It’s over. It’s finally over. It might be 35 years overdue, but the wait for one of football’s greatest linebackers, Champion alumnus Randy Gradishar, has finally come to an end. The cynic in me wants to point out that if Gradishar were a Cowboy or a Steeler, he would have been ...

The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers suiting up for tonight’s Super Bowl have something in common with anglers that the casual observer might not realize. But Youngstown businessman Ed Muransky can see it clearly. He is a passionate angler who happens to own a Super Bowl XVIII ...

Intuition driven by the experience Bill Schrader of Canfield gained across the Great Lakes region prompted him to flip the switch last June to win the Muransky Companies Bass Classic, hosted by Aqua Ohio at Pine and Evans lakes. Schrader and teammate Eric Sevenich blew up the scales with ...

A defining moment in Rich Doyle’s fishing life came in 1962 when the Little League baseball team manager posted a roster that did not include his name. To cushion the disappointment, young Doyle’s dad took him to a local hardware store and bought him a fishing rod and reel. The father ...

As passionate as I am about fishing, I do draw the line at enduring bone-chilling cold to satisfy my yearning to get on the lakes. Perhaps it is age (or let’s call it “experience”) that has changed my attitude about sub-freezing weather, or perhaps I’ve just become a wimp. Whatever, ...

The two activities that keep me busy when I’m not writing columns or enjoying good times with Barb are remarkably similar in their appetite for my discretionary spending. The activities are fishing and golf. While I do catch a bunch of bass and hole out a few pars and the occasional ...