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Bill Pucko

Pucko: Worth Taking a Knee For

August 14, 2023 by Bill Pucko 1 Comment

As originally aired on The Rochester Press Box I'm not a hardcore soccer fan.  I know this because I've never suggested that someone didn't understand the game.  Or argued that soccer doesn't need more scoring.  Because it does.  It's obvious.  I must not understand the game. Still, I faithfully got up at 3am to watch the United States Women's … [Read more...] about Pucko: Worth Taking a Knee For

Pucko: Progress at the Point of Impact

August 8, 2023 by Bill Pucko Leave a Comment

As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box I had a conversation with Soccer Sam, the Salvatore's Pizza entrepreneur just a few days back.  And he said, "It's really sad what's happened to the media these days."  Sam is old school.  He remembers when local news really mattered.    News was the cash cow of the three major television stations in town.  It called all the … [Read more...] about Pucko: Progress at the Point of Impact

Pucko: Career Insurance

July 16, 2023 by Bill Pucko Leave a Comment

As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box I have seen the future and it was on display at the All-Star Game's Home Run Derby.  It didn't directly involve any of the eight participants.  This is about a name you probably won't recognize. Alden Gonzalez was a Miami kid of Cuban decent.  He dreamed of becoming a major league baseball player despite the fact … [Read more...] about Pucko: Career Insurance

Pucko: Another Field of Dreams

June 26, 2023 by Bill Pucko Leave a Comment

As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box In 20221 and 2022, Major League Baseball took a walk down memory lane by playing two games that counted in Dyersville, Iowa.  At the Field of Dreams.  A nod to the 1989 Kevin Costner film that romanticized the sport like no other.  And there's certainly a place for that.  Next year the Giants and Cardinals … [Read more...] about Pucko: Another Field of Dreams

Pucko: The Name Game

June 19, 2023 by Bill Pucko Leave a Comment

As originally aired on The Rochester Press Box Remember the Denver Larks?  That's ok.  Nobody does.  They were briefly a team in the old American Basketball Association.  Not actually a team I guess because they never played.  When the ABA was born in 1967, a team was supposed to be located in Kansas City.  That didn't work out.  … [Read more...] about Pucko: The Name Game

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