Congratulations, Antonio Brown. You’ve achieved something only one other man in Albany sports ever accomplished.

It’s official. Yesterday, the National Arena League took action against the troubled Albany Empire. After weeks of shenanigans and off-field drama that made the team – and the league – a national laughingstock, the NAL has expelled the Albany Empire from their organization. Can’t say as I didn’t see this coming. Nah, I didn’t see…

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Romance at the edge of the world

A while back, I was at the Helderberg Escarpment at Thatcher Park. For those who are not familiar, the Helderberg Escarpment is an overlook that gives a fantastic view of Albany and the surrounding counties. Heck, on a clear day you can even see Vermont’s White Mountains. There’s also a solitary tree that grows between…

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My 2023 photo entries for the Iowa State Fair are …

I have to tell you a secret. I almost missed the deadline for the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon’s entries. See, I thought the entries were to be delivered to the Fairgrounds by June 17th. And I prepared for that date, hoping to get my last two photos done in time for shipping. Well, guess…

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Caption Time: What’s in the trophy?

You know … I could write a blog post about how the Albany Patroons set a new team franchise TBL scoring record against the Newfoundland Rogues on Friday (134-108) … and then surpassed it last night by beating Newfie again (135-108) to advance to the TBL Regional Finals … But I want to share this…

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You don’t normally see a hopscotch grid in the wild.

But there it was. I shall explain. A few weeks ago, during one of my photo shoots, I noticed something on the sidewalk. I walked over to get a better view. Well, what do you know. That’s a hopscotch grid. And whoever chalked it into the sidewalk went all out – they used different colored…

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Hoping it’s a battery issue and not a battery issue.

There are four tasks that an automobile’s key fob must complete. Four simple tasks. And of late, my 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier (“Lightning’s Girl”) is having problems with these concepts. I grab the car door handle, the car won’t unlock. I have to manually press a button on the key fob to unlock the car…

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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for June 9, 2023

The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM.  The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Have you ever had a breakup and your heart just hasn’t healed yet? This playlist is for you, it’s a collection of…

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The Iron Sheik and my first brush with kayfabe

It is no secret that I enjoy professional wrestling. Good people know not to bother me on Wednesday nights lest they interrupt my AEW Dynamite binging. That being said … the passing of Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri yesterday caught me off-guard. He was a professional wrestler in the late 1970’s and 1980’s, working under the…

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