myriad of ...
Larry Russman has achieved the goal every competitive dog person has - winning that first big championship.Russman, of Uniontown, has owned rabbit hounds all his life and in recent years got the bug to compete in small-pack field trail competition.He was instrumental in getting the Uniontown ...
PITTSBURGH - Mario Lemieux doesn't have to put on skates to make the NHL better. He's one of the few people who can accomplish that just by talking about it.Lemieux took the first step with his statement blasting the league for its handling of the Pittsburgh Penguins' fight-filled game against ...
Recently, an email from Larry Swift brought to my attention that felt-soled waders are about to be banned for use in Maryland.Felt-soled waders are being blamed for spreading an invasive non-native alga in local waters, didymo, which is also known as Rock Snot.Alaska and Vermont have already ...
Only San Diego and Tampa Bay figure to have lower payrolls than the Pirates when the season begins.The Pirates' backup catcher will have a $5.1 million salary. That will represent slighter more than 10 percent of the expected payroll of $50 million.You don't have to be Ben Bernanke to ...
The Pirates don't hold their first full-squad workout until Saturday, but the primary suspense of spring training is already gone.Pirates management ruined much of the fun earlier this week by announcing that Joel Hanrahan would begin the season as the closer. Evan Meek, who was also considered ...
