Columns

Take a kid fishing. It’s a familiar slogan bolstered by youth mentored fishing days and kids fishing rodeos which provides personal attention to intro...

Over the last 20 years, I’ve written countless columns honoring the memory of area sports dignitaries. This may be one of the hardest, and at the same...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — Every year in August, the eyes of the sports world turn to a small town in central Pennsylvania to witness a competition unlike a...

AR-15 rifle platforms in .223 are one of the most popular rifle styles of the last decade. Companies –– the smart ones anyway –– are always looking fo...

The name stretches back more than a century, but in a new travel baseball tournament, area fans will get to see a wide-ranging group of young baseball...

My wife is a long suffering individual and living with an outdoor nut sometimes strains her tolerance above and beyond the call. Other members of my f...

There was a steady but consistently applied pressure to the trigger of the rifle. Moments later the rifle cracked, followed by the ringing sound of a ...

I shut off the TV and turned to my sick wife, lying beside me, and said, “Do you remember….” We were on Buckhorn Lake in October that fall, just the t...

Hazy, hot and humid. Just 10 weeks back, things were different. For the most part the trees had some time to go before their leaves would shade the gr...

Quick, name a few professional umpires, referees or officials. Whose name did you spurt out? My bet would be someone who’s either controversial (like ...

Anyone reading my column may believe I am totally against magnum calibers. This is not true, as magnums have their place in the hunting and even targe...

The Willard Avenue parking lot at Bradford High School is usually empty during the summer. The only vehicle to be found on this particular day bears t...

It was not the type of day you’d expect to catch a single fish. The hot, bright sun beamed down from a cloudless sky and the humidity was terrible. Th...

Pete (Sirianni) asked me recently if I wanted to write a column now and then. I write columns when I really feel something requires additional discuss...

I have marveled at the incredible bravery of my wife. That she was strong and resolute I never doubted, but the courage and perseverance she’s display...

Professional sports drafts are an interesting sort of spectacle. The drama lies not on the field, but on the airwaves and social media, fueled by cons...

So, did you hear the news? In hyphen-related news, rapper Jay-Z –– after going a few years sans hyphen –– has added the horizontal line back to his st...

The June sun beamed down from a clear blue sky, its brightness penetrating the waters, casting highlights and shadows, undulating gently back and fort...

Man, bass fishing is only days away and I’m excited. You can’t help but marvel at the incredible diversity and balance of God’s creations. What a marv...

There’s a billboard beyond the left centerfield wall at DuBois’ Showers Field that rotates between local business advertisements. Every few turns, it ...