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David Jablonski

Sports reporter

David Jablonski grew up buying old copies of Sports Illustrated for 10 cents at the local public library, helping  him to start training to become a sports writer. He has always loved sports and especially the local teams in Cincinnati, so working in sports seemed natural for him. He also enjoys playing basketball three times a week.

Jablonski started at the News-Sun in May of 2001 after a two-year stint with the Press Journal in Vero Beach, Fla. He covers Springfield-area sports of all sorts, also Wittenberg and Wright State athletics and Dayton. Dragons. He graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1995. He majored in journalism at Ohio University, graduating in 1999. He completed internships at the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, the South Bend Tribune and the Scripps Howard News Service.

Latest from David Jablonski

Bradbury looking forward to summer practices

It will be a busier summer than usual for Wright State women’s basketball coach Mike Bradbury and the Raiders. In a couple of weeks, they’ll start summer practices, and they get eight weeks of practice time.A year ago, for the first time, Division I men’s coaches got to work with ...

Johnny Cueto makes his second rehab start with the Dayton Dragons on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Fifth Third Field. David Jablonski/Staff

Cueto ‘feeling ready’ after second rehab start

Johnny Cueto grabbed a piece of bubblegum, pulled his Dayton Dragons hat over his Cincinnati Reds skull cap and went to work on Tuesday — just another night at Fifth Third Field for the Dragon turned Red turned Dragon. The second rehab start for the injured Reds ace went about ...

Donald Lutz returns to the dugout after his home run. David Jablonski/Staff

Lutz stars on Mother’s Day as Reds sweep Brewers

Donald Lutz called his mom Marlen in Germany before Sunday’s Reds game to wish her a happy Mother’s Day. He worried the connection would be bad, but everything worked out. She heard him well enough to detect a hitch in his voice, and Lutz told her he’s been sick. “Make ...

Brandon Phillips’ shoes on Mother’s Day read, “Mama Lue 5-12-13.” David Jablonski/Staff

Arroyo wins despite not having best stuff

Bronson Arroyo admitted to his coaches he didn’t have his best stuff after the sixth inning Sunday and told them to be prepared if the Brewers figured that out. He had thrown 65 pitches, he said, but it felt like 90. It was just one of those days. Fortunately for ...

Jean Segura returns to the dugout after homering for the Brewers in the first. David Jablonski/Staff

Los Rojos rough up Brewers

Jay Bruce may have inadvertently created the next Reds promotion, one sure to make baseball history for all the wrong reasons.Asked if he liked the Los Rojos jerseys the Reds wore in Saturday’s 13-7 victory over the Brewers at Great American Ball Park, Bruce said he couldn’t be less interested ...

Reds catcher Ryan Hanigan after a diving catch on Friday.David Jablonski/Staff

Hanigan looks strong in return from DL

Just two batters into his first game off the disabled list on Friday against the Brewers, Ryan Hanigan proved himself ready and healthy. He chased down a foul pop and snagged it with a diving catch behind the plate at Great American Ball Park.“It was a fun play to get ...

Shin-Soo Choo gets ready for an at-bat with a rip in his pants. David Jablonski/Staff

Reds activate Hanigan from DL

Catcher Ryan Hanigan was watching the Reds game on TV from home when his backup, Devin Mesoraco, hit the game-tying home run in the ninth against the Braves on Tuesday.Until that point, it had kind of been a “bummer game,” Hanigan said. Seconds later, as everyone was processing Mesoraco’s heroics, ...

Reds pitcher Mat Latos shares a laugh with the mascot Gapper before a game against the Braves on Wednesday. David Jablonski/StaffReds pitcher Mat Latos is 3-0 with a 2.23 ERA. David Jablonski/Staff

Latos gets to be a fan

Mat Latos was just a face in the crowd Thursday night at Fifth Third Field in Dayton — well, a face in a luxury box, at least — watching teammate Johnny Cueto make a rehab start.The Reds right-hander, the team’s ace through the first six weeks of the season, planned ...

Reds manager Dusty Baker talks with outfielder Donald Lutz on Tuesday. David Jablonski/Staff

Reds get needed day off

The Reds finally got a day off at home on Thursday, only their second of the season because their last two off days fell in the middle of road trips. Reliever Sam LeCure put it to good use, posting a photo on Twitter of an idyllic-looking camping and fishing spot. ...

Horizon League took time with Oakland decision

Horizon League commissioner Jon LeCrone helped diminish the uncertainty around the league by bringing in Oakland University this week. The Horizon League will still have nine schools by the fall sports season begin. That’s not as many as it had when Butler was around, but it’s more than it would ...

 

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