There’s a lot of memories I still hold dear in my life. A lot of good moments, a lot of special events. And when things end, when you find out that they’re done and over… it does affect me. It might be things or events or locations or people that I haven’t thought about in…
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So long, and thanks for all the fish.
There are people who will see those words and say, “Oh good, Chuck is finally going away. Scuse me while I dance a jig and throw a party.” And there are others who will see those words and say, “Wait a minute. Chuck’s leaving? Who said that was okay? That’s going to screw up my…
Read MoreMy St-Liboire Experiment gets screwed up!
As you may have heard from my previous blog posts, I really never learned to speak a second language. I did take French for about four months at Abington High School (School #11 of “The Twelve”), and then I took two years of introductory French at Hamilton College. Currently I do freelance work for the…
Read More“Barn Versus Weeds” and “Night Train to Heaven” and Relay for Life and #AfricatoCanada
Just an update on things. My framed 8×10 picture of “Barn Versus Weeds,” the 2010 Kodachrome shot of a Greenfield Center,N.Y. barn with a bad vegetation problem, has been delivered to the people involved with this Wednesday’s “Relay for Life” trivia competition. And from what I understand, there’s a lot of people who want to…
Read MoreSaving a family from war-ravaged Mali
Last year, Modibo Diarra played for the Saint (N.B.) John Mill Rats of the National Basketball League of Canada. He helped the Mill Rats make the playoffs, and he’s one of the team’s most popular and community-oriented players. This offseason, however, the 6’10” center from the University of Memphis is s trying to achieve more…
Read MoreRock Steady and Rapid Fire!
Back in my days as the photographer for the Albany Patroons, I would attempt to “stitch” together action photographs of the Pats in dunking mode. The idea was to get the player as he’s going to the hoop, shot by shot, stitch by stitch. Unfortunately, I had several things working against me back then. One…
Read MoreFor Micheal Ray Richardson, all it took was an interview from the Times Union five years ago…
Five years ago, Micheal Ray Richardson was the head coach of the Albany Patroons. He had taken the Patroons to their first Continental Basketball Association finals in nearly twenty years; the last time Albany went to the CBA finals, Richardson was actually a player for the Patroons and helped Bill Musselman win his fourth consecutive…
Read MoreIf Mike D’Antoni quits the New York Knicks… why not hire Micheal Ray Richardson as his replacement?
Okay, wasn’t it a few short weeks ago that everybody was heralding the New York Knicks as the new team to be reckoned with in the NBA – oh yeah, Jeremy Lin and Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudamire and Tyson Chandler … oh yeah, the Knicks are going to win it all, bay bee… Yeah,…
Read MoreMy bracket is filled out… and I know you didn’t pick my finalists…
Last night, I downloaded my bracket from NCAA.com. I looked over everything – every team, every permutation, every possible matchup. I knew that the top four seeds wouldn’t survive game after game – that there were upsets to be upsetted. For sure. But, one by one, I filled in my bracket. And I’m pretty sure…
Read MoreIs it true that Jim Boeheim played with miners years ago? YES IT IS!!
I am not lying to you. Not one drop. It’s something that Jim Boeheim never talks about… but it’s part of his history. Long before the Syracuse University men’s basketball head coach took the Orange to numerous NCAA basketball tournaments – including one tournament win – he spent five years playing with miners. It was…
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