Of all the influential people in my life, one educator heads the list for making the most lasting of impacts. Not music, not business, or even baseball, it was my high school English teacher, Don Flinn (above), who heads the list of people who helped me find my eventual calling. Read more in today's Press Pros feature.

From his rural Ohio River roots, former Wheelersburg Pirate and Ohio State Buckeye, Josh Newman, is using what he's learned along the way to make a difference in Penn State baseball.

Mired in the midst of a 1-13 varsity baseball season, a once great legacy of Covington baseball now seems light years away. But first year coach Andy Johnson (above, background) is committed, and content, to do whatever it takes...for however long it takes...to rebuild. Read more in today's Press Pros inside feature.