Sonny Fulks is a graduate of Ohio State University where he pitched four varsity seasons for the Buckeyes from 1971 through 1974. He furthered his baseball experience as a minor league umpire for seven seasons, working for the Florida State League (A), the Southern League (AA), and the American Association (AAA). He has written for numerous websites, and for the past fourteen years has served as columnist and photo editor for The Gettysburg Magazine, published by the University of Nebraska Press, in Lincoln Nebraska. His interests include history, support for amateur baseball, the outdoors, and he has a music degree from Ohio State University.
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Sunday, 22 August 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

What’s Your Favorite Dionne Warwick Hit…Or Was It Her?

The popular singer from the 60s had so many, in fact, that it’s hard to pick. But to many, or most, it was her first...and one that later stirred quite a controversy across the Atlantic when Cilla Black recorded it. The back story of one of the 60s most popular hits.
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Sunday, 22 August 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

First Impressions Of Opening Weekend, Ours And Yours

Opening weekend of the fall sports season met with a hopeful sigh from many...that we might have learned a lesson from last year, while being cautious that politics could still raise its negating profile.  In the meantime area football could be as strong as we've seen in a generation.
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Saturday, 21 August 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, MAC, MAC Feature

Enough Otte(s): Marion Cruises Past Div.III Wapak

Off and running...Marion Local got 333 totals yards of offense, and two-thirds of it from the brother combination of Peyton and Kyle Otte, to beat Division III Wapakoneta in the season opener, 31-6. Read about the game in Saturday's Press Pros.
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Thursday, 19 August 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

New Feats Stir Memories Of Old Baseball Cards…

What Dodgers' pitcher Mitch White did Wednesday was special, but the pitching mark he matched from sixty years ago led me to an even better baseball memory.
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Wednesday, 18 August 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

Daugherty’s Question, Osaka’s Answer, Reveals What We’ve Become

It was an honest, straight-forward question that a professional athlete should expect from a professional journalist.  And from it tennis start Naomi Osaka revealed just how fragile we've become as a culture, regarding sports, mental health...just about everything.