It’s time for a stroll down memory lane. I took this stroll last night. I was watching some Olympic coverage on NBC. I have to admit I try hard to not watch NBC coverage. I find Canadian coverage much better for actually covering the sports. NBC is lacking, missing events, doing a lot of human… Continue reading Memories!
My mind and my eyes have been turned to the Northwest this week. Once the spectacle that was the Super Bowl was over, my thoughts immediately turned to Vancouver! You see, I am Winter Olympics fanatic! There are many reason I love the Winter Games. One goes back to my childhood. I thought Jean-Claude Killy… Continue reading Go West!
I have a friend, one that I first met and chatted with online but that I have since met in real life, whose son’s football team was making a run for the NYSPHSAA championship. I have followed Dad’s posts on Facebook about wins in various games and it has taken me back. Tonight, even… Continue reading Playoff Time in NYS High School Athletics
I don’t watch a lot of television. I do listen to a lot of it as I work and have the TV on in the background frequently as “white” noise. Tonight, though, I am truly torn. First off, I have been, since about midway through the first season, a huge Grey’s Anatomy fan. I did… Continue reading Television Bonanza Tonight
A few years ago, my now 21 year old daughter was a Division 1 student-athlete. She was a soccer player. As an 18 year old freshman, she had to be to university August 10th. Non-athletic freshmen did not have to be to tschool for at least two weeks after. The fall semester consisted of 16… Continue reading Division One Downfall
Yes, I am sure the money is right. If nothing else is important to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, money is. The bigger question is “is the television contract with NBC good for recruiting new and more hockey fans?” I would say emphatically NO after the past two days. First off, this year’s Stanley Cup Championship… Continue reading Is NBC right for the NHL?
It has beautiful here in upstate NY this weekend so a lot of my NCAA path to the Frozen Four has been clips at the end of the night. None the less, as I am watching the first weekend of the NCAA Division 1 Hockey Tournament, I am impressed by the number four seeds in… Continue reading Holy Hockey, Batman!
I read a column by a Yahoo! sports writer prior to the start of the NCAA tournament. It was all about being invested in a team and having them let you down. Well, at least Dan Wetzel still has his dog in the hunt, having fallen hard for Syracuse this year. I, on… Continue reading March Madness Revisited
Seems that there is a constant discussion in my area regarding the local university, its ladder to division one collegiate sports and putting academics on the back burner. This discussion took on a national slant when “Outside the Lines” on ESPN had on Pete Thamel of The NY Times, Dr Joel Thier who is AD… Continue reading Academics, Athletics and the University
Last year at this time, I was ensconced at Niagara University for the College Hockey America tournament at Dwyer Arena. While I would love – at least for the hockey that is going to be taking place – to be in Bemidji, Minnesota this weekend, I will be keeping tabs on the Purple Eagles via… Continue reading CHA Hockey Tournament
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