by Joseph Esposito | Nov 15, 2024 | Sports!
What Is It? What Equipment Is Used? What Is Involved in the Competition? Though it’s being introduced as a “new sport” at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, ski mountaineering has its roots in events that first appeared in the games a hundred years ago. Ski...
by Joseph Esposito | Sep 6, 2024 | Sports!
Who’s In and Who Has a Chance to Make the Playoffs in 2024 The days are getting noticeably shorter and the evenings are getting cool and crisp. If you love baseball, that means one thing…the World Series. With less than a month left in the regular season, it appears...
by Joseph Esposito | Aug 30, 2024 | Sports!
Game of Kings Making a Comeback in the 21st Century For those who haven’t followed the game in the last quarter of a century, it may seem that the classic confrontations between American Bobby Fischer and Russian Boris Spassky represented the pinnacle of competitive...
by Joseph Esposito | Aug 23, 2024 | Sports!
How the Players, Chair Umpires and Ball Persons Get into the Main Draw The second-oldest of professional tennis’ four majors, first played in 1881, the US Open is a dream not only for players, but for line judges, chair umpires and even the kids who run down the...
by Joseph Esposito | Jul 26, 2024 | Sports!
1896 Games a Culmination of Two Centuries of Effort The first “modern” Olympic Games were officially played from April 6 through April 15, 1896, in Athens, Greece, with 280 male athletes from 12 countries vying for medals in 43 events. Those games, though, came about...
by Joseph Esposito | Jul 12, 2024 | Sports!
Fascinating Facts about the World’s Most Prestigious Bicycle Race It’s one of the most grueling competitions on the planet…more than 3,500 kilometers on a bicycle, with 21 racing days spread out over a 24-day period. The course, which changes every year, traverses...
