The 2025 World Series was epic. Too bad one team had to lose, and too bad it was the Toronto Blue Jays. We were rooting for them, and I’m sure that was the case throughout most of Birdland, home of the soon-to-be-great-again (and Blue Jays AL East rival) Baltimore Orioles. Next year will bring the … Continue reading World Series 2025 was epic. So were ticket prices. In 1966, you could have a box seat for ….
Eternal Coach: Remembering Gene Hackman for his role in ‘Hoosiers’
Like many of his fans across the land, I dialed up “Hoosiers,” the 1985 film about small-town Indiana basketball, to honor the film’s star, Gene Hackman, and to remember him after his passing at 95 in his acting glory. He comes into the story right away, during opening credits, arriving at Hickory High School in … Continue reading Eternal Coach: Remembering Gene Hackman for his role in ‘Hoosiers’
Banners v Crush: Ice hockey for a good cause under the Mimi Dome in Baltimore’s Patterson Park
Starting in the late 1990s, the Baltimore Youth Hockey Club sponsored a weekend hockey experience for less fortunate children and high-risk teens in Baltimore. They were known as the Patterson Park Stars, and they skated for free in donated equipment at the “Mimi Dome,” the rink in Patterson Park named after the late City Councilman, Dominic … Continue reading Banners v Crush: Ice hockey for a good cause under the Mimi Dome in Baltimore’s Patterson Park
Domestic Policy: Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Now what?
Can we agree that there are too many commemorative T-shirts in the world? My theater group is a purveyor of T-shirts — “Dad,” my daughter said, “you gotta sell merch!” — but I recognize that a lot of people have had their fill of T-shirts and have declared an indefinite moratorium on buying them. Many … Continue reading Domestic Policy: Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Now what?
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