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Lead Stories Sports

Saying goodbye to 2021

One of the things I’ve grown accustomed to during our time spent in a Covid world is the feeling that time has sort of lost its shape. Since March of 2020, the pandemic has upended our daily routines, disrupted our normal schedules, and left many—myself included—struggling to piece together exactly […]

Lead Stories Sports

After uncertainty, fall sports return

After 18 months of confusion, hesitation and deliberation, the high school sports scene finally gained a sense of normalcy on Monday as fall sports—including “high-risk” activities—officially held their first day of preseason practices. Despite concerns regarding rising COVID infection rates, Section I—and the rest of New York State—appears to be […]

Sports

Fall sports teaches important lesson

As someone who has covered high school athletics since 2007, I feel pretty comfortable in my ability to say that this past fall season was unlike any season of sports I’ve ever been a part of. Starting with the postponement of high-risk sports like football and the very uncertainty of […]

Education Sports

The importance of responsibility

It’s not my job to lecture anyone about public health issues, but it’s pretty clear from where I stand as a sports journalist; some people just don’t seem to get it. Getting this coronavirus thing under control isn’t going to come down to the release of a “magic” drug. It’s […]

Sports

Don’t rule out winter sports

LIVE MIKE When it comes to high school sports—at least on the state level—it seems as though the last few months have been a case of taking one step forward and two steps back.  Perhaps that fact has never been more obvious than it was this past week, as local […]