Lovers and Fighters/by Con Chapman

Lovers and Fighters/by Con Chapman

Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash *** Lovers and Fighters: Not as Far Apart as They Seem   by Con Chapman Contributing Writer In 338 B.C., a troop of soldiers known as The Sacred Band of Thebes fought valiantly but were vanquished by the Macedonians along with...

Baseball Fans Need to be Civil

Baseball Fans’ Behavior Strikes Out The following short essay was written several years ago… but bears a lesson worth repeating.  The Yankees’ loss Wednesday night to the Boston Red Sox was humiliating, but not nearly as humiliating as the behavior of the...

Karen Lethlean/Sports

  Good Sport   by Karen Lethlean Contributing Writer   D on’t mean to brag, but I am a Triathlete of some repute. This happened on one of my first races as part of an Australian team, competing overseas in Honolulu World Championship, Olympic distance...

Karen Lethlean/An Ironman’s Story

  Say What?! Ironman: The most grueling race in the worldwhere a lifetime training often is not enough    by Karen LethleanContributing Writer   According to Ironman triathlon mythology Germans are most enthusiastic; but no matter where we come from all...

Ed Coffey/Essay

Why Do I Race? by Ed CoffeyContributing Writer I ran for 10 years before I ever even knew that ordinary people raced. I thought that racing was for elite or, at least, very talented runners. The people I saw on TV, I thought they were special people. I thought...