The wonders of fishing are the memories the anglers take home from each and every outing. Season after season, high points happen for those who pay attention to their surroundings and appreciate fishing for more than producing stringers of meat. We file the highs in our memory banks, where ...

Athletes at all levels are familiar with the bus trip. Few, if any, in our area log more miles on their bus trips than the Youngstown Phantoms. Trips to Dubuque, Iowa; Green Bay, Wisconsin; and Chicago are yearly affairs, and depending on how the schedule falls that season, Fargo, and ...

Unsettled weather is a hallmark of spring in Ohio, a phenomenon that runs in lockstep with the fishing here. Whether you chase walleyes, bass or crappies, your fortunes almost always swing on the weather. Generally speaking, warm and sunny days put most of our popular species in the mood ...

Who doesn’t love the spring season so packed with hopes for renewal and dreams of better days to come? Spring is not just the end of dreary winter, relief from the tedium that overcomes many who shutter indoors to hide from gray clouds, freezing temperatures and icy conditions. For me, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — It almost seemed inevitable, perhaps because it was. Jerrod Calhoun’s departure from Youngstown State comes as no surprise. That’s the life of mid-majors, particularly lower mid-majors, in the college basketball landscape. The more you win, the more your coach gets noticed. ...

Regardless of the actual date, Easter in Ohio is a sure sign that spring fishing is peaking. Walleyes, crappies and bass are like Easter basket goodies for anglers in the spring, and no corner of our state is better capable of fulfilling our desires than Trumbull, Mahoning and Ashtabula ...