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Mercer County, Pennsylvania has had its share of famous natives, including: Andre Coleman (Hermitage) Rodney White (Hermitage) Gerry Ricciutti (Sharpsville) Glenn Jones (Hermitage) Marc Howard (Sharon) Dick Bestwick (Grove City) Bill Cardille (Farrell) Dolly Neely (Mercer) Jack Marin (Farrell) Trent Reznor (Mercer) Nolan Reimold (Greenville) Alf Landon (West Middlesex) Judson Flint (Farrell) But did you know these famous folks visited Mercer County: Alex Trebek (host of Jeopardy! visited Greenville in 1994 as guest conductor of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra) Arnold Palmer (7x major champion visited Hermitage in 1996 to dedicate Buhl Park driving range) George H.W. Bush (former vice president visited Wheatland in 1985 following F5 tornado) Mike Pence (former vice president visited Grove City in 2017 to deliver keynote address at Grove City College commencement) Joe Paterno (Penn State football coach visited numerous times for recruiting) Jay Paterno (Penn State trustee visited Sharo...

This is a special 40 for 40 extra about my 40 favorite sports calls of all time.  (Note:  This list will include some of my church softball podcast calls, but will not include any connected with evil Ohio State unless evil Ohio State lost the game in question.) 40.  January 8, 2000:  2000 AFC Wild Card, Adelphia Coliseum, Nashville, Tennessee Titans v. Buffalo Bills, fourth quarter, Titans trailing 16-15, kickoff The Titans were trailing by 1 point with 16 seconds left in regulation and needed a miracle to win the game and advance to the divisional round. The kickoff return play was named "Home Run Throwback" by the Titans and was developed by special teams coordinator Alan Lowry. He had learned the play in 1982 as a member of the Dallas Cowboys coaching staff, watching SMU execute a similar kickoff return to score the winning touchdown in the final seconds of its game at Texas Tech. The Titans had practiced the play once a week during the regular season. The practi...