By CHUCKIE MAGGIO For the first time since 1995, Major League Baseball's Opening Day is postponed, its start date in limbo due to the coronavirus pandemic. That season was delayed 23 days due to a players' strike that wiped out the 1994 World Series. The 2020 postponement threatens to loom longer. While MLB is paused, Mets and Red Sox fans commiserate over their ace pitchers … [Read more...] about Bonnies baseball history on what should have been Opening Day
Maggio: Planutis transfer means expanded role for Winston
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO It’s Justin Winston’s position now, officially. If his starting spot this season wasn’t enough to confirm it, Bobby Planutis’s decision to enter the transfer portal left no doubt. Winston was the starter for 28 games this year, but Planutis played 15 more total minutes than him. Planutis was further along on the defensive end, grabbing over four rebounds a … [Read more...] about Maggio: Planutis transfer means expanded role for Winston
Bona alums coping with baseball delay
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO First, Aaron Phillips wanted to make it known that he and his family are safe. Despite an already challenging occupation made even more difficult by the coronavirus outbreak, he is grateful for his health. Phillips and his fellow minor league baseball players, a group that includes five St. Bonaventure University alumni, are home from spring training as they … [Read more...] about Bona alums coping with baseball delay
Maggio: Bonnies’ season had everything but closure
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO The public portion of the season began in a sparse Barclays Center and ended the same way. In fact, there may have been more people at the Atlantic 10’s media day than there were when Massachusetts and Virginia Commonwealth were ordered off the court on Thursday afternoon. St. Bonaventure experienced a basketball season without closure before, when shame and … [Read more...] about Maggio: Bonnies’ season had everything but closure
Maggio: March Sadness for the college sports world
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO There is a wide range of emotions around college athletics right now, but none of those feelings include the unbridled joy and happiness we associate with this time of year. You feel for the seniors, who are either unable to compete in one last March Madness or are missing more than half of their final spring season. Perhaps they will be granted another … [Read more...] about Maggio: March Sadness for the college sports world