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SPORTS

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 return [...]

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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 by [...]

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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 [...]

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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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CHAMPION: first among all contestants or competitors.

February 20, 2010

Evan Lysacek brought home the gold medal to the United States in the Men’s Figure Skating category of the 2010 Winter Olympics on Thursday evening. Not surprisingly, he was then thrust into the middle of a controversy, requiring him to defend his medal by the Russians who wanted to write new rules. Because he didn’t [...]

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AMERICA'S CUP: back page news?

February 16, 2010

I may well be the only person in Rhode Island who doesn’t know how to sail. It wasn’t part of my childhood, and prior to my mid-adulthood I didn’t know a single person who talked about sailing. Looking back on it, I suspect there were some friends who sailed, but, as I have said, they [...]

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FANATIC: a person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause.

February 11, 2010

Yes, it is true that the word fan is derived from shortening the word fanatic. I can attest to the connect between the two words. More than 24,000 crazed, otherwise healthy people packed themselves into the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University last night to watch Syracuse sneak away with a basketball victory over The University [...]

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FAIRWAY: the stretch between the tee and the green

February 6, 2010

I came to golf after spending my youth doing other things. I regret that. I think I might be a better golfer if I had taken it up when my body was slimmer, more flexible, and not quite as settled. I’m stretching the word fully when I say I’m a golfer; I should say I [...]

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