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SPORTS

LEBRON JAMES: Tempest in a teapot

July 13, 2010

Why not?  Everyone else seems to have an opinion!  I’m proud of myself for holding off for all these days and letting others vent before me.  Maybe it’s because I could care less about professional basketball.  Yes, even the Celtics, who I might feel better about if they pronounced their name properly.  But I thought [...]

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HEAD to CLEW: common terminology for the corner and edge of the sail

June 23, 2010

You do remember, don’t you, that I know next to nothing about sailing?  My experience on a sailboat is so limited as to be unmentionable.  But many of my friends are sailors, and I never tire of hearing them toss the sailing jargon around.
So when my friend Betty, author of Newport Betty, one of my [...]

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RACINO: a casino at a racetrack

June 13, 2010

I was shocked to discover that one of my old stomping grounds at Saratoga, the famous Saratoga Raceway, is now more a gaming casino than a raceway.  They call it the Racino…a clever melding of the words raceway and casino. The parking lot was full when we arrived for the first of three events in [...]

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ELIGIBILITY: the term used to describe a basketball player’s availability to be drafted into the NBA

April 18, 2010

This is the moment when college basketball players (and even some high school players) have an opportunity to throw their names into the hat for potential selection by NBA teams.  College stars who have played well during the past year declare themselves as eligible for the NBA draft.  If they align themselves with an [...]

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TIGER’S THERAPY: we’re part of it, for God’s sake!

April 11, 2010

Like many Americans, I spent part of yesterday glued to the TV watching the Master’s Tournament from Augusta.  As a result I saw one of the best hours of  TV golf  I’ve ever seen.   But I was only partially interested in the golf.  I, like many, was there to watch Tiger Woods make his [...]

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DEFLATION: an economic disaster or an Orange fan’s mood today

March 26, 2010

It’s raining outside right now.  And it’s back to being early spring cool.  The forecast is for a mostly cloudy day.  It figures. The mighty have fallen and there’s no joy in Orangetown.  Syracuse University’s men’s basketball team’s season ended last night in Salt Lake City, Utah, (of all places!) where they were defeated [...]

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5K: Saint Patrick’s “Day” in Providence

March 21, 2010

The cliche about “the luck of the Irish” seemed legitimate when they scheduled the Saint Patrick’s Day 5K Race on the Saturday following the actual observance.  It rained heavily last Saturday, the weekend before March 17th.  Yesterday, however, was magnificent.  It reached 73 degrees mid-afternoon, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.  More than [...]

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PENULTIMATE STAGE: the last surge before voting on Health Care bill

March 13, 2010

The reactions of the people in the crowd differ during the final stretch.  Some people scream instructions to the jockey.  Some just scream.  Others hold their breath, afraid that if they say anything they will jinx the outcome.  I’ve seen some people turn their backs to the finish line, afraid to see the result.
The pounding [...]

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MARCH MADNESS: dinner on TV trays for three weeks

March 8, 2010

You can tell that the NCAA basketball season has hit that magic period called March Madness by calling our house in the evening.  We may answer the phone, and we may even carry on a conversation.  But  in the background will be fast-talking sports announcers, crowds screaming, and…if it were possible…the scent of pizza or [...]

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ENTITLEMENT: a right to benefits that is granted esp. by law or contract

February 23, 2010

In his message to the public last Friday, Tiger Woods said that he engaged in extra-marital affairs because he had been led by success, money, and fame to a point where he believed he was entitled to do whatever he wanted. In a strange way, it is similar to the comments made by John Edwards [...]

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