Penn State’s venture into college football’s new era begins today at a familiar old opponent, West Virginia. There’s no sport that can equal the hype of football – during the week and definitely throughout the offseason as the teams gear up to build on or the erase the memories of a ...
Like most kids in the 1960s, I started my fishing career with spinning tackle. There were plenty of inexpensive spinning reels available back then that made learning to cast a quick and easy process for a young angler. Gaining competence with spinning gear soon led to my buying my first fly rod. The learning curve for fly-fishing was considerably steeper, but one I readily navigated. It would be almost thirty years later that I decided to embrace bait-casting tackle as a significant part of my fishing arsenal. Because trout fishing tended to be my primary focus in those younger days, ...
The United States Women’s National Soccer team had a lot to prove to itself and the world during the 2024 Paris Olympics. New head coach Emma Hayes and her team did just that, taking the gold medal — the USA’s first since 2012 — and went unbeaten during the course of play. The squad played six games in 16 days, and Hayes’ lack of substituting players was questioned by many, but her strategy of putting in a cohesive unit worked out as she brought America back to prominence. The USWNT dominated in winning its bracket and through its semifinal with Germany. The very young ...
Switching training camp sites from central Texas to the Pacific coast of California may not seem like an organizational move that would significantly impact a team’s chances of reaching the Super Bowl, but for the Dallas Cowboys, it is symbolic of a franchise that lost its edge long ago. The Cowboys won three Super Bowls while conducting training camp in Austin, Texas. Over the last 17 seasons, Dallas has trained in the comfortable ocean breezes of Oxnard, California and has yet to advance past the divisional round of the playoffs. The Dallas Super Bowl teams of the ’90s ...
The United States team came into this year’s Olympic golf competition in Paris as heavy favorites, and they certainly didn’t disappoint. After a particularly slow start, American Scottie Scheffler roared from behind during Sunday’s final round to win gold, recording a blistering 9-under par 62 en route to victory. While many athletes can become hardened by the rigors of competition, you could actually see the emotion pouring out of the 28-year-old golfer as he broke down in tears during the playing of our national anthem. In fact, Scheffler’s reaction during the entire ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Just in the last couple of years, the list of Ohio State receivers who launched from Columbus to the NFL — mainly in the first round — is staggering. It includes Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave, both in 2022, Jaxon Smith-Njigba in 2023 and Marvin Harrison Jr. this past April. Unfortunately for Julian Fleming, however, it did not include him. The former Southern Columbia High School standout and national high school player all the way back in 2018 kept getting bypassed as the Buckeyes’ top target. He did finish with 79 receptions for 963 yards and seven ...
