A Sporting View – Thanks for the memories

#Middlebury #ASportingView For some, it’s the longest walk they will ever make, the trek from the parking lot to the field. Some will think “they grow up so fast” as their ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Some presidents were jocks

#Middlebury #ASportingView Contrary to what the White House press corps may have you believe, the favorite pastime of the president is not dodgeball. Politics, by nature, is a competition, ... Continue Reading →

Time for changes has arrived

#Middlebury #ASportingView A few weeks ago at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods may have accomplished his greatest feat as a golfer: missing a birdie putt. Woods probably would have made the ... Continue Reading →

It’s not war, it’s the Olympics

#Middlebury #ASportingView #Olympics You can learn a lot – and argue a lot, too – watching the Olympic Games. Really, the Olympic Games are the greatest things that the world does ... Continue Reading →

Whoa, Nelly! Remembering a voice of college sports

#Middlebury #ASportingView #KeithMaxJackson For four decades, his was the voice of college sports on ABC. An ethereal, almost otherworldly voice with a booming cadence and folksy charm ... Continue Reading →

Saban the Great continues Bryant’s winning tradition

#Middlebury #ASportingView #Alabama The term “greatest of all time” gets bandied about a lot these days, and rarely is it true (see Tiger Woods, LeBron James). However, in certain ... Continue Reading →

The year in sports – 2017

#Middlebury #ASportingView American sports put on a good show in 2017, and here are some of the stories to remember: Clemson Beats Alabama Trailing 31-28 with 1 second left on the clock, ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – History of the flying wedge

#Middlebury #ASportingView #FlyingWedge As a student at Harvard University, a young Theodore Roosevelt championed “the vigorous life,” and the burgeoning sport of American football ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Out of the woods and into the fire

#Middlebury #ASportingView #TigerWoods By Mark Vasto We live in a time in which we expect our athletes to be exceptional, to become “human cheat-codes” in the video-game parlance, ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – NFL leaps into trade market

#Middlebury #SportingView #Sports By Mark Vasto It’s a new era in the NFL. For the first time in years, a new crop of general managers and head coaches has taken a leap by bounding ... Continue Reading →