When athletes march in, Winter Olympics truly shine

Sochi sure looked pretty for the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games last night. So much had been reported in the run-up to the start of this convention of the world’s best athletes in winter sports that I wasn’t totally sure what to expect as NBC broadcast (on delay) the event from Fisht Stadium.…

I fondly remember The Snurfer, that early yellow snowboard

I was a pioneer in the snowboarding movement. This I discovered yesterday, when my sister Fran started a look-back Facebook thread because they were expected a good bit of snow on Long Island. Our neighbors two doors down on the Suffolk County hill that cascaded on our suburban street, the Carrs, chipped in with memories…