By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Mark Schmidt has long expressed his aversion to technology, so it's fitting that his first press conference in the Reilly Center since March 4 was conducted virtually on Zoom. Schmidt is entering his 14th season as the St. Bonaventure men's basketball head coach and counts this offseason as the most unusual. Summer workouts at St. Bonaventure have never … [Read more...] about Bonnies summer notebook: Schmidt, team adjusting to COVID-19 changes
A Tiger Homecoming for RIT coach Brown
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO When Celeste Brown was a senior, she told the Rochester Institute of Technology sports information department for a player biography entry that if she could meet one historic person, she would choose Herb Brooks. Now that Brown will be coaching college hockey players herself, she doesn’t expect to replicate any of Brooks’s motivational speeches. She’ll bring … [Read more...] about A Tiger Homecoming for RIT coach Brown
This Day in Red Wings History: Wings pull off triple play in victory
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Len Lustik had seen more baseball in 11 years than most baseball enthusiasts, serving as the official scorer in all but four Rochester Red Wings home games in that span. But he hadn't scored a triple play before July 26, 1983. The last instance of the Red Wings recording all three outs on one play at Silver Stadium came during the 1970 season. First baseman … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Wings pull off triple play in victory
This Day in Red Wings History: Garza shuts out Knights
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO If you're a 22-year-old Matt Garza, and you've just thrown a 126-pitch complete game, you log 20 minutes on the exercise bike before meeting the media. It didn't say much for the Charlotte Knights' bats that Garza, after firing 97-mph fastballs deep into the ninth on July 25, 2006, had the capacity to break another sweat at Frontier Field that … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Garza shuts out Knights
50 years ago this summer, Coughlin started coaching career at RIT
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Richard Knaack and his friends enthusiastically strode into the 208,000-foot facility that was doubling as the most euphoric workplace in the United States. They were invited by the Tri-State Area’s most popular leader, a man whose approval rating surpassed those of George Bush, Eliot Spitzer or Jon Corzine. To America, he was the giant slayer who helped … [Read more...] about 50 years ago this summer, Coughlin started coaching career at RIT