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Sports Columns

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 ...

COLUMN: The Steelers problems are many, beyond Mike Tomlin

For those like myself, a Steelers fan, you’ve probably spent the last day or so frustrated by yet another one-and-done playoff bounce. They were a 10-point underdog, playing on the road at a legit Super Bowl contender (which clearly the Steelers just are not any more). They needed an ...

COLUMN: Football season is here at last

The 2023 Prep Football preview section was in the papers yesterday and Football Xtra is back in today’s, which can only mean one thing — football is back! No, the Steelers aren’t playing this week (at least not a game that matters, anyway), nor are Ohio State or WVU going to be on TV ...

COLUMN: Looking back on the end of a great spring of sports

It’s been a week since the official end of the spring sports season, and what a spring it was. Tournament time/the playoffs have a way to capture the hearts and minds of the communities that the teams call home, and that was absolutely the case in the Ohio Valley. Big Red softball coach ...

COLUMN: The spring has flown by

It does not seem all that long ago that I was working on baseball and softball preview stories and headed to opening day at the new Crimson Complex. But, regardless of how long ago that does or doesn’t feel, the calender doesn’t lie, though it certainly feels like it does sometimes. ...