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Sports Columns

COLUMN: Ohio State’s title a story of redemption

Redemption. That will be the story of the 2024-25 Ohio State Buckeyes. It’s a story chocked full of it. Some 51 days before Ryan Day was being doused in Gatorade and lifting a national championship trophy, there were more people thinking he would be looking for a job than thought the ...

COLUMN: When will enough be enough?

“Where is the fight?” “There’s no push back at all.” “This does not look like the Pittsburgh Steelers.” “They look uninspired.” “Unfocused.” Those were the phrases used on the Amazon Prime broadcast about the Steelers as they fell in yet another deep hole in a ...

COLUMN: Fleury will always be special to Pittsburgh

How often do you see a home team’s fans cheer when their team loses? It happened Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena. And, as a Penguins fans myself, it not only made sense, it just seemed right. Those cheers were for Marc-Andre Fleury, who at his now elevated age for an NHL goaltender, ...

COLUMN: Early impressions through the first 3 weeks of football

We’re a couple of weeks into the season now and have a small, but decent enough, sample size to see how our local teams are shaping up. In Ohio, we have a little clearer picture as the teams have played three games. In West Virginia, there is still a lot to be determined through two games, ...

COLUMN: The time is upon us

It’s the fourth Friday in August. The air has been a bit more crisp. The Jefferson County Fair has come and gone. Kids are headed back to school. Summer is winding down. Those signs all point to one thing — it’s football season in the Ohio Valley. Tonight the first full slate of games ...

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COLUMN: Enjoy what we have while we have it

As I often do, trying to wind down before bed the other night, I watched videos on some social media platforms. I came across one that made me think. That video was of college baseball players, still in uniform after their team was eliminated from the College World Series, filling up cups ...