It is July, and like so many months of July before, this one will end with pain for fans of the Chicago Cubs.

Does a baseball movie watched from start to finish count as watching baseball from beginning to end? Asking for a friend.

For most of you, you are reading this on July 3. It’s the eve of the 248th birthday of the United State of America.

Let’s talk about football redshirts.

I am not a man to brag, nor am I one to scream to the world “I told you so.”

This is the final episode of my three-part series on things in sports that are broken and desperately need fixing. I repeat what I said at the beginning—this is not an all-inclusive list. There are many more things that I didn’t have time and space to put in here.

Two Saturdays ago, something said to me in passing triggered a memory of some wisdom passed on to me during the football preseason of 2018 resulting in an “a-ha!” moment.

“What should I be doing to save for retirement?” The first step is to start contributing to your retirement plan, either through your employer or through you own private plan.

Welcome to summer 2024!

Syracuse’s Chautauqua organization has both fun with dogs and fun with patriotism planned with two free programs in June.

This is the second in a three-part series on things in sports that need to be changed, updated or significantly improved.

Sportswriters and Sports section opinion columnists who love all sports are rarer than you think. They’re handy because they can maintain an enthusiastic level of opinions as their readers navigate the seasons, and almost everyone is happy.

As promised, I am taking a few weeks this summer to address some sports-related things that are broken and in need of immediate attention for those who can make those changes happen.

My weekend thoughts take the form of a two-headed life form:

I realize that Father’s Day is still a couple weeks away, but my dad popped into my head this week.

The stock market isn’t a single thing. It is a collection of thousands of stocks that represent ownership in very real businesses.

With Memorial Day and the anniversary of D-Day quickly approaching, I wanted to share the journey, and the path that my dad, Gorden E. Rhodes and my uncle Harry J. Michael took leading up to and during World War II, from a son and nephews perspective. Gorden E. Rhodes, and Harry J. Michael both served bravely in World War II, little did they know they would be brother-in-laws, after the war.

Two seasons ago, the Indiana Pacers won a total of 25 games.

Caitlin Clark, professional women’s basketball’s arguably most heralded rookie, has two completed basketball games in the books after The Indiana Fever’s 102-66 loss to the New York Liberty.

By identifying and addressing these bad money habits, you can take control of your finances and work towards a more secure future.

I realize that the IHSAA has a lot going on right now. Tennis and track and field sectionals are this week, baseball and softball start their postseasons next week, golf is coming after Memorial Day.

My only interest in The Kentucky Derby (took place last Saturday) is to see some shots in the audience to see how many people have wealth but lack good taste. As departed comedian Joan Rivers once said, “Every woman needs a gay friend… to tell her no!”

One in eight Americans, 40 to 60 years old is caring for a parent while raising a child, according to the Pew Research Center.

When we experience something we aren’t familiar with, we have two options in what we do with it.

The NFL Draft has become a spectacle unlike any other non-game-related event in the world.