04.16.2017 Sports Sports Desk: Springtime isn’t all fun and games Here’s an idea of what a recent series of days was like for me: Wednesday: Covered a boys lacrosse game. Froze. Thursday: Covered a baseball doubleheader. Froze. Friday: Covered...
04.08.2017 Sports Sports Desk: The Mahon Cave will take your breath away “WE INTERRUPT THIS FAMILY FOR BASEBALL SEASON.” So reads the quaint sign, decorated with a baseball and bat, hanging by the front door of the Mahon family residence. It...
09.05.2016 Sports Sports Desk: Entering a brave, new world in sports coverage I have often joked that I am well qualified to give a seminar to sports reporters on how to cover the blowout game. You know, a game that is...
08.13.2016 Sports Sports Desk: True confessions of an Olympicphile Friday, Aug. 5, was a big day. I had it marked down on my calendar for months, as if I might forget. LOL. No chance of that happening. How...
08.02.2016 Sports Sports Desk: Summering with Hamptons League isn’t bad It is true that first impressions can be lasting impressions. Not always, but in this case, it certainly is the case. My first impression of the quality of college...
04.11.2016 Sports Sports Desk: Bundle up, spring is here in full force Ah, springtime. There’s nothing quite like it, is there? Spring must have a good public-relations person.
03.02.2016 Sports Sports Desk: For these gladiators, toughness is part of the game They are the modern high school version of gladiators. Wrestlers are tough. They have to be, competing in the toughest of high school sports.
02.27.2016 Sports Sports Desk: Here’s something neat — notes on note-taking What I used to find somewhat embarrassing, I now find amusing. It’s not uncommon when I will be at a sporting event, scribbling something down into my reporter’s notebook,...