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Local Sports Columns

Pace Negotiations: Fueling up for a race is an important first step

You wouldn’t leave on a big trip without topping off your tank and you shouldn’t start a big race unless you have made sure to properly fuel your body. If you are running the News and Sentinel Half Marathon Saturday, you should really consider what you are eating between now and Saturday ...

Pace Negotiations: Being ready for race day

Saturday will be here before you know it and today is a good time to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything to prepare for your participation in the News and Sentinel Half Marathon or Two-Mile Race. By now you have trained as much as you can, and your body is as prepared as it will be. ...

Pace Negotiations: It’s time to give it a rest

If you have spent your summer training for the News and Sentinel Half Marathon, good for you. You are likely in the best shape you have been for a while. Now it is time to take it easy until Saturday. Tapering off for a big race helps your body recover somewhat from the training that you ...

COLUMN: Bucket list baseball

Recently enjoyed a retirement dinner for someone in the family. If someone can convince me otherwise, sports writers don’t retire. They just fade away. Got me thinking about my baseball bucket list. Some boxes have been checked. Others still unaccounted for. Visited Cooperstown, N.Y. for ...

COLUMN: Back at the park

It was quite the weekend. Honestly, it was a very action-packed March and after having a pair of fantasy obligations on Saturday morning/early afternoon, it was off to PNC Park for some Yankees and Pirates action. Although I was hoping to finally take in my first softball game of the ...