Articles by Jim Williams

Baseball’s getting close to another of its many benchmarks each season.  In this case it’s the trade deadline, July 30th. Some analysts point out that first base has been a weak spot for Cincinnati since […]

We told you last week when the Reds’ top draft pick Chase Burns (pictured) signed his first contract, worth more than $9,000,000. Following that up, Cincinnati’s now signed 15 of their 21 draftees as of […]

One major coach leaves the local high school ranks with a big hole to fill. That’s Jay Malott, whose retirement as South Dearborn’s baseball coach was announced by the school Thursday.  Malott has served Knights […]

A dozen East Central Trojan student-athletes who are said to have shown some leadership skills, have spent this Friday in different classes than usual, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It’s a Student Leadership Conference, put […]

They tried to wait out the rain in Atlanta more than 2 hours last night, but it didn’t let up, so the planned Reds-Braves baseball game was officially called off a little before 9:00. The […]

A shocker was reported Tuesday by our colleague Rob Lafary in the Osgood Journal. He writes that past Batesville Bulldog Zach Britton’s professional baseball career has come to an end.  Rob says Zach had played […]

The Big 10 says Indianapolis is going to keep hosting the conference’s football championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium, at least through 2028. That Tuesday announcement follows last fall’s title game, that was watched in […]

The high school football season’s getting closer, with the Indiana Football Digest forecasting a bit. In Class 5A Decatur Central’s the early Number 1-rated team, but East Central’s Trojans rank 8th, moving up a class […]