Many of the best female bowlers in the Capital Region will test their games this weekend when the Huck Finn/Northeast Bowling Proprietors of New York’s “Capital Region Bowling Show” conducts its second annual women-only event.
When the regular big-game rifle/shotgun hunting season opens Saturday morning in the Southern Zone, I am sure that a large portion of the 515,074 hunters who purchased a big-game hunting license (through Oct. 27) will be in the deer woods.
Mike Tauber and Pamela Singh have produced an interesting book containing pictures and commentaries about the children of interracial parents in America. Titled “Blended Nation,” the book signals a trend directing us to an inevitable conclusion.
I truly wonder what the NCAA really stands for. Is it an organization that cares about the welfare of student-athletes, not only helping them compete at the highest possible levels, but also making sure they are in classes and getting their academic work done? Or is it one that is more concerned with the billions of dollars it receives from its TV partners for the rights to televise college basketball.
Besides all the Yankees fans, another group celebrating is Fox Sports. It was a bounce-back year for Fox and its coverage of the World Series. The ratings improved over last year’s World Series, when the Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays in five games.
Ron Gardner attacks the pins the way he used to take down his opponents on the mat. The 59-year-old former judo and martial arts expert didn’t start to bowl until he was 25, but he’s been one of the top bowlers in the Capital Region ever since.
For the past decade, I have noticed that women’s interest in both the shooting and hunting sports has increased dramatically. Considering the decline in participation of these two activities, it couldn’t have happened at a better time.
Today, we are encountering a new breed of parent: a college-educated adult who has the temerity to call professors and university officials to lobby for their children’s grades, question a grade and, in some cases, ask for and oversee recommendations. It is a vulgar intrusion, threatening the sanctity of academic integrity. It stems from the regrettable notion that a college is a job factory instead of an institute for learning. "Uneducated" parents from another era knew better.
Between his radio play-by-play duties for the New York Rangers and his Fox Sports assignments, Kenny Albert is used to traveling a lot. But even he never went through an experience like he did last weekend.
Having the largest private capital investment currently taking place anywhere in the United States would seem like a good thing — but it causes a few problems, too.
Your friendly neighborhood pro shop operator is becoming more like a mad scientist every day. The modern bowling balls can be compared to high-tech weapons, and they are named accordingly.
