Good teams come and go in sports. Successful programs withstand the test of time. Teams rely on the specific talent of individuals or classes to succeed. Programs develop a system that stabilizes and sustains. Teams aren’t always necessarily about chemistry, unity or other intangibles. ...

There’s just something about a road win in sports. Maybe it’s the “us against the world” mentality. Maybe it’s the real-time memories alongside loyal friends and family who made the trip and braved the elements. Maybe it’s the fact that no one goes their separate ways after the ...

“You are worthless.” The words were piercing. Meant for no one to hear, though I wish everyone had. Expletives came with it, as did tears. Yet nothing was as powerful, sad and disappointing as this simple, succinct self-evaluation in the midst of a meltdown. You. Are. Worthless. I was ...

IOWA CITY — Iowa State football fans went from bouts of dread and hopelessness to an unexpected feeling of euphoria on Saturday. Iowa fans were forced to wonder what might have been after watching their team dominate even more than the scoreboard indicated well into the third quarter, only ...

The state softball tournament arrives on Fort Dodge’s doorstep for the 55th consecutive year beginning Monday at Rogers Sports Complex. Forty of Iowa’s best high school teams visit our community in a tradition that dates back to 1970. At that point, the event was just 13 years old and ...

It was a random day early in the 2009 school year. My son and I were at R.D. Mitchell Park in Fort Dodge after one of his very first preschool classes. We decided to have a picnic, and I remember watching him play and run freely, ducking in and out of the tunnel there that only 4-year-olds ...