There was a time that I worried about the future of professional golf on the southern tier of upstate New York. Sure, the PGA Tour had a long history at En-Joie Golf Course in Endicott, with a tour stop that started in 1971 as the Broome County Open. It changed its name to the much-catchier…
The guys in Syracuse rock band Code Red love the stage. So front man Gary Dunes and mates Chris Russo, Ed Steele and Steve Steele decided to put out a live CD. Dunes thoughtfuly dropped one in the mail for me. The self-titled production was recorded at various shows around Central New York by Live…
Thirty years ago today, I walked into the offices of the morning paper in Syracuse and started working. With words. With people. With ideas. With the Central New York community. Every Aug. 15 since, I’d throw in a mental fist pump to mark another anniversary. I’d reserve a moment to take stock of my working…
If you live in Central New York, you know that every year at this time, an after-dinner snap in the air may arrive. Last night, the little chill hit us on the golf course. We start our Tuesday evening nine-hole league play between 5 and 5:30. Some of our gang of six planned ahead with…
The hot topic bounced around the airwaves and cyberspace Monday. Sports media types just had to comment about the big mouth now known as Mashed Potato Guy. The topic roared again because so many members of that new breed of pro golf fans had roared this week at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, caught…
Mike Waters and I took in FanFest from a different perspective Friday night outside Manley Field House. As the Syracuse University football followers crowded to the bleachers and stood along the fence to watch the Orange scrimmage as part of this celebration of a new season on the horizon, Waters and I stayed behind the…
Come the middle of August, the thoughts of a generation that strung together the words peace, love and music forever turn toward a grassy field in upstate New York. Woodstock. In Bethel, N.Y. Where dozens of bands and hundreds of thousands of young people gathered at Max Yasgur’s farm. The festival that became legend through…
Good luck, best golfers in the world. You’re taking on Oak Hill for real starting this morning. I played the beautiful beast in Rochester a year ago this week, when the horde of professionals were gathering in Kiawah Island. The PGA of America already had an advance crew collected in an office on the stately…
If you’ve clicked on markbialczak.com, you know I like to take pleasure in the gardens that beautify our Syracuse city plot, spaces planned by my dear wife Karen and put in the ground by us both. You also know how I like to walk Ellie B, aka Dogamous Pyle, every darn day. Let’s put the…
This time, I hope the TV love lasts. Chris Siegfried took to knee and proposed to Desiree Hartsock to close the latest season of “The Bachelorette” last night. Between wiping tears, she accepted. What a lovely couple. I think the girl found the right guy this time around. It almost didn’t happen. When host/always-available-ear Chris…
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