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A dry, starless night contributed to a robust crowd for the seventh annual Classic Image Johnstown Holiday Parade on Friday.
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Union skates past Clarkson, 5-1, in ECAC Hockey

Union skates past Clarkson, 5-1, in ECAC Hockey

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Union beats St. Lawrence, 4-3

Union beats St. Lawrence, 4-3

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Dona Ann McAdams:
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Owl rescued
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Siena wins opener
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Comments by mmacadam

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Posted on November 21 at 1:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

FYI To the hoop fans who believe "Hal Lear" should have been "Hal Greer", Fran McCaffery said "Hal Lear." He was a Philly guy who helped Temple go to the Final Four in 1956. As one reader helpfully pointed out, Arizin was misspelled by me.

On Philly feels like home to Saints

Posted on November 21 at 8:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hopkins ... You call that playing golf?

On Run for Your Life

Posted on November 18 at 4:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Free advice: "Pauly, more wine!"
More free advice: Ibuprofen. Swear by it.

On Run for Your Life

Posted on November 10 at 3:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You just Wally Pipped your way out of a sweet gig, buddy boy. "Aw ... Pauly, won't see him around no more."

On Exit, Stage Left

Posted on November 10 at 3:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thanks, Joe. Couldn't resist the Dolphins remark, could you? Just wait 'til next time.

On Stockade-athon Diary 21: Phew

Posted on October 23 at 1:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"Lookit how they massacred my boy!"

State Street hill = The Causeway.

On Stockade-athon Diary 16

Posted on July 15 at 5:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'll still cover the race in some capacity, probably write a column and some notes and/or sidebar after I get done running. We always double-team it, so someone, probably Bob Weiner, will be there at the finish (way ahead of me).

I've covered the Corporate Challenge a few times on days when I also ran the race. Your story suffers for having missed seeing the winners come across the line, but I've found that runners are pretty good at describing what they just went through. Of course, the gap between me and the winners will be much greater after a 15k than it is after a 3.5-mile race.

On Is it too early to talk about the Stockade-athon?

Posted on June 26 at 7:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Not to be picky, but it wasn't a sidewalk. The cement, though, was quite wet (and deep).
And no, fearless is not correct. Let's just say that my left foot was dutifully following orders from the block of cement that kidnapped my cerebral cortex.

On Irish spring (with photos)

Posted on June 25 at 5:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Not to be picky, but it was a Celtic Faire. You wouldn't want to enrage the Isle of Man.

On Irish spring (with photos)

Posted on June 24 at 9:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

That's scary. Here's another good point: leave the iPod at home. I use it on the bikepath when I'm cycling, but not when I run.

You have to expect the unexpected. A few weeks ago, I'm running down Seward Place toward Union, almost done, and I get to South Avenue and step into the intersection well ahead of a big black pickup that's slowly braking up to a stop sign. He's looking left (at me), and I know he's not going anywhere because I can see and hear traffic coming both ways on Seward. Still, from a dead stop, he lets his foot off the brake and rolls about eight more totally unnecessary feet (it's impossible for him to even think about making a turn) through the stop sign right into my path. I was forced to stop abruptly right at the driver's side window, gave him my best scowl, and ran all the way around the back of the truck. It was so blatant I thought it might be a practical joke by someone I knew, but I didn't recognize the guy. Jerk.

It wasn't a dangerous situation, just a really annoying one, but it shows how you can't assume anything.

On Watch your step

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