Fantastic foursomes
For Berkshire County golfers, winter can be a very depressing time. To avoid cold weather rust affecting our abilities, many of us will toss the clubs into the Thule roof…
What is in a name?
So, you want to build a golf course: good luck to you. I hope you have a nice piece of property in a well-populated area and you have a boatload…
A Q&A with Chris Capuano
As mentioned last week, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Chris Capuano is married to Sarah Clifford, who was raised in the Grafton, Mass., area and met Chris while a student at…
Western Massachusetts native has successful MLB career
West Springfield native and Cathedral High School graduate Chris Capuano has been playing professional baseball since being selected in the eighth round of the 1999 amateur draft by the Arizona…
A California junket
When parents and grandparents plan to attend an athletic event of their offspring it might involve leaving work early, packing snacks and bringing along a couple of lawn chairs. Those…
A great athlete and an even better man
Life is supposed to be somewhat fair. We all get bad news tossed our way. Some we shrug off, some we deal with and sometimes it just kicks us in…
Top athletes of the century, part two
If someone had my golf clubs on a table saw and demanded I compile a list of my own, I would have to break the candidates down into categories. I…
Top athletes of the century, part one
If you are a sports fan and you were asked to list the top 10 athletes from western Massachusetts from 1900-1999, who would be on your list ? The Springfield Union…
Sandy stirs up trouble for horse racing fans
Editor’s Note: In this column, Dick Syriac details how he was affected by Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath. Mon., Oct. 29 Megastorm is coming, should be okay until about 6…
How to weather the storm
The east coast was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy. Berkshire County took its hits, people lost power, but for the most part, we dodged another howitzer. The upcoming winter will bring…