The tale of two college basketball teams in this city remains to be told, but it will not have a Dickens ending for one for sure as the earthquake the rocks the game that some call conference realignment continues.  Catholic Seven lives on as Big East II. I had to harken back to my days...

It was a simple thing really, just a flip of the calendar from February to March. It is something we all do each year. Yet suddenly there was something magical in the air with the turn of a single page. Maybe not everyone feels it, but many certainly do. The obvious, at least in these parts,...

That’s all I can standz cuz I can’t standz no more! Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would borrow a famous line from Popeye to begin a column! But it is true, both the iconic line and the sentiment and this has been a longtime coming. For me it is beyond sadness. It...

What does it take win in baseball?   Pitching, Pitching, and more Pitching!!  Just ask the Reds how valuable pitching depth is.  They go all year with their Fab Five pitching every game except for one, and then they lose their ace in the first inning of the playoffs.  Now I’m not going...

You can’t convert one third down and expect to win a playoff game.  The defense played great, the offense would have been better staying in bed.  I don’t understand how you cannot throw it at your best offensive weapon once in the first half.  I’m not even asking for a catch.  You...