Sports Columns

Tebow gets another shot, signs with Patriots (06/12/13)
So now Tim Tebow is a New England Patriot. After being release by Denver then picked up by the Jets then released again, I was beginning to think his days in the NFL were over, especially as a quarterback. I'm a huge fan of Tebow both on and off the field. I can't think of a better role model for our young athletes in a day and time when a positive role model is needed more than ever...

Living the dream in Reds' dugout (06/06/13)
Ever have a dream as a young kid? Most youngsters dream about hitting a game-winning shot at the buzzer for their favorite professional basketball team, or scoring the game winning touchdown, or even hitting a walk-off home run. As we grow older, we as adults tend to lose focus of those dreams and begin to focus on our realistic aspirations and focus on making a common living...

Heat not at legacy level...but close (06/06/13)
Legacies aren't formed overnight. It takes years of hard work, talent and plenty of luck to go down as one of the great teams in NBA history. The San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat are on opposite ends of that spectrum with their finals match up looming...

The good ole days (06/02/13)
I've always been about the simple things in life. Whether going to visit family, friends, or whatever, the small things have always mattered most to me. Growing up, a few of those little things always consisted of riding shotgun with my dad or my grandpa, usually to our favorite fishing hole...

Grizzlies are well worth watching (05/23/13)
Tuesday night saw the Memphis Grizzlies lose in excruciating fashion in game two of the Western Conference Finals, giving the San Antonio Spurs a two-game lead in the series. The Spurs have been clicking on all cylinders so far, while the Grizzlies haven't quite found their footing...

Graduation is your new beginning (05/17/13)
Another year has come and gone. Tonight, Community High School will start graduation weekend, with Cascade and Shelbyville Central to follow tomorrow. Throughout the year, all three schools have had tremendous performances from the athletic programs...

'42' perfectly portrays a true American hero (04/17/13)
Baseball is America's pasttime. It's a rather simple game that's produced countless heroes over the generations it's been played. But perhaps there is no greater hero to have ever played the game than Jackie Robinson--the man who broke the racial boundary in America's beloved sport...

Scandal reignites national debate (04/05/13)
With the latest reports surfacing of the 2010 Auburn Tiger football team receiving money to play football, the national debate has been once again been ignited: Should NCAA athletes receive monetary compensation for their efforts in their respective sports?...

New power shocks the big names (03/27/13)
Chances are, before the NCAA tournament began, you probably never heard of Florida Gulf Coast University. Now here we are in the Sweet 16 round of the Big Dance and just about everybody has had their bracket impacted by the No. 15 seed upsetting the No. 2 Georgetown Hoyas in the opening round of the tournament...

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