Even for Florida, the past couple of weeks have been unseasonably warm.
Throughout the month I've spent working on-and-off writing this column, I've been thinking a lot about something I saw on the internet.
Since 1994, as far back as the website of the incomparable John Harrell keeps this stat, football teams coached by Russ Radtke have won at least 11 games in a season on seven occasions.
Some time between the end of the school year and now, Katie and Brad Collignon began their second season as the athletic director and assistant at Marquette.
The last time Marquette athletic director/girls basketball coach Katie Collignon and I had discussed her team, it was while sitting at the bar of Shoreline Brewery in Michigan City.
When I learned Donovan Garletts was stepping down as the boys basketball coach at Marquette, I was driving back to Northwest Indiana on Friday morning after a couple of days in Indianapolis.
Yes, the Yuengling in his cup was important.
LAFAYETTE – It wasn't supposed to be this way.
I've been covering sports professionally since I was a junior in college, and have covered high school athletics in six of the past eight years.
This was supposed to be the year.
Up front, let me acknowledge that I have known the Collignons for a couple of years.
There's something wholesome and thrilling about small-school basketball in Indiana.
Sean Manaea and I have something in common.
Ah, springtime in Indiana.
I’ve mentioned here before that I played high school baseball.
Two months ago, I approached Michigan City athletic director Craig Shaman with some questions about what goes into hosting a girls-boys varsity doubleheader.
Years ago, I used to play baseball.
The allegations that have been levied against Michigan City are as ugly as they are ridiculous.
Until Saturday night, this column was going to have a much more dire tone.
This is it.
Well folks, my run is up.
There's a scene in the critically-acclaimed television drama The Wire in which an older detective scolds a rookie for discarding seemingly unimportant evidence in a case.
I've always admired MMA fighters.
Michigan City will have a new head football coach roaming the sidelines next season.
Enough with the ties, already.
Spend enough time in Michigan City, and you know that darts are a big deal here.
Take a breather; it's halftime.
Nothing went right for the Michigan City football team in Friday's 45-0 loss to Valparaiso.
Michigan City volleyball is for real.
Take a look at what the Wolves did well, what needs to be improved, and what Friday's 28-14 loss to Northridge indicates about the rest of the season.
I'm going to stick to what I know here.
In my mind, there is no doubt that Aryuan “Buck” Cain-Veasey and Markice Hurt are the best running combination in the Duneland Conference.
It can be hard for a sports writer to evaluate a football scrimmage.
Things have changed on the gridiron.
I know the kids don’t want to hear this, but I’m gonna say it anyways.
Who says the youth don’t care?
"You're going to want to throw up a little when you hear their new motto."
MICHIGAN CITY — When you think of tough sports, you may think of football, of boxing, of (real) wrestling, or of hockey.
I love doing these awards.
Steve and Aaron love to debate in The News-Dispatch office. Sports, food, current events, movies, TV shows, etc. The other day, they went back and forth about the best of the best in sports cinema. A few months back, Aaron served up some lesser-known sports film gems in a column, this time t…
You've probably never heard of him, but our newspaper wouldn't have functioned these last 21 months without him.
It's imaginary trophy time.
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It's nice to know Pennsylvania is not alone in its basketball inferiority to Indiana.
Once again, rules have been implemented to favor offense.
I've taken some lumps this spring.
The rivalry thrives.
So you want to be a sports writer.
Last week, the Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the new sectional alignments for the next two years in all sports with classes (football, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and soccer). And there were some glaring changes that greatly affect our local schools. They …
I want you to block out all distractions while I describe one of the most exciting high school sports in our area.
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