Sports Quiz – Nov. 10, 2017

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz By Chris Richcreek Who was the last Boston pitcher before Rick Porcello in 2016 to open a season 10-0 at Fenway Park? In 1956, the home-run champion of each ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Change MLB wild-card game

#Middlebury #ASportingView #Baseball By Mark Vasto I don’t like Major League Baseball’s wild-card game. There, I said it, and it falls trippingly off my tongue. Baseball ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Oct. 22, 2017

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz By Chris Richcreek Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Rod Carew combined for how many batting-average titles? How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit in World Series ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – As the gridiron burns

#Middlebury #ASportingView By MARK VASTO This isn’t the first time politics invaded the football world. Teddy Roosevelt loved the game and helped start the NCAA while he urged ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Oct. 17, 2017

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz By Chris Richcreek Who had more career victories as a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers: Jack Morris or Justin Verlander? Between 1972-79, an Angels pitchers led ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Boxing matches we’d like to see

#Middlebury #ASportingView #Boxing By Mark Vasto After Floyd Mayweather Jr. won his 50th fight, a few us at Sporting View headquarters wondered aloud, “Who from history could ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Oct. 7, 2017

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz By Chris Richcreek In 2016, Toronto’s Josh Donaldson became the sixth player in A.L. history to have at least 20 home runs and 80 runs scored by the All-Star ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – A giant year in the NFL

#Middlebury #Sports #NFL By Mark Vasto I don’t know about you, but this summer seemed especially boring in the world of sports. Save for Aaron Judge’s first half, Dale Earnhardt’s ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Sept. 30, 2017

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz By Chris Richcreek Questions Who was the last National League starting pitcher before the Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg in 2016 to start a season 11-0? Who ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Sept. 25, 2017

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz By Chris Richcreek Questions Rajai Davis, in 2016, became the eighth Cleveland Indian to hit for the cycle (single, double, triple, home run) in a game. Who ... Continue Reading →