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
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
Pucko: Unmistakably Watchable Again
As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box Michelle Wie was once 'all the rage.' She was a golfer in a sport starving for a new face. And hers was very new. Wie burst on the scene with a 13-stroke victory in the Hawaii State championship. At the age of 13. That began a series of youngest-ever marks that included the youngest to qualify for … [Read more...] about Pucko: Unmistakably Watchable Again
Pucko: Stuck On 22
As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box I have a Wall of Champions at my house. Framed issues of Sports Illustrated magazines that represent mostly Boston based championship teams that I rooted for over the years. They begin with the Boston Celtics 1966 championship team and conclude, so far, with the New England Patriots winning the Super Bowl in … [Read more...] about Pucko: Stuck On 22
Pucko: The NHL’s Southern Tier
As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box In the grand scheme of things, no one really minds that the Jacksonville Jaguars are a better football team than the Chicago Bears. Except in Chicago. Similarly, it doesn't matter to basketball fans in general that San Antonio has won more titles than the New York Knicks. Or that Tampa Bay has an immeasurably … [Read more...] about Pucko: The NHL’s Southern Tier