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. ...
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 ...
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 Hall of Fame Weekend for the induction of Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine. Set aside a few days to enjoy the full experience. Our first day, noticed former major leaguers seated alongside the sidewalks signing autographs. Ran into Atlanta Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone for a signed baseball. The ...
Hundreds of people will take to the streets of Parkersburg on Aug. 16 to take part in the yearly News and Sentinel Half Marathon. They, and the millions of other people who run either a half or full marathon each year are running the distance because of an ancient messenger in Greece who you ...
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 “spring” on Tuesday with Ritchie County at St. Marys, the conditions were less than ideal and evidently the newer super expensive bats have a tendency to break in cold weather, and the game was called off. Suffice it to say Sunday afternoon’s affair was a bit on the chilly/cold side - should’ve ...
Well, once one has cracked the wrong side of 50 is it all downhill or uphill after that? Probably depends on who one might ask. It’s been a crazy winter and the clock is evidently changing soon, but the hardwood action is heating up. While I really thought the Williamstown girls might cut the nets down in Pleasants County, I wasn’t sure what to expect Wednesday evening n Ellenboro for the rubber match between the counties of Doddridge and Ritchie. Lo and behold, though, the Rebels came through after the Bulldogs landed the first right and will be dancing in Charleston for the ...
