Wide right

Under pressure. We had much fun rooting for the hometown Syracuse Crunch skating against the visiting Charlotte Checkers the night before the gold medal Winter Olympics men’s hockey game between the U.S. and Canada. The tight contest had it all: fast skating, back-and-forth scoring and too much fighting for my hockey tastes. Alas, the home…

Hockey here, too

He shoots … While many hockey fans in North America were waiting for the Winter Olympics men’s team gold medal game between bitter rivals squads from the United States and Canada, my dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth, fantastic George Three and I drove the couple miles to downtown Syracuse the night before that big…

Great women’s game

Carolina in control. My dear wife Karen and I arrived to our home city JMA Wireless Dome early enough to catch a lot of the fourth quarter of the opening game of the day’s doubleheader. Each contest featured a No. 1 team in the country. In the women’s college lacrosse contest that kicked off the…

Just short

Another Orange save. My Maryland Terps indeed jumped out to a first-quarter lead as my dear wife Karen and I watched on in our home city JMA Wireless Dome in the battle of No. 1 vs. No. 2 in men’s college lacrosse. But Syracuse had too much on both offense and defense. The final score:…

It’s a goal!

Traveling well. The pocket of Maryland fans sitting below us were ready to show their cheer when the Terps scored a goal. Officially, our name is the Terrapins, but that would require too many letter cards to make their way to a visiting stadium, I think.

Hard-fought, indeed

Shoot that ball. The intensity was high as Maryland and Syracuse battled in front of my dear wife Karen and I in the JMA Wireless Dome in our city of Syracuse. Yes, I was appreciating her Christmas present to me of these wonderful men’s college lacrosse tickets. I’ve been a fan of this sport since…