Bo Tkach Blog

Matt Millen Fights For His Life: ‘It’s Getting Late. We Need a Big Stop’
A football stalwart gamely battles a rare disease—a heart transplant looms as a possibility—with an attitude of acceptance on acreage in rural Pennsylvania. Other sections include a look back at the late Chuck Knox's career; notes on Matt Patricia, Mark Ingram, Adam...

Lehighton, Jim Thorpe food pantries get $1,000 donation
The Lehighton and Jim Thorpe food pantries recently received $1,000 checks from the Bo Tkach Foundation, which has expanded its community outreach program to help feed families in need. In addition to making the donations to provide food for the less fortunate, the...

Bo Tkach Foundation supports food pantries
The Bo Tkach Foundation has expanded its community outreach program to help feed families in need. Billy O’Gurek, foundation board member from Summit Hill, presents $1,000 checks to Rich Willing and Rosemarie Armon, who direct the Lansford and Summit Hill food...

Jim Tkach’s message to kids: ‘We can help each other’
Jim Tkach has traveled the country trying to shatter the stigma associated with mental illness, but the reception hasn’t always been a positive one. Venues have tried to dictate exactly what he would say and newspapers have told him they “don’t have room for that kind...

Police interview friends of Washington State quarterback for clues to suicide
When Dr. Brian Hainline learned about the apparent suicide of another college athlete, it hit hard. Again. No, he didn't know Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski. But he's heard such stories far too often. The NCAA's first chief medical officer has coped with...