Joe Battista

Thank you for answering the call. Those of you who stepped up and donated time, money and resources for the victims of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton have made all […]

I’m going to cut right to the chase, folks. We need your help. I’m asking all of you to please take a moment and read this column, and then I […]

For over 40 years “SC” was synonymous with State College in my life. If you sent a text or an email or posted “SC” on social media, everyone knew we […]

It was a beautiful fall weekend in Happy Valley for the first home Penn State football game of the 2024 season. It was a highly anticipated weekend for the Battista […]

Why must you be such an angry young man when your future looks quite bright to me?— “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man),” Styx, 1977 Do you ever find yourself […]

How about some great news from the youth sports world for a change? We certainly have had our share of negatives in this era where parents aren’t content to just […]

Talk about a hat trick for sport watching. Monday, June 24, was an absolutely fantastic night of sports for me. Three — count’em, three — championship games on the same evening. I […]

My father was a Russian. My mother was a Russian. Me, I’m justa takin’ my time. – Dad Jokes Time, like the weather, is a life variable that we all fret […]