01.03.2021 COVID-19 Sports Desk: Life in a pandemic isn’t fun and games The arrival of the COVID-19 global pandemic struck different people in different ways. For me, March 11, 2020, is the day that stands out in infamy. That was the...
06.16.2019 Sports Sports Desk: All charged up over a cord Apple makes fine computers that are durable and reliable. As for some of their accessories, however, that’s another story (see photo of the frayed end of the charger cord...
06.20.2018 Sports Sports Desk: A sportswriter’s farewell Photos were snapped Friday evening at the 23rd Empire Challenge senior all-star football game. Not all of them, however, were focused on the action on the field at Hofstra...
04.02.2018 Sports Sports Desk: Welcome to Winter, Part II As I sit here at home, peacefully tapping onto my keyboard Monday morning, I glance up occasionally to look out beyond a snow-covered balcony and see what looks to...
11.14.2017 Sports Sports Desk: Glenn serves up a winner at Mattituck’s expense Volleyball may be the ultimate team game. In no other sport, I think, are the players tied together, almost as if by a rope. The six players on the...
09.07.2017 Sports Sports Desk: Previews offer challenge, satisfaction To say I have a love/hate relationship with sports previews would be way off the mark. At the same time, I cannot deny having mixed feelings when preview time...
07.22.2017 Sports Sports Desk: All-star interviews were an unprecedented annoyance I’m sorry to say it appears as if the Major League Baseball All-Star Game has jumped the shark.
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...
