Coach Roy Simmons Jr. elevated to the ring

Sunday was a Syracuse men’s lacrosse day for the ages. At halftime, the university added former coach Roy Simmons Jr. to the Ring of Fame. No doubt, Simmons Jr. followed in the footsteps of Roy Simmons Sr., coaching Syracuse lacrosse to serious success. He engineered the rebirth in the 1980s that elevated the Orange to…

Oh, my, Maryland wins in front of my eyes

Go to the Carrier Dome with my dear wife Karen to watch my alma mater play the hometown squad in men’s college lacrosse? I’d say I was smiling on Sunday afternoon for the noon faceoff between visiting Maryland and homestanding Syracuse. It’s been awhile since I’d gotten the opportunity to root for the ”that’s where…

Happy Memorial Day! And Go Terps Go

We salute those that served us today. Happy Memorial Day from A Bitty Better in the Liverpool, N.Y., neighborhood of Galeville. My dear wife Karen and I included a flagpole yesterday among our holiday weekend purchases. And when we got home, I mounted the bracket on the fence at the back of our driveway and…