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)…
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“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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The return of a horse named “Just Vic”
Background. A couple of months ago, I was testing a photographic technique at the race track at Saratoga Casino and Raceway when – all of a sudden – one of the horses got chariot-clipped and crashed to the ground. It took more than two months for the horse, a gelding named “Just Vic,” to recover…
Read MoreCrossing fingers for Just Vic
On April 26, 2015, I was photographing the horses at Saratoga Casino and Raceway (sorry, I still call it Saratoga Harness), when I discovered a horse named Just Vic. I didn’t have money on him in that race; but by the end of that race, he was the only horse I could think about. Just…
Read MoreJamario Moon to be part of “Team Mill Rats” for The Tournament
Well, my interest in the upcoming “The Basketball Tournament” just jumped about 150 feet in the air. And that’s because former NBA star Jamario Moon has just joined up with the team. Okay, let me recap a smidge. The team that will be known as “Team Mill Rats” is participating in The Basketball Tournament, a…
Read MoreFormer Albany Patroon wins $1M in lottery, opens DC restaurant
You probably don’t remember Michael Graham. If you do, it was for his one year in college as a member of the NCAA championship-winning Georgetown Hoyas. Yes, the Hoyas that had Patrick Ewing and John Thompson, the big star-studded Georgetown Hoyas. Well, for the 1985-86 season, Michael Graham was a member of the Albany Patroons. …
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: A Playlist for Peter Hooley
The University at Albany’s Great Danes just made the NCAA tournament. And for a change, they’re neither the #16 seed, nor are they one of the “play-in game” entrants. Because nothing says disrespect like having to play an extra game just to be cannon-fodder to Kentucky. Of course, everybody saw what happened on Saturday morning,…
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A Diploma in Diamonds and Dirilium
I remember the day in 1981. A beautiful, sun-scorched June day on the campus of the Doane Stuart School, which offered its facilities for the graduates of the Street Academy of Albany on this very day. My high school diploma, my “first” diploma. I accepted it proudly. Along with the diploma came a high school…
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The “33”
I saw the eBay auction and almost fainted. Is it possible? Is it true? Can this be real? I checked the pictures. The article of clothing was the right size and texture and cut. The fabric was distressed, as if that particular garment went through two years of stress and distress. And there were the…
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