A Sporting View – All-Star Game still worth watching

#Middlebury #baseball #sports By Mark Vasto This time it didn’t matter — and nobody cared. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game has long been considered the best all-star ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – July 29, 2017

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz By Chris Richcreek Questions Who holds the Boston Red Sox’s record for most consecutive games with at least one hit? Name the last major-league team to ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – July 15, 2017

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz By Chris Richcreek Questions How many times has Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw led the majors in strikeouts for a season? When was the last time ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Court of public opinion

#Middlebury #Sports #SportingView By Mark Vasto I was born on May 13, and sometimes I remember to actually look at the part of the newspaper that tells you who was born or what significant ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – June 23, 2017

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz By Chris Richcreek In 2016, the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colon became the oldest major-league pitcher (42) to hit his first career home run. Who had been ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – June 3, 2017

#Middlebury #Sports By Chris Richcreek In 2015, Ryan Braun became the Milwaukee Brewers’ all-time leader in home runs. Who had held the top spot? Three major-league players had ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – April 1, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY #SPORTS By Chris Richcreek Questions In 2015, four players were voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. When was the ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Betting on sports

#MIDDLEBURY #SPORTS By Mark Vasto There are foolish things to do … like, say, hitting the snooze button one too many times or eating too much chocolate or having unprotected sex. ... Continue Reading →

Big Game Snacks for the Win (Family Features) The big game is almost here: two teams, a room full of fans and a spread of fan-favorite foods to keep everybody going. Whether everyone's ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – It’s on you, Jed York

#MIDDLEBURY #SPORTS By Mark Vasto In October 2010, after a close loss to Philadelphia, ESPN’s Adam Schefter received not so much a text as a bold proclamation. The message was ... Continue Reading →