John Santa, Author at Pittsburgh Union Progress

A year ago, Ryan Larsen had a bad feeling. In fact, after his Carnegie Mellon football team wrapped up its 2023 season with one loss, Larsen didn’t gather his players to watch the unveiling of the NCAA Division III playoff brackets. “What I didn’t want to do was bring our team together and have them […]

John Santa

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