So, what are you doing for lunch today (Wednesday September 19th)? If you place a To-Go Order at a local New Hartford restaurant sometime today between 11:30am and 11pm and present the attached coupon to your server or cashier, 20% of your bill will be donated back to the Greater Utica Girls Softball League!
Matt Ryan passed for 219 yards and two touchdowns, as the Atlanta Falcons took advantage of three first-quarter interceptions by Peyton Manning to beat the Denver Broncos, 27-21, in the Georgia Dome on Monday night.
Julian Connerton, a football player on the Egg Harbor City Crusaders in New Jersey, wanted to show support for his mother as she battles breast cancer by wearing pink gloves during his game. When Connerton's coach told him he could not play if he wore the pink gloves rather than the required black last Saturday night, he promptly quit.
Even without Freddy Jackson and David Nelson, there is plenty to get excited about in Buffalo.
Heading into Week 2, the Buffalo Bills boast the NFL's No. 1 ranked rushing offense. Buffalo ran for 195 yards on just 26 carries in Week 1 in their losing effort to the NY Jets, averaging a tremendous 7.5 yards per carry.
Mark Sanchez was at his best in Sunday's win over Buffalo. Sanchez put up big numbers but we need to see him do this more consistently this season. New York's success doesn't fall on him alone, but beating the Pittsburgh Steelers would do wonders for our Jets.
New Orleans Saint and Proctor High grad Will Smith has had his 4-game suspension overturned on appeal and will suit up tomorrow for the teams game with Washington. According to SI.com, the suspension for participating in the Saint's notorious bounty program could still be re-instated.
Rather than going out to clubs or staying home, everyone used to go to the Clinton Arena for hockey on Saturday nights, well at least for 2300+ people! Were you one of em? Although it’s great to see some good ball, or in this case ‘puck’, the team to root for was the Clinton Comets, and it wasn’t just because they were the home team. It was because they were good, CRAZY good!
“In West Philadelphia, born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days…” Nope, this isn’t about the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Instead, this pigskin prince by the same name was born in Queens, raised in Utica and spent most of his days on the gridiron.
This Utica native started making waves baseball-wise when he won All-American Honors as a New Hartford Spartan, and you guessed it that got the attention of the powers that be and the rest is history, but let’s take a peek at that history!
In Broward County, Florida, telling an athlete that they “throw like a girl” is about to become a compliment.
Here’s one for all the Romans out there as this guy was one of your own… Richie Evans or “The “Rapid Roman” as he was later known started his career at the tender young age of 16 when he rapidly left the family farm in Westernville (like Luke Skywalker or Superman?) to become a mechanic at a service station in Rome.
