In “Breaking Away,” front-runner in many lineups of inspirational and sports movies, an Indiana teen, just months younger than the late Kevin Ward, idolizes a team of Italian bicyclists. Training hard, he gets to compete with them and proves himself their equal. That is, until one of them hurls a tire pump through his sprockets, knocking him out of the … [Read more...] about Base Paths and the incident at Canandaigua Motor Speedway
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DVD documents the legend of “Squirt” Johns
By Doug Smith Wave the checkered flag for “Squirt,” new DVD which purports to biographize a legendary Southern Tier stock-car driver but winds up defining an era before it returns to the pits. Stanley “Squirt” Johns hails from Brockway, PA (“far-away Brock-away,” as the late announcer Lloyd Williams used to put it) and made his mark mostly on the tracks of the western … [Read more...] about DVD documents the legend of “Squirt” Johns
Paychecks, Kids, and Your Beachfront Condo
Retirement Advice by Bill Ribas So it’s a nice fall day, you’re outside tossing a ball with your kid, and you’re thinking way back in the small of your brain, “man, it’d be nice if he made it big in sports so I didn’t have to worry about my retirement.” If you’re a parent, and have ever played with your kid, this dark thought has crossed your mind at least once. But how … [Read more...] about Paychecks, Kids, and Your Beachfront Condo