A coach once shared that the non-conference games as much as tell you who can play, and the conference games tell you how they're going to play with something on the line.  If that's true, that time is at hand in Week 3.

Like someone turned on the tap, the sports year starts with a steady flow of reader comments…on college volleyball and OSU coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg (above)…injuries in high school football…the Friday Night ‘Picks’…and Hal McCoy’s pivot to writing about horse racing. Enjoy the latest installment of The Reader Speaks....!

The subject of community baseball and reader response hit the inbox hard this time...thanks to attention paid to recent area Little League weekends and the annual State ACME Tournament.  In addition...one reader writes this about Ohio State basketball:  "It ain't nuthin'...'til it's somethin'." Enjoy.....

As always, we appreciate hearing from the readers over the past month, and those who wrote to us over coverage of spring baseball and softball...the recent Stammen youth tournament in Versailles, Ohio...and comments on our former colleague Dale Meggas and his days of writing about the tough times of being a sports fan in Cleveland.

As always, we're happy to receive and respond to your opinions and questions regarding recent posts...regarding summer basketball moves at OSU and Dayton...baseball...and why didn't Press Pros attend...in person...the Big Ten Baseball Tournament this year? Read more.....