COMEBACKS, SCREWBALLS, AND SKYSCRAPERS 

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How about those never-say-die Reds? With the Taylor Swift concert getting ready to start  at nearby Paycor Stadium (evidently the event of the year...

HISTORY, THE DRAFT, AND THE DOLDRUMS 

What a great series took place down at the Great American Ballpark over the weekend  between the Reds and the Braves! For only the...

LINKS, LABORS OF LOVE, AND LAKE LIFE 

Did you happen to watch the lengthy television coverage of the US Open over the  weekend? Twenty-nine year-old Wyndham Clark displayed nerves of steel...

RAIDERS, A SPLENDID SPLINTER, AND A STAMPEDE 

Heartbreak for the Russia Raider baseball team as they fell in the state D-IV championship game up in Akron Saturday to Berlin Hiland. After defeating...

THOUGHTS, BELTED GALLOWAYS, AND FREE FALLIN’ 

 Random thoughts on a Sunday evening:  First, congratulations to all area high school as well as college graduates!! Another step along the way of life’s journey...

 AKRON, COLUMBUS, INDIANAPOLIS, AND UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS 

Jerrod Newland’s Lady Wave softball team returns to the Division II State Final Four for the fourth time since 2007 on the strength of a...

REDS, ROCHESTER, AND ROYALTY 

A little over a quarter of the Major League Baseball season has been played so let’s check in with the Boys by the River,...

O CANADA, POSTSEASON ACTION, AND START THOSE ENGINES

The sounds of moaning and the gnashing of teeth that you hear floating on the winds are  the national angst of our neighbors to...

ROSES, TRIPLE CROWNS, AND SPEED 

The 149th edition of the Run for the Roses, the Kentucky Derby, was won by Mage, a 15-1 odds pick, in a closing charge down...

SIGNIFICANT AND YET IRRELEVANT 

The 2023 NFL Draft is in the books and, regardless of what the pundits say and predict at this time, only this coming season will...