Don Barone
Army medic turned Opens angler
Meet the man with the Purple Heart on his Bass Pro hat. Bassmaster Opens angler Chad Brekke served in the Army for the past 13 years ... a combat medic who specialized in trauma.
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Heart-Land: Take care of our own
Branson, Mo., site of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open, is still recovering from last year's storms but they're definitely open for business.
An open letter to Brandon Palaniuk
B.A.S.S. writer Don Barone addresses an open letter to Elite Series champion Brandon Palaniuk after his first Elite win at the TroKar Quest on Bull Shoals Lake, Ark.
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Defining … Palaniuk
Brandon Palaniuk never gave up, heading back onto the water after hitting ER to have hook removed, a defining moment.
Elite Series: Storms & Faith
I was driving from Connecticut to the Bassmaster Elite Series TroKar Quest event in Bull Shoals, Ark.…crossed from the East Coast to the Mid-West and my weather radio was screaming.
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Wishes ...
Getting to spend time with Kevin VanDam was a dream come true for a young man who won't let cancer bring him down.
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Alton Jones: Lonely champion
Elite Series champion Alton Jones may have just dominated in the St. Johns River Showdown but there's something missing this week at Lake Okeechobee.
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Elite anglers: The blue-collar work ethic
I have been referring to me and my 2012 Elite Series roommates — Paul Elias and Shaw Grigsby — as the Grumpy Old Men but that's not entirely true ...
KVD vs. db: The moment
Kevin VanDam has agreed to compete in a triathlon of sorts -- billiards, bowling and darts -- with outdoor writer Don Barone.
B.A.S.S. 101
They came, the future of B.A.S.S., toes tapping and bodies racing, to one of their first big exams.
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