Although it is not a word most folks use in everyday conversation, conundrum was a word often used by a colleague during my pre-retirement working days. Meaning “puzzle, mystery, challenge,” it sounded a bit like a sophisticated way to express ‘there’s trouble ahead.’ Somewhere along life’s path of journalistic learning, I was told the number
The leaves of October hadn’t yet started to fall, but the month’s second week produced a cascading plummet of rooting hopes for a bevy of area fans whose favorite team’s championship aspirations came crashing to the ground. While the New York Mets, baseball’s biggest spenders, didn’t even make it to October, the Big Apple’s behemoth
With just two weeks of football remaining in the regular season, optimism remains alive throughout the area as several high school teams compete for league championship honors and playoff positioning. Depending on the outcome, sports seasons can sometimes resemble the 1967 movie starring Clint Eastwood, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. It’s good when
Over the years, Jean has made the same remark many times. “Aren’t we lucky we have made so many friends and had so many good times through the involvement we’ve had with sports?” Each time, I shake my head in agreement. Sports have been a constant in my life since I was a youngster, and
For the past fourteen years, hours before the drama and excitement of the International and United States championship games unfold inside Lamade Stadium, a hundred yards to the north, Volunteer Stadium is alive with the emotional and inspirational Little League Challenger game. Some have called it the best game at the Series. During the two
It has long been recognized that the art of hitting a baseball is the most difficult thing to do in sports. Ted Williams, who many believe to be the best hitter that has ever played the game, once said, “The hardest thing to do in baseball is hit a round baseball with a round bat,
