Alex Rodriguez has become the face of baseball, but for all the wrong reasons.
Read More »Chronicling the Tonya-Nancy soap opera was weird, indelible
Like many hot-blooded, college-age males from the mid-1970s, I had a crush on Dorothy Hamill. And for the longest time she represented the extent of my figure skating expertise. I didn’t know a Lutz from a klutz, and the only ...
Read More »Some fearless predictions for the world of sports in 2014
‘Tis the season to make predictions for the coming year. So in honor of that slovenly, disheveled patron saint of sportswriters–Oscar Madison of "The Odd Couple" sit-com fame–I’ve put on a ratty old sweatshirt and buffed up my crystal baseball, ...
Read More »Some seminal sporting events I wished I had covered
During speaking engagements, I’m often asked to name the most memorable event I’ve covered in my four decades as an ink-stained wretch. For me, this is one of those impossible-to-answer questions. Kind of like "Which one of your children do ...
Read More »Years after his football career, Kelly still showing his mettle
Jim Kelly was one of the toughest hombres ever to play quarterback in the NFL.
Read More »J-Mac continues to achieve goals and open others’ eyes
The J-Mac story never gets old, and it's sure to be retold throughout the country and the world Friday evening, Dec. 20, when Greece Athena officially retires the No. 52 jersey J-Mac wore when he sank six three-pointers in that Feb. 15, 2006, game against Spencerport.
Read More »Mason hopes Frozen Frontier will be a sports spectacle
Red Wings GM Dan Mason hopes the Frozen Frontier will be a sports spectacle.
Read More »Former Amerks hockey star thankful for second shot at life
Gates Orlando probably won’t play in the alumni game between his former teammates from the Rochester Americans and Buffalo Sabres on Dec. 15 because he’ll be only 10 months removed from his heart transplant surgery. But he does plan on ...
Read More »Wilson convinced peers to do right thing after JFK’s death
Bills owner Ralph Wilson took the lead in convincing his comrades to do the right thing during one of the saddest weekends in our nation's history.
Read More »Octogenarian Marv Levy remains an ageless wonder
Two years shy of his 90th birthday, legendary former Bills coach Marv Levy clearly isn't playing it safe.
Read More »Syracuse hoops legend hopes to lead RazorSharks to title
Lawrence Moten is tantalized by the query. Would the new coach of the Rochester RazorSharks consider being a player-coach this season even though he’s 41 years old and a few years removed from making a living dribbling and shooting a ...
Read More »Saga of O.J. Simpson still seems surreal decades later
He may have been the most compelling player ever to suit up for the Bills, but that's no longer what I think of when I hear the name O.J. Simpson.
Read More »Dansville’s Sullivan had a hand in World Series drama 20 years ago
John Sullivan has lost track of how many baseballs he caught during his 35-year professional baseball career.
Read More »Failure to address concussions is a sad chapter in NFL history
The NFL finally changed its protocols regarding concussions and has enacted rules and hefty fines to diminish the number of helmet-to-helmet hits.
Read More »Young man recalls his summer in Yankee pinstripes
Aaron Patella Ryan of Spencerport enjoys the perks of being a bat boy for the most storied sports franchise of them all.
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