 Bill covers and comments on any sporting event, team, coach, or personality in southwest and central Ohio, and he comments on any sporting-related story across the nation and the world - if he sees so fit to do so. While Bill does remain neutral for the most part, he is a self-admitted homer to certain teams due to his Ohio upbringing, and he also alleges that, "you can't not root for a good story."
Bill covers local high school sporting events for The Springfield Paper and also covers and comments on Ohio State football. Bill has covered games at all levels throughout his career, all the way down to little league and all the way up to Division I collegiate sports. Most recently, Bill has covered larger events, such as the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl in Detroit, Michigan and the McDonalds All-American games in Columbus.
Being a columnist, Bill welcomes any sort of communication.
Bill is involved in the greater Penda Sports network in many capacities. Bill appears regularly on Harvest Television Network's "Penda Sports" television show as a guest commentator and guest host, and he also serves a color analyst during local high school events for Penda Sports LIVE! Bill also records podcasts with Bryant Billing for Penda Sports' Audio Extras.
Bill owns and operates of Joe's U.S. 40 Grille in Springfield.
 About BillBill was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio and is a 1967 graduate of Springfield North High School and a 1971 graduate of Urbana University with a bachelors degree in broadcasting. He first began his experience in the media during his service with the Army during the Vietnam War when he was an Army member of the American Forces Thailand Network, which provided a radio and television station for troops in Vietnam. Bill returned to Springfield after his time in the service and worked at WIZE-AM in Springfield in the late seventies and early eighties. Among his many job titles, Bill was the color man with legendary WIZE play-by-play man Gerry Allen during high school sporting events and Wittenberg football games. Bill worked with several other radio stations throughout Ohio before entering the food service industry in the mid-eighties. Since then, Bill has lived in numerous cities throughout the Midwest and eastern United States, including New York City, as he worked in the food industry. Bill returned to Springfield permanently in the early nineties, when became a manager at Chi-Chi's. He went on to become an accomplished general manger at Applebee's in Springfield for close to ten years, prior to purchasing the former Stockdale's location at 1205 W. North St. in Springfield and opening Joe's U.S. 40 Grille in 2003. Bill has now come full circle, returning to the media and broadcasting fields. He began his weekly "Hart Sports" commentary with The Springfield Paper right from the first issue of the paper in March of 2007. Bill now hosts a weekly sports-talk show on the internet. |
Bill Hart - Sports Columnist |