David Jablonski
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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.
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Reds blanked by Pirates
Reds starter Mat Latos peeked out the door of the clubhouse, saw the media scrum coming and said, “The streak’s over.” Latos had grown a little tired of hearing about how he hadn’t lost in his last 21 starts, a franchise-record streak that didn’t include his defeat in Game 5 ...
‘Old man’ Arroyo pitching better than ever
Bronson Arroyo doesn’t look like an old man. He has the best hair on the team. He might be in the best shape of any Reds pitcher. He starts or punctuates many sentences with, “Man,” like a teenager might do but can talk at length and with authority about any ...
Cozart’s batting average on rise
Dr. Dusty Baker has discovered a new disease. He calls it homerunitis.“It’s not deadly,” the Reds manager said, “but it’ll sure make your life miserable when you get it.”Baker brought up the ailment when he was asked about shortstop Zack Cozart, who has been swinging a hot bat because he’s ...
Choo gets a day off on Father’s Day
Shin-Soo Choo carried a homemade Father’s Day card into the clubhouse before Sunday’s game against the Brewers at Great American Ball Park. He proudly showed it to the first teammate he saw, Jay Bruce, and pointed out that it was written half in Korean and half in English. One part ...
Cueto puts Reds on his back
Reds ace Johnny Cueto put his teammates on his back Sunday in his return from the disabled list — in the literal and figurative senses. Cueto survived a collision with third baseman Jack Hannahan in the third inning. Both players charged a grounder, and Hannahan ran into and over Cueto’s ...
Reds blanked at home for first time since 2011
In some ways, a can-do spirit has defined the 2013 Reds. They had overcome a multitude of injuries to key players and a number of depressing late-inning losses to record the second-best record in baseball through Friday. Saturday, however, was a didn’t-d0 kind of day. A crowd of 37,519 at ...
Reds put Broxton on DL
Reds manager Dusty Baker turned 64 on Saturday. Reliever Jonathan Broxton turns 29 today.Baker might have wished for a healthy bullpen if he blew out any candles before Saturday’s game against the Brewers at Great American Ball park, and Baker’s wish would have been Broxton’s gain — it just won’t ...
Reds manager Baker misses his dad on Father’s Day
The Reds have no shortage of youth this season with rookies Donald Lutz, Derrick Robinson and Curtis Partch on the roster at the moment, and that doesn’t even include the actual youths on the team.Reds manager Dusty Baker’s son Darren is often in uniform, along with Miguel Cairo’s son, Christian, ...
Bruce’s blast in 10th propels Reds
A day after watching the Cubs celebrate as if they had won the World Series, the Reds got to dance around like little kids themselves.Jay Bruce hit a walk-off home run to left with one out in the 10th inning, and catcher Ryan Hanigan doused him with a bucket of ...
Votto gets first day off of season
Joey Votto’s Cal Ripken impersonation ended Friday. For the first time this season, the Reds first baseman wasn’t in the starting lineup.Votto was the only Red to play in the first 67 games. Jay Bruce appeared in 66 of the first 67, and Shin-Soo Choo had 65 appearances.Reds manager Dusty ...
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