Do you remember Shirley Muldowney? Do you remember the dozens of races she drove at Fonda Speedway? Do you remember her as the first woman to earn a professional National Hot Rod Association driver’s license? Do you remember that night in 1971 when she dominated the competition at Lebanon Valley Speedway? Do you remember her…
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Support Jamario Moon in the TBT Basketball Tournament 2016!
I am a long-time fan of all things related to the Albany Patroons. I keep an eye out for the progress of former players and coaches, and I have several former Pats as Facebook friends, Twitter followers and even an Instagram contact or two. I am also a supporter of the TBT Basketball Tournament, the…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons documentary to debut in 2017
Forget all the other pro sports teams that came and went through this area. The Albany Patroons were the best and most beloved. From 1982 to 1993, and then from 2005 to 2009, the Patroons won two CBA champions and five regular season titles. They sent nearly two dozen players and coaches to the NBA,…
Read MoreThe Albany Choppers: The IHL’s Dirty Little Secret
With everybody reminiscing about the Albany Choppers, who played in our area for about half a season 25 years ago, I thought I might bring out my original Hockey Digest article about the history of the Choppers. Apparently the article has been referenced in various Choppers reminiscences today, including the story Choppers coach Dave Allison…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, October 29, 2015: Ten for Thursday
Before I start this week’s recap of blog goodness, I would like you to take a moment and say a prayer for a local Albany sports legend. Luther ‘Ticky” Burden, who arguably was the greatest high school basketball legend the Capital District ever produced, is now fighting for his life. Burden, who was voted into…
Read MoreOne final “Just Vic” story
The things you might not know in January will eventually become part of your Decembers. Case in point. Earlier this year, I was practicing some photographs at Saratoga Casino and Raceway when, in the first race, a bay colt named Just Vic got clipped by another driver’s sulkey and crashed. The horse was helped off…
Read MoreCapturing peace and avoiding security at Saratoga Race Course
Last Saturday, I was at the Saratoga Race Course. No, I didn’t win any money. Trust me, the only thing I won that day was a nasty farmer’s tan. That being said, I was busy testing out some new film techniques along the pathway that connects the track to the paddock. I brought a few…
Read MoreThoughts while driving to Syracuse
By the time you read this, I’ll be on the road with a precious cargo – six of my best photographic artworks – for “Drop-Off Day” at the New York State Fair. This seems to be part of an all-encompassing “drop-off-3-day-weekend” with my three entries for the Big E shipped yesterday, and my four (5)…
Read More“Don’t break stride, Just Vic!”
Every step forward takes one closer to the final goal. And for Just Vic, the bay colt standardbred gelding who crashed on the track at Saratoga Harness a few months ago, this was only his second race back from injury. Ninth race. Wearing number five. And I always bet on #5. It’s good luck. All…
Read MoreAre there Albany Patroons and Siena Saints in “The Tournament”?
The 2015 Tournament, the million-dollar winner-takes-all hoops matchup in which 97 basketball teams will compete in a single-elimination matchup, is now underway. The first games were played yesterday, and I’m not going to bore you with scores at the moment. What I am going to do, though, is go through all the rosters of the…
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