...the NHL. Gary Bettman and his crack staff are busy discussing the possibility of another Winter Classic. This should be an annual event. ...the NBA who will hand out fines next year for 'flopping'. I love soccer, but flopping is easily the worst part of the game. I don't need to see it on the hard courts. ...the Monroe Community College baseball team which won a school … [Read more...] about Thumbs Up for…
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Ahhhhhhhhhh….Memorial Day
The last Monday in May brings warm breezes, red, white, ‘n’ blue flapping, grills sizzling, and beverages all around. This unofficial opening to summer has roots way back to the Civil War era. Forty-two years ago President Johnson officially declared Waterloo, New York the birth place of Memorial Day - just another reason to appreciate the Empire State. If you haven’t had … [Read more...] about Ahhhhhhhhhh….Memorial Day
For Rangers and Sixers weekend is an exercise of opportunities lost
Pittsburgh Penguin fans greeted the New York Rangers with a sea of white Friday night. The energy in the four-decade old Mellon Center was palpable. The ‘Broadway Blue’ responded with the game’s first three goals – the last of which came just a little over three minutes into the game’s second stanza. The veteran club did what any road team desires: quiet the fans. And the … [Read more...] about For Rangers and Sixers weekend is an exercise of opportunities lost
NCAA Hoops is Living Up To Its Maddening Reputation
February is living up to its reputation here in the northeast. Single digit temperatures combined with forty mile per hour gusts have denizens shivering. Mix today’s weather conditions with Saturday’s air in the forty degree range, and my yard has become a sheet of glass - anyone for a little back yard hockey? Also living up to its reputation is college hoops. With March … [Read more...] about NCAA Hoops is Living Up To Its Maddening Reputation
Conference Play the Remedy for Complacency et al
Anyone concerned that the College Hoops’ season was beginning to become predictable need not worry. Conference play offered the right dosage to ward off any complacency. Three of the top nine and eight of the top twenty-five fell to conference opponents on Saturday. Gary Williams and his Terrapins proved to be giant killers once again, USC found Love in Pauley, and K-State … [Read more...] about Conference Play the Remedy for Complacency et al