Pucko's Unfinished Business

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

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

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

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