Happy Homecoming by Jason Muhammad
A few weeks ago, in Varsity football returning to Monroe after 30 year hiatus. And when Bob Matthews covered the 1970 championship season we reported on the comeback of the Redjackets. Today,
[ Read More ]Working on the Chain Gang at Reifsteck Field
A 2008 New York Times’ article In High-Tech Game, Football Sticks to an Old Measure of Success looked at the 100 year old history — virtually unchanged — of sideline sticks and
[ Read More ]Pygmies of ’69 remain Brighton’s last undefeated football team
In the history of Brighton sports, the recent year and a half stretch has been a memorable one. In June 2015, we cheered at the Otter as baseball Baron Ernie Clement played second base for his
[ Read More ]Encore for the Roc City Steelers at Buckland Park
In New Team in Town: Roc City Steelers debut at Buckland Park, we began coverage of the new Pop Warner team in Brighton. As reported, opening day was a huge success, drawing over 250
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What were about a dozen people doing last Saturday at 10am outside Stout on East Main? They were members of the official Rochester Totenham Spurs supporters who gather Saturday mornings at Stout
[ Read More ]No Jills; no playoffs for the Bills
The stack of football magazines at Topps don’t lie. The magazine aisle at Topps is print heaven for fantasy football fans. Expert advice on draft sleepers and the subtleties of reading
[ Read More ]New Team in Town: Roc City Steelers debut at Buckland Park
All late summer, bikers and walkers on the canal path at Brighton Town Park have watched boys age 7 – 11 practicing blocking, passing, and fumble recoveries — with plenty of water in
[ Read More ]Farewell Boys and Girls of Summer! Under-40 MVP smashes 5 home runs off Over-40 MVP in Sunday finale
[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons
[ Read More ]45 years ago when the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded a team of “All brothers out there”
According to Charlie Vascellaro, in the third or fourth inning of the September 1st, 1971 game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies, Pirates third baseman Dave Cash looked
[ Read More ]42 years and counting for the Kick Ass Kro-Kay Club of Cobb’s Hill
For the latest in our Cobb’s Hill series (at end), as a man of great wealth, leisure and aristocratic tastes, I, Sir Gadabout Geoffrey, was delighted to learn that a croquet game has been
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