Hills.
Love or hate, runners learn to deal with them in all their forms. Whether running up Center Avenue in Aspinwall’s FoxWall Run for the Hill of It this Sunday or rec...
The skies over Pymatuning Lake were cloudy. A moderate south wind ruffled its surface. Perfect conditions for an early spring walleye trip.
Despite over three decades of ...
Two things I’ve always recognized as unique to Butler County high school athletics: The nicknames of Karns City and Mars.
To my knowledge, no other high schools in the Un...
You know I love baseball guys.
And Ben McClure was a true baseball guy.
McClure, a 1957 Butler graduate, recently died at the age of 84. His memorial service is taking pl...
I’m a trail runner.
I’ve followed blazes through parks of all sizes, flags and ribbon on races from 5k to 25k in rugged terrain and flour dots on hash runs on city stree...
The consistent and at times heavy rain that dominated our weather much of this past week further emphasized one thing in the Butler County sports world.
It pays to have t...
It’s a habit of mine to peer into the mouth of a fish while unhooking it for any evidence of what it might have been eating.
Adhering to this practice, I was curious abou...
With April Fool’s Day looming Monday, it is time for this column to make its annual selection for Sports Fool of the Year.
While worthy candidates can always be found, no...
Doing something for the first time is hard, also historic and memorable.
Think of the first sub four-minute mile, Joan Benoit’s first women’s Olympic marathon victory and...
While the Pittsburgh Pirates had a nice jump in wins last season — going from 62 in 2022 to 76 in 2023 — optimism for similar improvement in 2024 has to be rather cautiou...
