Sports Columns

Pitchers strike back

Perfection catching on

A column By Kyle Smith

Will 2010 go down as the year of the pitcher? After years and years of offense ruling baseball, the pitchers have struck back this year with a vengeance. Through the first two-plus months of the season, pitchers have thrown two perfect games and on... Full story

Scott: Fly fishing for beginners

Tackle kits good starting point for novices

A column by Gerald Scott

My fishing buddies and I were barely teenagers when we decided that we had to become fly fishermen. How could we not? We read every issue of “Field and Stream” and “Outdoor Life” from cover to cover, and more than 90 percent ... Full story

Hansen: Fans would suffer if Big 12 dissolves

COMMENTARY

By John Hansen

The Sprint Center sound system blasted the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” as Kansas and K-State prepared to tip off for the Big 12 men’s basketball championship. Earlier on that March day, I had watched my team — Neb... Full story

Scott: Keep in mind the rules of the water

By Gerald Scott

While there’s no official “boating season” in the Midwest, there’s no denying the fact that the number of boats sharing most bodies of water skyrockets between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Since more boats equals more potential... Full story

Scott: Proposed rules are best hope for blue catfish

Trophy catches hard to find from Bagnell Dam west

A column by Gerald Scott

Twenty years ago, catfish anglers who plied the waters of the Osage basin from Bagnell Dam west to the Kansas state line acted as if the supply of trophy blue catfish was infinite. And why shouldn’t they have? Blue cats weighing more than 20 p... Full story

Lure more than just hooks

Examining weights, floats and artificial lures

A column by Gerald Scott

Several readers have reminded me that I haven’t mentioned either weights or floats in this series of columns on fishing equipment suitable for newcomers to the sport.   One gentleman asserted that “sinkers and bobbers are almost as ... Full story

Scott: Choosing the right tackle can get you hooked on fishing

Two hook styles are all you’ll need in most instances

A column by Gerald Scott

At the end of last week’s column my typical new angler had acquired a rod and reel and had filled the spool of reel with line. He or she did not have anything to tie to the business (terminal) end of that line. I’m about to rectify that s... Full story

SCOTT: Making today your good old days

Change ways to keep up with the times

A column by Gerald Scott

Men and women with at least 50 years of outdoor experience have fond — if not necessarily accurate — memories of the good old days. We hail from an era when boats were made of wood, and fishing rods were made either of steel or one of fi... Full story

Scott: Even the best turkey hunters come up empty

A column by Gerald Scott

After he had been foiled again by Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam lamented, “I hates rabbits!”   I know how he feels. A frustrating series of miscalculations during the first four days of this year’s spring turkey season has left me ... Full story

Scott: Make hunting dog year-round companion

Stay away from electric shock collars

A column by Gerald Scott

Most upland game and waterfowl hunters wax eloquent about how much they’d rather leave their shotguns at home than go afield without their dogs. They mean it, too. Or at least they do until their favorite hunting seasons close. Then their best... Full story

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