Very first pitch on Opening Day. And Knot Holes
Recently, I re-discovered my 1975 Red Wing Knot Hole Gang card. To be official, the card had to be signed by both a parent (or guardian) and a teacher. A gang member agreed to five rules,
[ Read More ]The AAF is an AAwFul idea
A few weeks ago, the American Alliance of Football announced that one week after the 2019 Super Bowl the alliance will inaugurate its eight team 10 week spring football season ending on the
[ Read More ]Rooting for the Rams and remembering St. Patrick’s Day, 1989
If it’s March, get ready to get Rammed! This year, one of my schools, the Rhode Island Rams, have made the Madness. At one point ranked as high as # 17 nationally, our 7th seeded Rams will
[ Read More ]Street and Smith’s is back and so is Bill Pruitt with “Pennant Race 18: Curses Laid and Lifted”
Last year in Make Predictions. Win cash. we offered 100 dollars to the reader who could most accurately predict the results of the 2017 baseball season. Our friend and contributor Bill
[ Read More ]Rochester’s Liechtenstein skiing fans rejoice
On Saturday the 17th, the thirty year Winter Olympic medal drought ended. And Liechtenstein fans all over Rochester rejoiced. In a stunning upset in the Women’s Super-G, snowboarder Ester
[ Read More ]If I were King of the N.F.L.
With the Super Bowl approaching, we are told interest in the NFL is on the decline. Fantasy football thrives, but fewer people are attending games and watching on tv. As such — when we are
[ Read More ]Lily Pond, Highland Park’s hidden ice hockey rink.
As seen in Highland Park over two years, one never knows what is to be discovered in Highland Park. Last winter at dusk, en route to the Frederick Douglass Community Library on South Avenue, I
[ Read More ]The Jills ball as talisman thwarted; the curse is back.
In Bills make the playoffs without the Jills; remembering Jacksonville vs. Buffalo in ’96, we explained how we put a curse on the Bills because they jilted the Jills, Buffalo’s
[ Read More ]Bills make the playoffs without the Jills; remembering Jacksonville vs. Buffalo in ’96
In the course of Talker, we have publicized the unfortunate parting of ways between the Buffalo Bills and the Buffalo Jills, including a visit to the Otter Lodge by former Jills who met fans and
[ Read More ]Adding Yeshiva football to the Cobb’s Hill series
During the warm months, Cobb’s Hill is alive with sporting events: softball, high school baseball, basketball, tennis , croquet and ultimate Frisbee. SEE THE WHOLE COBB’S HILL SERIES
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