Bruce Hooley was sports editor of the Troy Daily News from 1983-86 and has covered Ohio State athletics for more than 25 years. Bruce was the OSU beat reporter for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland from 1987-2005. From 2005-2011 he hosted the afternoon show on ESPN radio 1460 AM, in Columbus, before taking on a similar ESPN talk position with WKNR, 850 AM, in Cleveland. Most recently Hooley has served as the beat reporter for Ohio State football and basketball for Sports Illustrated.com. The author of "That's Why I'm Here: The Chris and Stefanie Spielman Story, he returns for his second chapter as Buckeye beat reporter and columnist at large with Press Pros.
Three St. Henry legends, Jeff Hartings (with high school coach, Tim Boeckman, above), Bob Hoying and Jim Lachey, speak out on the array of emotional investments by coaches, fathers and parents - and the risks of indecision - associated with the decision to have school and sports. Bruce Hooley writes for today's Press Pros.
As high school football and the Covid virus go forward on parallel paths, area high school coaches (Coldwater's Chip Otten, below) speak to the values of routine, adjustment, and extra-curricular activity in the face of something you cannot control. Columnist Bruce Hooley writes for today's Press Pros.