http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ en-us tarchdeacon@coxohio.com 2009-07-03T00:19:10-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/07/03/arguello.html It remains one of the greatest fights in boxing history. It featured two champions who brought out each other’s best for 13 punishing rounds and ended with a brutal barrage no one will forget. It was one time I... 13675903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ 2009-07-03T00:19:10-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/30/did_derrick_brown_cost_himself.html Derrick Brown So did Derrick Brown cost himself millions by jumping into the NBA draft last week rather than playing his final season at Xavier and possibly upping his profile, his draft status and his bank account? That question has... 13621603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ 2009-06-30T10:59:14-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/29/column_mini_sports_museum_at_h.html Eager to share the collection she had put together over the past few months, she led the way — enthusiastically telling one story after another — toward the back dining room, now The Sports Room, to show you part of... 13597303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ 2009-06-29T07:35:12-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/27/michael_jackson_and_sports.html Here are three of my favorite videos of Michael Jackson in the sports world. The first is with Muhammad Ali in 1977. Then there’s the 1992 session he had with Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan for his video “Jam.” Finally,... 13587203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ 2009-06-27T10:37:49-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/24/joey_votto_and_the_cretins_who.html As Joey Votto walked off the field following batting practice before the Reds Futures Game April 4 at Fifth Third Field, I met him at the dugout steps and asked if we could talk for a few minutes. The Cincinnati... 13543403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ Cincinnati Reds 2009-06-24T18:04:40-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/24/column_adreian_payne_says_no_t_1.html Adreian Payne Kentucky sent him a fancy notice made to look like it was from ESPN announcing he’d just committed to the Wildcats. Tennessee, Adreian Payne said, has sent him “stacks and stacks of stuff.” Ohio State just added assistant... 13527103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ University of Dayton Flyers 2009-06-24T03:48:27-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/23/daequan_cook_its_important_to.html As his basketball talents took him from one glorious pinnacle to the next — from state title at Dunbar High to Ohio State to a first round pick in the NBA — Daequan Cook said his mom continually reminded him... 13505803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ Ohio State 2009-06-23T07:32:09-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/23/column_what_daequan_is_doing_i.html Both came from Dayton’s West Side and loved basketball. Their first names were pronounced the same and they even had the same nickname — though one got his from Miami Heat teammate Dwyane Wade and the other, from his late... 13505703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ 2009-06-23T07:27:37-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/21/fathers_day_lessons_from_blake.html Mark and Blake Mark LaForce has a Father’s Day message for everyone: “Enjoy the moment, reflect on all the good things — all the blessings — you have, take nothing forgranted and, most of all, be proud of your kids.”... 13477803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ 2009-06-21T10:10:20-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/21/column_mark_and_blake_laforce.html Blake LaForce Rather than a big backyard party, a round of golf or taking in a ball game, Mark LaForce will spend Father’s Day in Room 50 of the Intensive Care Unit at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. That’s where... 13477703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ 2009-06-21T10:00:39-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/20/dayton_loves_joey_votto.html Joey Votto came to Fifth Third Field on a rehab assignment Saturday night and instead the Cincinnati Reds slugging first baseman found himself in the middle of a lovefest. A record crowd of 9,507 — including several fans wearing their... 13475603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ Cincinnati Reds 2009-06-20T22:21:02-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/20/best_show_in_town.html Ethel Waters I know Joey Votto will be over playing with the Dayton Dragons tonight and Sunday afternoon, “Legally Blonde” is still at the Schuster Center and they’ve got the Civil Rights Game and all its festivities down with the... 13472603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ Dayton Dragons 2009-06-20T11:05:43-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/18/coles_mark_anderson_and_negati.html Charlie Coles — who will receive the Ohio High School Athletic Association Ethics and Integrity Award Friday night in Columbus — was talking both affectionately and sadly about Mark Anderson, his prized recruit who hadn’t panned out. You could tell... 13444103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ High School Sports 2009-06-18T14:59:09-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/18/charlie_coles_and_the_love_rec.html First, he had to figure out which gal was in his arms. Charlie Coles was talking about the night he met Dolores “Dee Dee” Jackson and her sister Darla at a dance in Oxford in the early 1960s. “I danced... 13443903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ 2009-06-18T14:49:59-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/entries/2009/06/17/a_remarkable_story_finally_a_f.html (from left to right) Jeff, Ethan, Sylvia, Lillian, Erik and Barbara They met for almost two hours at a Panera Bread cafe in the Columbus suburb of Powell, not far from Muirfield Village Golf Club. There was laughter and there... 13414703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/throughthearch/ 2009-06-17T09:58:44-04:00 tarchdeacon@coxohio.com