I hope each of you are enjoying the Christmas and Kwanza seasons in whatever way it means for you to enjoy the spirit of the season. I want you to, while I think of it, add a handful of Christmas tunes I enjoy each year to your playlist. I’ll share them, and I promise to discuss sports, too.

Grace College is rolling out the red carpet Saturday for some of the best high school basketball teams in Indiana, and, this year, from north of the state line.

I’m going to perform public address (PA) announcing duties for a basketball game for the first time in 22 years, in my first varsity game, in fact, when Warsaw hosts Wawasee Friday, Dec 17. I’m excited about it. I’m a stand-in for a single game, but I continue to believe - as I have over eight years of announcing -  every varsity and sub varsity scholastic event is an audition.

Brian Kelly left Notre Dame. Last Monday night, the rumors of Kelly’s departure began to pop up like spam emails on a personal computer. Destination: LSU.

For many years, assisted living facilities and nursing homes have operated quietly, providing a safe place for seniors and elderly family members to transition to a place where they can receive …

At last month’s U.S. 30 public meeting, local planners presented an engineered design of how U.S. 30 might look in the future if the existing road corridor were converted into a freeway.  …

A safe, happy, and healthy Thanksgiving to each of you. There’s much merit in taking weight training very seriously in and out of season. Luke Anderson and Aiden Binkerd are two individuals who come to mind almost immediately when I think about it.

I was driving to my game last Friday, and it was snowing really hard. I felt like I was moving in a snowy globe. It made me sad (I am not a big fan of snow).

When the COVID pandemic hit, most non-essential employees were asked to work from home. This shift took a lot of creativity and adjustment but was not entirely without benefit. For those willing to …

I have said many times that I always wanted to be a game broadcaster—from the time I was five years old—because I wanted to give people the same feeling of being at games even when they were not that others had given to me.

People struggle to create healthy or positive habits in all areas of their life. The barriers to achieving these new habits can seem unsurmountable. The list of priority projects and unexpected …

Your mood impacts your thoughts and behaviors. This can have a snowball effect.   You may have an awful experience in the morning on your way to work, this puts you in a foul mood. By the time …

When I wrote about exercise fitness a few months ago, I had this to say about how it helps us continue to maintain our mental processes and good health:  “Regular exercise helps prevent …

What motivated first responders during 9/11 to run into burning buildings? What motivates doctors and nurses to put their own lives at risk in response to the COVID-19 crisis? What motivates an …

Now is probably as good a time as ever to talk about the social pressure you may experience to drink alcohol. You may feel significant pressure to have a drink for a variety of reasons. Maybe you see …

Last month, I wrote about the progress we have been making with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to address safety concerns on U.S. 30. In today’s column, I would like to give a …

There are a million things each day clamoring for your attention and it can feel like you’ve failed if you did not get to everything on the to-do list. How do we balance being both efficient …

Gossip may be easily overlooked as a little harmless entertainment, but the consequences can be far-reaching. It destroys both trust and credibility for the person spreading gossip. When family, …

Rejection hurts. It doesn’t matter whether it is a relational, romantic or work-related rejection. In fact, research indicates rejection activates the same parts of our brain as physical pain …

As was announced earlier this year, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has initiated a Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study that will propose recommendations to improve …

Most of us will experience some anxiety or self-doubt when stepping into a new role or taking on a new challenge. When you have Imposter Syndrome, however, you have an overwhelming fear that someone …

It can be draining to deal with difficult people. Often times we are part of a system that is interdependent on each other for the final outcome or work product.  Simply attempting to avoid …

Human behavior is so very interesting. In observing others, there is a clear difference between confidence and arrogance. Confidence is a very attractive characteristic while arrogance can be quite …

These have been tough times. I don’t have to make a case for this statement. We are all feeling it and we are exhausted. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like the hard times are going away …

I cannot think of a more fitting way to honor our veterans and active military members than to acknowledge the true cost of deployment on service members and their families and offer support and …