Sarasota Morning
by October 24, 2012, 3:00am 0
I wake up before everyone and slip out of the hotel into the dark. As I walk toward the beach under the glow of the street lamps, the Palm Bay…
I wake up before everyone and slip out of the hotel into the dark. As I walk toward the beach under the glow of the street lamps, the Palm Bay…
I watched the giant firestorm (1, 2, 3) that erupted in the aftermath of the Team Japan – Team Canada game at Worlds this past summer and felt like it…
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This is a coda to the two daily wrap-ups (Sat, Sun) published earlier this week. Grumbles I’m still irked about the schedule. Like most tournaments, it was set up with…
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Following up on a post from a few weeks back, I recently had a chance to catch up with Dr. Tom Crawford about the US National Teams. I’ve been musing…