Every year, Times Union sportswriter Tim Wilkin would take an “imaginary” $1,000 bankroll to the Saratoga Race Course, and through the run of the summer meet, he would bet his “imaginary” funds and chronicle those results in his daily newspaper column. Good for him. I hope he paid taxes on all those “imaginary” winnings. 😀 That being…
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The Albany Patroons announce their 2024 TBL schedule. Clear my calendar.
I’m ready for this. And you should be as well. The Albany Patroons, the best local professional sports team in the Capital District bar none, have just announced their upcoming home and away schedule for the 2024 TBL season. It’s posted below. And there’s a lot to unpack here. The season starts on March 1st when the Patroons…
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5 > 8 = 2
A week ago, I took my three-dimensional photography setup to the Washington Avenue Armory to capture some Albany Patroons action shots. I did this earlier in the season, and one of my shots, Rejection By Williams, actually received entrance into the International 3D Photography Salon in Vienna, Austria. Look, I don’t know about you, but…
Read MoreI’m not in a good mood now, thanks to the St. Louis Griffins.
We should not have lost last night. The Albany Patroons lost on a last-second field goal, 95-93, to the St. Louis Griffins. The Griffins now move to the TBL Championship, while the Patroons – the 2023 season is finished. Ugh. Let me repeat that. Ugh. Look, I can pinpoint every single chance we could have…
Read MoreCongratulations, 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…
Read MoreCaption 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…
Read More“Hey, Reading Rebels … NIGHT NIGHT!!”
Earlier this year, the Reading Rebels came to Albany and played the Albany Patroons in a hard-fought battle. Albany had a nearly insurmountable 20-point lead; but the Rebels actually clawed their way back and won the game on a last-second shot. And I remember the Reading fans who came to the Armory. They were boasting…
Read MoreJumping houses and Antonio Brown
There is an old “dad joke” that goes something like this. “How many animals can jump higher than a house?” Well, the answer is – “All of them, houses can’t jump.” There is another old “dad joke,” about the shock jock radio DJ who said if he received $5,000 for a charity fundraiser, he would…
Read MoreThe Antonio Brown / Albany Empire prop bet I’m willing to take this Saturday
In gambling parlance, “prop bets” are wagers that go outside the norm of standard peri-mutuel wagering. The Super Bowl is full of these “prop bets” – everything from “Will the National Anthem performance run over or under 90 seconds?” Or, “Will a field goal or extra point kick hit the uprights?” (Spoiler alert – that…
Read MoreAntonio Brown can’t get out of his own way
I wrote this blog post a few weeks ago, and back then I thought I had seen all the insanity possible regarding Antonio Brown and his ownership of the Albany Empire. Hoo boy, was I wrong. See, in those scant few weeks since I last wrote a blog post, Antonio Brown has had issues paying…
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