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Weaver pleased with Lukas' Preakness win
Monday, May 20, 2013
In dusty cowboy boots and spurs, George Weaver stood outside his barn at the Oklahoma training track Sunday morning and recounted how he watched Saturday’s Preakness.
A Seat in the Bleachers: A jarring, sad scene in Boston
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
I haven’t covered the Boston Marathon on-site since 2007, but have been there on assignment 18 times and felt like I was watching an old friend wounded and bloodied on public display when two bombs blew up on Monday.
LOUDONVILLE
A Seat in the Bleachers: Siena's next choice a key decision
Thursday, March 14, 2013
You pass Hoffman’s Playland on your right as you travel south on Route 9. The sun finally came out on Wednesday, but there is still evidence of winter in wilting, dirty snowbank detritus and the silent, vacant rides. A mile down the road, on the left, are the pristine white columns of Siena Hall, and this is where the rollercoaster is clattering away in full dip-and-dive, for the moment.
LOUDONVILLE
A Seat in the Bleachers: Anosike has been beacon in a stormy Siena season
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
O.D. Anosike, who will play his final home game for Siena Friday night, has been a rock of consistency for the Saints.
SCHENECTADY
A Seat in the Bleachers: Union hockey building some momentum
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013
They stuck to the process. The Union College Dutchmen were on the winning end of a 4-1 score at Messa Rink on Tuesday night, over Harvard, and the key goal was the product, first, of hard work in the corners, and, second, of a wonderfully patient passing scheme on the ensuing two-minute five-on-three power play.
ALBANY
Danes find weaknesses as Siena fans get restless
Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012
So why does it seem like the walls are closing in on Siena? Here’s the primary reason: A team like UAlbany, with an undistinguished battalion of big men, can put together a pretty simple plan and compartmentalize the leading rebounder in the country and squeeze him right out of the picture, as the Great Danes did on Saturday.
SYRACUSE
A Seat in the Bleachers: Spartans excel without stars
Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012
What strikes you about this Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake football team is how they were able to do it without leaning on one or two stars to carry the team, perhaps a future Division I running back who could rampage through the whole defense, or a quarterback with an arm and vision beyond the capacity of high school defenses to stop.
Blatnick was a true gentle giant
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012
The first year Jeff Blatnick was a high school wrestler, the sophomore “counted a lot of lights in a lot of gyms,” Joe Bena told everyone on Monday morning.
There probably weren’t many people at Our Lady of Grace Church who needed an explanation, including about three dozen high school wrestlers, but Blatnick’s old coach at Niskayuna High School supplied one, anyway.
There probably weren’t many people at Our Lady of Grace Church who needed an explanation, including about three dozen high school wrestlers, but Blatnick’s old coach at Niskayuna High School supplied one, anyway.
SCOTIA
Creating awareness, one bounce at a time
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012
Second Street was a little sleepy on Friday morning.
Dutchmen not afraid of pressure
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012
NHL lockout? Let us know when you’re ready, guys, and in the meantime, Union College took to the ice for the annual team photo wearing new uniforms on Monday afternoon.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Gazette sportswriter runs the Travers (with video)
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012
On Tuesday, I ran a mile and a quarter on Saratoga’s mile-and-an-eighth main track, re-creating the distance used for the Travers and the Alabama, which Questing won in a romp 11 days ago.
ELMONT
A Seat in the Bleachers: Smallest thing can derail run at Triple Crown
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Because it only takes an infinitessimal flaw or stroke of stupid luck to keep a horse out of a race, any race, I’ll Have Another’s scratch from today’s Belmont Stakes should only reinforce our appreciation for the astronomical odds overcome by the 11 horses who were able to get everything to work to Triple Crown perfection.
