Outdoors

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For many people, riding the trails on a mountain bike is a tough-enough challenge, but Ben Kadas and his friends have taking off-road cycling to an entirely new level.

Schilling pulled an all-nighter studying at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Then he played golf.

Stephan Jaeger had a schedule conflict this weekend.

Brent Hanson broke two vertebrae while playing football for Ole Miss.

Hunter Vest watched at Caleb Roberson and Neil Spitalny missed par putts on the second playoff hole.

Mike Dunn knows his way around Brainerd Golf Course. After all, the 32-year-old works in the pro shop there and plays three or four times a week from the member tees in casual rounds and shoots around par.

The Brainerd Invitational hit a boom. The annual golf tournament will have more participants today and Sunday at Brainerd Golf Course than in any of the previous eight.

Saturday will mark the 25th anniversary of the 3-State, 3-Mountain Challenge, and the epic cycling event appears to be getting better as it gets older.

Wilton Holder became spoiled on the sport.

  • May 2nd, 2012  |

The days to using DDT are long dead. The poison killed more than plants and pests when applied to golf courses about 40 years ago.

Whether it be fighting rapids or just drifting down a quiet river, the Tennessee Valley Canoe Club and Outdoor Chattanooga want to make it safe and enjoyable for everyone.

  • April 26th, 2012  |
  • By Gary Petty/Correspondent

Rob Collins grabbed a golf club, dropped a ball on a patch of sodded Bermuda grass beside the eighth green and launched a shot onto the ninth green Tuesday.

Linda Davis is the captain of an area tennis team that gives double meaning to the designation "super seniors."

  • April 25th, 2012  |
  • By Ron Bush  |

Jacob Walker of Soddy-Daisy has fished with his father since early childhood. He went through a hunter safety course with his dad, Robert, at the age of 10.

  • April 19th, 2012  |
  • By Ron Bush  |

Craig Warren's introduction to golf came when a family member invited him to hit plastic whiffle balls in the back yard about 15 years ago.

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