The legendary Jim Thorpe played in a football game in front of 3000 fans at Neil Park on Cleveland Ave in Columbus, Ohio on NovemberRead More »The long, hard and incredible journey of the world’s greatest athlete
In the spring of 1984, the headquarters of a professional car racing team suddenly sprouted up directly off I-270 in Hilliard on Columbus’ west side.Read More »Columbus was the center of the Indy racing world forty years ago
After a big drive off the par 5 fifteenth tee, Jack Nicklaus was now looking at an opportunity to get on the green in two.Read More »The GOAT and the Masters forty years ago
Legendary football coach Dick Walker led Bishop Watterson High School to its first state championship in 1966, twelve years after the school opened. Watterson shutRead More »The dream journey of a high school coach at his alma mater
Winning in Ann Arbor has never been easy for Ohio State’s football team. In my lifetime (since 1961) Ohio State is a pedestrian 16-15-1 inRead More »Two Buckeye legends a century apart brought greatness in Ann Arbor
With the game on the line in the 1997 Rose Bowl, Buckeye WR Dimitrious Stanley caught three first down passes in the final two minutesRead More »Dimitrious Stanley was a Rose Bowl champion and great teammate in life
The last game of the 1998 baseball season in Yankee Stadium was ‘Joe DiMaggio Day’. Paul Simon was brought in to sing ‘Mrs Robinson’ duringRead More »Columbus baseball family surpasses major league dreams
To qualify for the semifinal in the broad jump, competitors needed to leap 23 ft 5.5 inches. Jesse Owens did that in high school. This,Read More »The endearing legend of Jesse Owens
My love affair with baseball began on July 26, 1970, and unfortunately it had nothing to do with the Columbus Clippers. I was nine yearsRead More »A long love affair with baseball
Unfortunately, in the eyes of the world, the MLS is not the ‘big leagues’ in soccer. Columbus Crew legend Juan Camilo “Cucho” Hernandez knew thatRead More »Columbus soccer legend