GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Billy Nobles, left, with "Reel Animals" partner Mike Anderson. ...more

November 23, 2007

Though a tight, tense match against Orlando Edgewater was the one that put them into the state volleyball semifinals, the Durant High Cougars had made it in their coach's eyes. ...more

November 17, 2007

Well, you missed it. The Heartland Idol contest is over for this year, and the ones of you who didn't make it down to the Circle to watch have no idea what great entertainment you missed. I am sure there are some who would like to hang the judges up by their toe nails for the way the judging went. But I have to admit I was rooting for Christopher Allen the whole time. Christopher had the whole package: voice, poise, and super stage presence. I also have to give it to Shawn Knowles for his stage presence. To me that is what entertainment is all about, not just being able to sing. No matter how great a voice a person has if the person bores me they have lost me. ...more

November 16, 2007

It was not exactly all around domination in a three game sweep of Armwood High Tuesday night, but the favored Royal Knights of River Ridge pulled it together in fighting their way to another regional volleyball semifinal appearance. ...more

November 1, 2007

Lance Bass has faced his share of screaming girls - the teenyboppers, mother-daughter pairs and grown women who have followed him since he joined the pop band 'N Sync at 16. But the fan-boys are sort of new. ...more

October 28, 2007

The Brandon volleyball team hadn't won a district title since the early 1990s and had only advanced to regional play twice as a district runner-up under sixth-year coach Amy Watson. ...more

October 26, 2007

As the latest of the open-wheel racers to make the move to NASCAR, Dario Franchitti is finding himself learning a completely different language. ...more

October 21, 2007

NASCAR race cars, like airplanes, are designed to move forward through the air. The bodies are sleek for low drag, yet they are equipped with a splitter and a wing (or spoiler), that 'grab' the moving air to create downward force on the wheels. But when a race car gets turned sideways or backward during a wreck, the air and other gravitational forces can cause it to go airborne, flip or raise up on its nose. ...more

October 11, 2007

For as long as River Ridge junior Jonathan Dedea has had an inkling to swim, he has been drawn to the diving board. ...more

September 24, 2007

Every NFL player has a distinctive memory of his first time. The first time he wrecked his Lamborghini and fled the scene. The first time police found pot in his car and he blamed it on the friend who had been using it. Then there is the first time he was court ordered to pay child support. ...more

September 9, 2007