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Sports Columns
  • Don Steese's Outdoors column: The cost of going birdy

    I was really happy the other day when I heard some economist on T.V. saying that inflation wasn’t a problem — then my wife and I went to the grocery store. My wife had about a pound of coupons and we still left $150 at the checkout counter. I then put a bag under each arm and stomped out of the store. Apparently economists hire someone else to do their grocery shopping for them. Anyhow, the grocery store episode got me thinking about how much the other necessities in my life actually cost.

    February 21, 2012

  • Ken Maurer's Outdoors column: Go the extra mile

    Trout season will be here before you know it. I’m hoping the mild winter continues right up to and including Mar. 31, when the early trout season opens in the southeastern counties. Who knows, as weird as the weather’s been, we may have to follow a snow plow to the trout streams. I’ve seen snow in April more than once.

    February 21, 2012

  • Don Steese's Outdoors column: So long, back tags!

    Starting tomorrow, Pennsylvania hunters will no longer have to display their hunting licenses on their backs.
    The new PA hunting licenses are designed to be carried in your wallet, like they are in nearly every other state in the U.S. Slowly but surely Pennsylvania is joining everyone else in the 21st century!

    February 12, 2012

  • Ken Maurer's Outdoors column: Close calls outside

    At the end of the Super Bowl, at the moment Rob Gronkowski dove for the Hail Mary tip, I thought for a split second he would come up with it. The “slo-mo” replay showed that he came within a foot or so of possibly the hairiest finish to another great game. A close call, indeed.

    February 12, 2012

  • They learn to be tough young

    It's difficult to recall exactly how the sequence unfolded because it happened so darn fast. Shikellamy made a couple baskets, and the crowd began to stir. It was still anybody's game, and the Braves had some momentum late in the third quarter of a recent run with Danville.

    February 8, 2012

  • Don Steese's Outdoors column: Cheers & Jeers

    I was reading the “Cheers and Jeers” editorial piece which appeared recently in The Daily Item, and since I’m constantly searching for a substitute for original thought, it occurred to me that I could do a similar column dealing with conservation, nature and the outdoors. Since I don’t seem to be suffering an attack of creativity at the moment ...

    February 4, 2012

  • Ken Maurer's Outdoors column: Da goot olt daze

    I ran into a guy the other day who said something I haven’t heard in a long time. I forget what he was even talking about, but he said, “By gums.”

    February 4, 2012

  • Ken Maurer's Outdoors column: New gear on tap

    There are some new items and variations of old items coming to the fishing market this year. There’s always something new or different, and this year will be no exception.

    January 28, 2012

  • Don Steese's Outdoors column: PGC makes changes

    At their annual winter meeting, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has proposed seasons and bag limits identical to this past year’s, with the exception of expanding mentored youth hunting to include the fall turkey season.

    January 28, 2012

  • Bill Bowman's college football column: Paterno made impact at PSU

    My favorite Joe Paterno story was also one of his favorites. Must have been because I heard it at least once a year over the past 15 years. Joseph Vincent Paterno wasn't supposed to be a football coach.

    January 22, 2012