Mid-Ohio Motor Sports Course The sound of engines faded from the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course following the Honda Indy 200 on Sunday. The event resulted in a win for Charlie Kimball, No. 83, of Chip Ganassi Racing. The victory was also one for Honda engines with all three top finishing cars carrying Honda engines. Kimball’s […]
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Sports, history, and changes
I have spent the last 25 years covering sports in North Central Ohio and longer than that watching and appreciating sports of all kind. However, I also love history and have studied it from a young age. I also like to combine those two likes and wonder what if? Doug Ute is the best basketball […]
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Barefoot runner follows Johnny Appleseed’s footsteps
Event Map of the run route By the time Zach McCardel was running this year’s Tough Mudder, barefoot, there were moments he realized that running without shoes gave him a clear advantage. McCardel didn’t have to duct tape footwear to his ankles for fear he’d lose shoes in the thick mud trenches. And he responded […]
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Warrior Brawl lets community support local boxer
A boxer needs his coaches, and that’s particularly true for high school student Chaise Nelson as he prepares to compete in the Ukraine for the Amateur World Boxing Championships as the 125 lb. class representative of the 13-member Team USA in September. His coaches are his father Mike Nelson and Billy Salser, both of Mansfield. […]
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Leedy finishes at International Cross Fit competition
Roy Leedy returned to Mansfield from the International Cross Fit Games in California this week. Leedy was ranked 14th overall this year in the 50-59 age group. “There was no one else from Ohio,” said Leedy. “Three or four from the East Coast were represented in my age group.” “The process takes a workout each […]
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Hot engines at Indy 200 this weekend
A local gas station attendant said a motorsport team member stopped in the convenience story Saturday morning and the attendant extended sympathy for the morning’s rain. To his surprise, the man replied, “No, this is great. On a rainy day you can find out who is the best driver. On a dry day, it’s who […]
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Going green at Honda Indy® 200
Send a complete novice to the Mid-Ohio Motor Sports Car Course, and there’s bound to be confusion—for the novice. Fortunately, finding experience at the track, especially while the cars were making practice laps proved gratifying. IZOD engineer Jeff Horton, of Indianapolis, took his own course challenge to try to bring the novice up to speed. […]
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The Black Cyclone: appreciating a historic athlete
“I have always been fascinated by Charles Follis and wanted to compose my own play about his story,” said The Black Cyclone director, Jim Stoner. Stoner’s interest in the performing arts and theater started at The Ohio State University, as president of the glee club at Ohio State. “The glee club at OSU is one […]
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Mansfield Independents to replay historic match
The year was 1869. The day was June 1. The Cincinnati Red Stockings had rolled into town for an anticipated baseball match against the Mansfield Independents. Crowds gathered as the nation’s first fully professional team strode onto the field to face the Mansfield Independents. The match was historic. Not because it turned out to be […]
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Run, Warriors, Run
Since the beginning of June, the Ontario cross country team has been putting in the miles to prepare for the season’s start in August. In an effort to boost enthusiasm and self-motivation among the runners, the coaching staff started a new tradition dubbed the 300-Mile Club. The runners are each required to keep a running diary […]