I’ve walked a lot of miles in my shoes

Some people are made to run, I thought to myself again on Sunday morning as I watched 1,600 or so of those type of folks file past my Syracuse city home during the second Syracuse Half Marathon. Not me. I am a walker. I knew that way, way, way back in my life. The determined…

‘Divergent’ stars work well together, even in a chatty theater

I liked the tension in ‘Divergent.’ Stars Shailene Woodley and Theo James work well together as Dauntless faction student and teacher in a Chicago were separation is the only way to live. I didn’t much like the noise level in the row of the crowded matinee theater in which sat my dear wife Karen and…

Do you suffer from a broken bracket picker?

The Monday after the first frantic weekend of the NCAA Tournament has arrived. Filling out your bracket last week you envisioned a puffed-out chest as you boasted about how brilliant your picks were. Oh, you’d brag at work for sure, each and every time the subject of the tournament came up. You’d quickly volunteer how…

1,600 runners, 17 degrees, and 13.1 miles of snowy Syracuse streets

The runners for the second edition of the Syracuse Half Marathon this morning were greeted by 13.1 miles of city streets that had been kissed with a a spring layer of snow during the wee hours. The temperature was 17 degrees. And yet they came fast, strong and bundled pretty good against those elements, streaming…

And the NCAA Bracket answer is yes, most definitely

Here’s a special entering-round-two edition of “I can’t believe anybody searched this.” Somebody googled this term today and ended up on one of my increasing number of NCAA Tournament bracket posts. The curious soul wondered enough to type in and click somewhere: “Is it cheating to change my bracket.” Now, I could say: It depends…

The 13.1 miles includes .1 past our house

They will come thundering down our city Syracuse neighborhood hill again Sunday. The runners participating in the second edition of the Syracuse Half Marathon are sure to be a colorful bunch. Cold, too. Forecasts right now are for high temperatures in the 20s. About 1,600 runners have signed up to log the 13.1 miles that…

Another bracket buster in today’s game one

There will be no game three between Syracuse and Duke this year. Mercer made sure of that. Yes, it is a big upset, a No. 14 seed ousting a No. 3 seed. But Syracuse fans likely aren’t upset about it all. Speaking about brackets, I know stand at 11 games right out of 17. My…

Syracuse fans still stew about that call for Duke

Yes, Syracuse basketball fans still love making T-shirt statements. At my bowling league last night, orange shirts were aplenty. After all, the hometown team won yesterday afternoon in the NCAA Tournament, easily topping Western Michigan. I spotted a new slogan on the shirt worn by a great bowler on the squad against us. Jeff Williams’…

Avery Sunshine to play free show at OCC

Avery Sunshine knows how to spread jazz love with her voice and keyboard work. And, in a show that pays tribute to Women’s History Month, the Avery Sunshine Duo will perform a free admission show at 7 p.m. March 29, in Storer Auditorium on the campus of Onondaga Community College. The native of Chester, Pa.,…

What would you do to fight a class system?

The novel of Vernonica Roth will be brought to the big screen this weekend with the tense “Divergent.” Teens will fight for their lives and the good of all in this futuristic Chicago. The makers expect success; there’s already plans for two more films. The trailer shows a lesson for sticking up for what makes…