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 ...

Sometime just after 7 p.m. today, the world of professional bass fishing will crown a new world champion at the 54th annual Bassmaster Classic in Tulsa, Okla., completing another chapter in the long and colorful history of fishing’s biggest event. The field of 56 Classic anglers launched ...