Those in attendance Friday night for the Michigan Tech Huskies’ hockey game against the visiting St. Lawrence Saints were witness to freshman center Kash Rasmussen’s first two official points in college hockey. In fact, anyone who watched ESPN’s SportsCenter after the game, or on ...

Who is the first person you think of when you hear the word leadership? As a sports fan, my thoughts drift to those athletes I grew up loving, whether that be David Wright of the New York Mets, or Mark Messier of the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks, or Steve Yzerman when ...

For most of my life, I have played ice hockey. Growing up in the Copper Country, having Michigan Tech right next door, it was inevitable that I would discover that ice hockey not only looked fun, but would also turn out to be quite fun to play. I have played up to a fairly high level, ...

Over the weekend, Major League Baseball was kind enough to debut its new wild-card format, a best-of-three series that replaced the old one-and-done scenario. As a New York Mets fan, this set up to be a very fun weekend for me, as my favorite baseball team was going to have three games at home ...

For four months, I struggled with something I would never wish on anyone else, unemployment. It was an experience unlike anything I can easily describe, and not one I am looking to go through again any time soon. When the Daily Mining Gazette let me go in May, it took awhile for the shock to ...

There was a time, not so long ago, when a person could tune in the old family radio and hear the down-home baseball announcing of Ernie Harwell. The late Harwell’s broadcasts of the Detroit Tigers ranks right up there with some of the fonder memories of my youth. Like fishing one of ...