What has already been an exciting and eventful time, the past week surrounding the annual Little League Baseball World Series heads toward its championship conclusion at Lamade Stadium this weekend. While Friday is a scheduled day off for the Little Leaguers, downtown Williamsport will be bustling with fans as ‘Williamsport Welcomes the World’ to its
5-4-3-2-1 — there is no countdown needed to announce the beginning of the 2026 Little League Baseball World Series. It is here with all its accompanying hoopla, and the events of the next 12 days will transform our area into a media center as what happens here is relayed around the globe. It is always
If you are like me, for the past several weeks you’ve probably shared summer travel experiences with friends and neighbors. Especially for those with school-age kids who play fall sports, these school-free vacation months provide the opportunity to share some time away. But regardless of your family status, most folks welcome a break from the
Since the United States opened its doors to this summer’s World Cup, much has been said and written expressing the welcoming and friendliness of Americans to those visitors who poured in here from around the World. In two weeks, our little neck of the woods will be doing the same as “Williamsport welcomes the world”
It is estimated that each year, half a million volunteers around the globe support the Little League Baseball and Softball programs. Fittingly, when Little League expanded the number of teams participating in the World Series in 2001 and needed a second stadium, they chose the name Volunteer Stadium. In a few weeks, that stadium will
Regardless of one’s endeavor, successfully performing a feat with 43,863 partisan fans wildly cheering against you is not for the faint of heart. But St. Louis Cardinals slugger Jordan Walker was more than equal to the task, blasting six home runs on his final six swings to edge Philadelphia Phillies favorite Kyle Schwarber 12-11 in
