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The firing last weekend of Boston manager Alex Cora and five of his coaches had a trickle-down effect in the Red Sox system, one that has given former Waynesburg University baseball player Kyle Sasala an opportunity of a lifetime. When the Red Sox’s mass firing of coaches happened, Chad ...

Like it or not, the transfer portal has changed college basketball, not only at the Division I level but Division II as well. We’re in a new era. And the winds of change have swept through the men’s basketball program at Penn West California for the second consecutive year. The Vulcans, ...

His reputation and coaching acumen are incomparable. The man is beloved and revered anywhere he’s played and worked. Yet, he is as genuine and down to earth as one could find in the baseball world. He leads with caring and concern for those in his charge, including family, friends, his ...

Unusual guns: Nothing like a Savage 24

One of my favorite parts of being an outdoors writer is pretending to be a gun writer of sorts. Not just because of my long-term admiration for writers such as Col. Jeff Cooper, Gene Hill and Elmer Keith, but rather because of my long-standing affection for the strange and unusual ...

Sports, by its nature, rewards the aggressor. You can’t win a team championship without an aggressive defense. Baseball and softball teams that are aggressive on the basepaths often can create scoring opportunities for themselves and force the opponent into mistakes. Being aggressive in ...

Between now and sometime tonight, when the Steelers finally make their first pick in the NFL draft, you will hear everyone from Mel Kiper Jr. to rowdy fans at the Golden Triangle offer their suggestions on who that pick should be. Most people believe the Steelers, who have a glaring need at ...