The Athens News

The Athens NEWS is a newspaper that circulates twice a week and is distributed in Athens and Athens County, Ohio. Founded in 1977, it boasts the highest and rapidly expanding circulation among all newspapers in Athens County.

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Double Down with Decker: Draft Diaries

6 days ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

This is arguably the most optimistic time of the NFL calendar for every single fan. The start of training camp? Sure, but that’s also unfortunately usually cut short by some sort of significant injury to an impact starter. Week 1? Oh yeah, up until three hours later and your favorite team sits at 0-1 for an entire week if they lose. Nothing can stop hope beaming from the draft though. It’s that time.
Fiber artists to celebrate 420 Day at Hemp Fair

1 week ago | athensnews.com | Ashley Bunton

Hundreds of people are expected to attend a public gathering on Saturday, April 19, hosted by fiber artists from Athens County at the Cannabis Museum in Canaanville to celebrate the annual marijuana cultural holiday of 420 Day. The museum’s Hemp Fair, taking place from 1 to 6 p.m., showcases educational demonstrations once suppressed from public view by federal law about how to hand-make fiber, such as cloth or rope, from hemp. The Cannabis Museum is located at 16050 Canaanville Rd. in Athens.
Double Down with Decker: Playoff Push

1 week ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

From the utterly boring to the pinnacle of athletic achievement, the heat is starting to ramp up in the sports world as we continue to barrel through the Spring months. The Masters gave us one of the more memorable finishes in recent years, playoffs are about to get underway for both the NBA & NHL and baseball is slowly creeping towards acceptable outdoor weather conditions. Life is good if you just want to hop on the couch and surf sports on the screen these days.
Double Down with Decker: Juiced balls are back

3 weeks ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

They used to say that chicks dig the long ball. That sentiment still rings true more than ever. Major League Baseball is up to its usual hijinks and hoodwinking with how balls are flying off the bat during the early portion of the season. Through the first 10 games of the season, home runs are up 10% from last year. Manfred wanted offense, we’re starting to get some.
Double Down with Decker: Final fours & fraudulent bats

4 weeks ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

March is finally over, but there’s still just a bit of madness left to get through. Well, not really this year. Seriously, what is the point of this giant, completely oversized tournament if nothing exciting is going to happen? Every single No. 1 seed made the final four. Kudos to those programs and schools for pulling through, but that’s incredibly boring. Just throw the top four onto a football field and call it the playoffs. Wait, that’ll never work, you need 12.
Double Down with Decker: Tournament continues & opening day

1 month ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

The NCAA Tournament is always the greatest extended spectacle of the year. It is, until you realize you’re putting your hope and potentially financial ramifications onto a bunch of players barely into their 20’s. It’s a dirty game, but one we can’t ever stay away from. Unfortunately for us, this year’s first round might’ve been the most boring in years. It’s college basketball, there’s supposed to be an untethered amount of chaos and unpredictability with every dribble.
Double Down with Decker: Madness is here

1 month ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

You can make this argument for about roughly 4-5 patches of time throughout any given calendar year. It really depends on your preference is all. Welcome to the best sports weekend of the year. After much hoopla and months of consistent & aggravating talking heads in the media trying to make a case for their respective schools & institutions, the bickering can finally stop. The NCAA Tournament bracket is finally here.
Double Down with Decker: Conference Championship weekend

1 month ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

Especially during your college experience, there’s nothing in the world like the precipice of Spring. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping incessantly and you’re finally able to start venturing outdoors for whatever potentially inebriated-induced fun that may come along the way. Oh yeah, it’s also arguably the best time of the year to earn a couple quick bucks to help support whatever endeavors a student may find themselves doing.
Double Down with Decker: Welcome to the journey

1 month ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

Let's take a chance here. With the recent change in the direction of the ANews and what we’re attempting to achieve, we want to connect with the audience on topics that are truly relevant to people’s lives. Well, we all like money. And what’s life without a couple of risks. Sports gambling, now that it is widely legalized in 38 out of 50 states in the country, is a huge part of a lot of people’s daily lives. We don’t want to shy away from it, we want to embrace it. So here’s how we do that.
Trump fanned inflation fears. Now they haunt his presidency

2 months ago | athensnews.com | Jonathan Levin

Inflation concerns may very well have delivered Donald Trump to the presidency. During the campaign, he routinely harped on the elevated cost of eggs and bacon and argued that his predecessor Joe Biden — together with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — had enabled an “inflation nightmare.”Now, he faces public inflation expectations that are utterly divorced from reality and could well stand in the way of his success as president.