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Surprise of the season:

Trout season 2020 had an unconventional kickoff. The traditional opening had been set for yesterday, April 18, but the Fish and Boat Commission announced April 7 that it had opened the season as of 8:00 a.m. that morning. It was a hard but rational decision by the Fish and Boat board. The first ...

How goes your day?

The chilly weather looks like it will last a bit longer and then by the end of the month, we should return to more normal temperatures. Mid-April thermometers should show readings in the mid-sixties; however, the next week will see temperatures from the upper 40s to low 60s for afternoon highs. ...

Loss of season affects many in different ways

It has been almost a month since the spring collegiate sports were canceled due to the coronavirus.The news was delivered on St. PatrickÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Day, and everything happened so fast.For a quartet of local individuals invested in collegiate sports, the shutdown affected them in different ways.In ...

What if sports announcers called every day events?

A few years ago my sister Lori thought a bird feeder would me a perfect Mother's Day gift for our mom.Lori got that one right because Mom gets hours and hours of enjoyment watching nature unfold in her backyard. The feeder is shaped like a small porch swing, which hangs from a Rose of Sharon ...

Strowman, McIntyre join select company

During the first 18 years of the Intercontinental title, only a handful of WWE stars won it before winning the WWE championship.When the title debuted, WWE sometimes ran three shows a night with the heavyweight champion headlining a show, the IC champ main-eventing another and the tag champions ...

WrestleMania entertains without audience

WWE presented WrestleMania 36 over the course of Saturday and Sunday, and it produced about as entertaining a show as possible considering the circumstances.Instead of taking place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa in front of 70,000 fans, it was moved to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando ...