Kids and what is expected

March 27, 2017

Two really good college basketball coaches talked within the past week of kids, adults and parents. Pretty enlightening stuff. Geno Auriemma has been the head coach of the UConn women’s basketball program since 1985. The Huskies have 11 national championships and are going for their fifth in a row this year. They are 151-1 since the start of the 2013-14 season. The last time UConn did not make the Final Four was the 2006-07 season. Auriemma is 990-134, an .881 winning percentage. Yes, he’s good. He was in a press conference recently talking about ...

Life around the wide, wide world of sports

January 30, 2017

I think I have seen about a half-dozen adults thrown out of high school basketball games. That’s about a dozen too many. I’ve witnessed fan bases whine about the number of fouls being called. Yes, the same fan bases who were complaining when it was 8-2 or 9-1 against their team, had no problem in the second half when it was 8-2 or 9-1 against the other team. I tweeted last week that there were 7,000 refs in the gym and every one of them was mad. I will say it again, referees will miss calls. They will blow calls. Whether you like it or not, that’s the way it ...

Happy trails at Montour

January 29, 2017

Because it’s still January, local gyms and health clubs are likely filled with people who made New Year’s Resolutions to get in shape and loose some pounds. As the treadmills and ellipticals are in overdrive, there’s still an outlet that remains wide open. Our local outdoor trails provide a great escape from the cramped fitness centers. And, thanks to a fairly mild winter, the trails have been easier to manage because there hasn’t been much snow to keep people inside. Most days, it has actually felt more like spring than winter. Hopefully, I didn’t speak too soon. But ...

Turn the page

January 2, 2017

We get 365 chances to turn the page this year. That’s a lot of opportunities to go left, right, stay straight, throw a U-turn, travel in the fast lane, the carpool lane on just cruise as a nice speed in the right lane. We wake up every morning making choices — some calculated, some on a whim — on how we are going to live. We take chances here and there and choose what changes we will make in our lives. To some, the thought of change is paralyzing. To some, an adventure. To some, taking chances is so far outside of their comfort zone. To some, it’s a daily ...

‘When the angels had left them and gone into heaven’

December 25, 2016

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to ...

It’s the most wonderful day of the year

December 24, 2016

For some, Christmas Eve is the busiest day of the year. Right now, thousands of people in the Tri-State Area are running out to do some last-minute shopping. Even more people are wrapping those last-minute gifts. Maybe, this newspaper will serve as last-minute wrapping paper. There is so much to do in such little time. That’s why I’ve been preparing for this moment since October. I listened to my first Christmas carol three months ago, around the same time I watched my first Christmas movie. And I haven’t stopped since. Like any football player with a set of Beats by Dre ...