The Jeannette (Pa.) Jayhawks won the WPIAL Class AA boys’ basketball championship today, giving the school a rare accomplishment this school year: football and basketball titles.
The victory cemented Terrelle Pryor’s status as the best athlete in Jeannette history, and one of the greatest ever from Pennsylvania. His accomplishments won’t soon be forgotten in the blue-collar [...]

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Cooperstown, New York-Doubleday Field, originally uploaded by mpburrows.

I can’t think of very many times I’m on the same page as Sen. Hillary Clinton and Rep. Mikey Arcuri, but when it comes to saving the Baseball [...]

America’s best high school football player, Terrelle Pryor of Jeannette, Pa., has narrowed his choices to Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State. We’ll find out at noon today where he’s headed next year. My money is on Michigan.
Pryor is a remarkable multi-sport talent. He broke all sorts of records playing for the state-championship Jayhawks last [...]

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Pittsburgh Steelers, 1975 Super Bowl Champs, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

During yesterday’s Super Bowl, FoxSports.com and NFL.com asked visitors to pick the greatest dynasty ever. The choices included the Green Bay Packers (1960s), Pittsburgh Steelers [...]

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Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and Giants Coach Tom Coughlin, originally uploaded by Dominican Warrior.

All season long I rooted against the thugs and cheaters known as the New England Patriots. I was hardly alone. Following [...]

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Terrelle Pryor Buckeye Leaf Army All American Game 1, originally uploaded by Cmh Oh.

The Terrelle Pryor phenomenon has reached the pages of the New York Times. The star quarterback of the Jeannette Jayhawks was named [...]

Why does it seem the lowest-seeded teams always do the best in fantasy sports playoffs? Every year I do well during the regular season only to lose quickly in the playoffs. It happened to me again this year — no thanks to LaDainian Tomlinson for exiting early on Monday night.
In the league where I’m commish, [...]

Jeannette lost last season’s state title game by one point. Yesterday in Hershey, Pa., the Jayhawks made sure it wasn’t even close this time. Quarterback Terrelle Pryor wrapped up a remarkable year with five TDs, 209 rushing yards and 83 yards in the air. The win gave Jeannette its first Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association championship. [...]

The lead of today’s story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about Jeannette’s game against Wilmington says it all:
Just when you think you’ve seen just about everything from Terrelle Pryor, just when you think he has nothing left in his bag of eye-opening plays, he does something else to drop jaws.
How’s this for something new: A 100-yard [...]

Last week I told you about America’s best high school football player, Terrelle Pryor of Jeannette, Pa. Yesterday Pryor and the Jayhawks advanced to the state semifinals with a 35-6 victory over Karns City. Here’s what the opposing coach had to say about Pryor: “He’s every bit what they say he is. … I have [...]