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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
As anyone reading this is grinding through another day and thinking how bad they have it, Alyssa Malachin has had it worse. Alyssa is a 16 year-old girl from Mineral Ridge who lived the normal life. She was active in her school's drama club, spending time with her friends, and ...
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Friday, July 2nd, 2010
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers promo department deserves props for a good turnout of 4,600 Thursday. Not only was it buck night, but it was also the big "Keep Lebron in Cleveland" promo. Scrapper pitching was also worthy of praise. Mahoning Valley starter Owen Dew threw six perfect innings and the ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
This past Winter, one of the true legends of the Youngstown area stepped away from being simply the best at what he did. Pete Mollica was a writer for the Youngstown Vindicator newspaper for 33 years, and well-respected by those he wrote with and about. I had the pleasure of ...
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Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Cassius Clay or Clay Pigeon? Which kind of Clay would Martinus "Magnificent" Clay end up being? Billy Lyell definitely took the fight to Clay for eight rounds. Dominant performance where Lyell won the fight unanimously on every scorecard, 80-72 in front of a partisan crowd. Simons Promotions rolled out the ...
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
To sit there and watch World Middleweight Boxing Champion Kelly Pavlik and U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan look over a sheet with defensive schemes and offensive formations was just scary. Pavlik and Ryan served as honorary coaches for the Red team in Saturday's Spring Football Game at Stambaugh Stadium.
Youngstown Mayor Jay ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
I have been at this blogging stuff for almost a year and I have tried to get credentialed to as many things as possible. I have had moderate success, but the rejection I have received is for what I think are the wrong reasons. Most of the time when I ...
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Friday night I attended the Youngstown Phantoms USHL hockey game at The Covelli Centre. Saturday, I made it to the Styx / REO Speedwagon / Night Ranger concert. As I waited for Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon to finish a 20 or so minute rant on Vietnam and what it ...
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
Youngstown finally put one in the win column at home and improved to 5-4-1 at home and 2-1 against Des Moines on the year. Richard Young wore the hero ribbon with a game-winner and the Phantoms held off a very game Buccaneer team that came to play in posting a ...
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