It’s good to be an Albany Patroons fan this week, as Albany’s top professional sports team climbed to the top of their division in the 2025 TBL basketball season with three statement victories. And I mean STATEMENT victories. We start off last week, when the Rochester Kingz came to the Armory for their first appearance…
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The Latch Hook Covered Bridge project as of April 4, 2025
I’ve actually completed a significant portion of my largest-ever latched hook rug, a representation of a Vermont covered bridge with autumn foliage in the distance. When I created the original pattern for this project, I hadn’t initially factored the rug’s completed size. I now estimate that it most likely be completed by Competition Season 2026,…
Read MorePatroons, Phoenix pulverize Pennsylvania pros in pair
Okay, everybody. Follow along with me, because this is kinda complicated. Originally last weekend’s schedule would have seen the Albany Patroons play a home game against the Reading Rebels on Friday night, then travel Saturday to New Jersey to take on the Jersey Shore Breaks. However … that plan got slightly adjusted, with the Patroons…
Read MoreThe Latch Hook Covered Bridge project as of March 19, 2025
I’m resigned to the fact that I won’t get this monster latch hook project done in time for Competition Season 2025. I’m resigned to it. I didn’t realize that, five months into this artwork, I would only be about one-third of the way complete. Let me explain. When I started this project in October 2024,…
Read MoreThe NY Phoenix draw first blood in the Route 5 Rivalry, beating Albany 129-113
What a contest. With a capacity crowd of 1400 jammed into Armory Studios NY, the New York Phoenix took the first victory in the Route 5 Rivalry, as three members of the Schenectady crew – Shadell Millinghaus, AJ Mosby and Paul Parks – scored 20+ points in a 129-113 win over the Albany Patroons. The…
Read MoreThe Route 5 Rivalry begins TONIGHT for the Albany Patroons and NY Phoenix!
The Albany Patroons are 3-0 on this young TBL season, having claimed victories in their three home games, to remain tied atop the TBL’s North Atlantic division. At the same time, the New York Phoenix, the expansion team in Schenectady with a ton of Albany Patroons heritage and legacy, has jumped out to a 2-0…
Read MoreTwo more big wins for the Albany Patroons this week, now 3-0!
You never look past your opponents. I know that the Albany Patroons faithful have Thursday, March 13 on their calendars as “The Big Game,” when Albany faces the New York Phoenix in the “Route 5 Rivalry” game. But first, the Pats have to get past two other TBL opponents; a Friday night contest against the…
Read MoreAnd Hamilton College returns to the NCAA Championships!! (2025 Edition)
Back when I was a student at Hamilton College in the early 1980’s, we were part of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), and although we were a powerhouse in men’s basketball, we were prohibited from participating in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Why? Well, back then, NESCAC forbade its college members from…
Read MoreThe Latch Hook Covered Bridge project as of March 3, 2025
No, I didn’t watch the Oscars yesterday. Not because of any bias toward this film or that, I just didn’t see any film nominated that I really rooted for. I mean … no Oscars for Deadpool & Wolverine? No Oscars for Babygirl? Come on, Nicole Kidman fake-orgasming had to earn SOMETHING… Nah, I just spent…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons, NY Phoenix start Opening Weekend with big wins
The 2025 TBL basketball season featured three games for the Albany Patroons and New York Phoenix, the Capital District’s two minor league pro hoops outlets. And both teams came out with dominating wins to start the season. Last Friday, the Albany Patroons dominated the visiting Halifax Hoopers in front of 3,000 people at the Washington…
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