Michael Gasparino, Author at The Suffolk Times

06.08.2014 Columns

Column: 13 years with a crazy, lovable husky

Monday we had to say goodbye to our dog, Luke. He was 14 years old and until very recently, I was convinced we would be able to claim ownership...

10.20.2012 Sports

Football: Monarchs bounce back with impressive road win at Stony Brook

Entering the 2012 season, Bishop McGann-Mercy football teams had qualified for the playoffs twice, in 2008 and before that, in 1991. Better make that three. The Monarchs secured a...

08.16.2011 Sports

Flashback: Smit sets national 200 IM record

This story was originally published Nov. 25, 2005, one week after Mount Sinai swimmer Julia Smit set the national public high school record in the 200-yard individual medley: Julia...

08.09.2011 Sports

Greatest Athletes #9: Ferraro brothers made it together

Their gloves are different. That’s the quickest way to tell Chris and Peter Ferraro apart as they skate around the rink, teaching at one of their summer hockey camps....

08.07.2011 Sports

Greatest Athlete #11: Sacks’ love of cars was born in Mattituck

Greg Sacks was around 11 years old when his life changed. A self-described “competitive kid” who’d always enjoyed racing bicycles in the woods near his parents’ home on New...

09.02.2010 Sports

Realties of aging tough on athlete

My son is 8 years old, and as such doesn’t have an appreciation of how much pain his 40-something father’s body is in the day after a softball doubleheader....

09.02.2010 Sports

Realities of aging are tough on athletes