Once upon a time there was a different sort of hockey that glided on the ice at the Utica Aud long before the UC Pioneers took up residence. In this AHL team’s short 6-year stint here, there was a legacy begun that still echoes beyond our town, even today… They were known as the Utica Devils.
I started collecting baseball cards as a boy and kept getting a card by this Mark Lemke guy whenever I eagerly opened pack after pack of ’89 Donruss… Little did I know at the time that he was a hometown boy and it figures that I caught him at the end of his career already, but here’s the skinny on this Utica native!
Given that the football season is almost in full-swing, it brings to mind the rich sports heritage that we have here in the Mohawk Valley and beyond, and not just locally but also in what we’ve provided to the national sports community as well, from lending our athletes to erecting a plethora of sports hall of fames within driving distance.
A 12-year-old boy in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area who is six feet tall and weighs 300 pounds is being denied the opportunity to play football with his friends, thanks to his size.
Usain Bolt knows how to grab attention, both on the field and off it too. He was amazing in London and says he will definitely be at the Games in Rio in 2016. So what has he done to annoy to Bruce Jenner?
Will the most successful Olympic athlete of all-time be stripped of his London medals due to a few pictures?
The days get a bit shorter and the night air gets crisper. High school football is right around the corner! Here is a look at the schedule for teams across the Mohawk Valley:
The 2012 Summer Games are over. But the Olympic spirit lives on thanks to Polish windsurfer Zofia Noceti-Klepacka, who will fulfill the promise she made to the family of a five-year-old who suffers from cystic fibrosis by selling her bronze medal.
The life of an Olympic athlete is all about training and discipline, especially when it comes to what they eat and drink. Can you say strict? Now that the Olympics are over, some of our best athletes share with the 'Daily Mail' what food or drink they'll splurge on.
We think we've found the most exciting moment of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and it didn't happen in any pool or on any field - rather in the announcers booth. Watch the reaction of the commentators for the BBC as Great Britian's Mo Farah (soon to be Sir Mo Farah?) win gold in the 5000 meter race.
The 2012 Summer Olympics came to a close in London on Sunday with the United States adding two more gold medals to bring its Olympic-high total to 46. Here’s a recap of the day’s highlights:
Kevin Durant scored 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds, as the United States defeated Spain 107-100 in the gold medal game of men’s basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Sunday.
