Got ambushed by a swarm of angry yellow jackets in the yard this week. As far as father-son bonding activities go, it?s not quite as enjoyable as fishing. But we stumbled upon an interesting discovery. Toothpaste is a cheap and effective remedy for the pain and itch of bee stings. Not only does Aquafresh cool the skin, but the minty scent is a significant upgrade from Old Spice.
? It never got to the point where UConn athletic director Warde Manuel stood at a podium and boomed, ?Mr. DeFilippo, tear down this wall!?
But the resignation of Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo, effective Sept. 30, could be the final hurdle marking the end of the nearly decade-long cold war between the two regional rivals.
DeFilippo made some bold moves over the years, most notably leading his program out of the Big East and into the Atlantic Coast Conference. He also ruffled a few feathers along the way. His admission last fall that he lobbied against the ACC extending an invitation to UConn didn?t go over well in Storrs, the Heights or Tobacco Road. DeFilippo also bluntly stated that ?ESPN is the one who told us what to do,? in regard to league expansion, a major faux pas.
It?s no secret UConn desires admission to the ACC. Whether it happens or not, the two schools are missing out on huge paydays by not playing each other. Quite frankly, they need each other. This Hatfield and McCoy routine makes little sense and comes at the expense of the fans in New England.
Count Quinnipiac athletic director Jack McDonald, a Boston College alum and self-proclaimed UConn admirer, among those who hopes the schools reconcile soon.
?I think it?s incredibly important that BC and UConn work together to so they can play each other as often as possible in all sports,? McDonald said. ?I don?t know why it hasn?t happened. There?s no reason they shouldn?t be playing each other. I?m proud of both schools but very disappointed with this disagreement. It?s not fair to the fans, the parents, the media. I just don?t think it was right.?
? Melky Cabrera?s suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs is a grim reminder that in the post-steroid era, steroid use is still rampant. The obvious solution is to stiffen penalties for offenders. Fifty games and a tarnished reputation apparently aren?t enough. A year for the first failed test and a lifetime ban for the second might help.
High schools and colleges are at risk of having wins vacated for ineligible players. Perhaps baseball should follow that route. The loss of Cabrera for 50 games hurts the Giants, but wiping five games from the win column stings more. And players might think twice about cheating knowing their indiscretions will burn the rest of the team.
Unfortunately, the idea is impractical. And it likely would do little to deter the overwhelming ?me-first? cult much more interested in scoring big contracts than concerning themselves with the greater good of a team.
? At least Cabrera can admit he made a mistake and take his medicine. Still, it?s troubling that by coming clean, he?s receiving far more extensive ancillary consequences and negative publicity than Ryan Braun, who was also caught red-handed but lucked into a loophole.
And don?t bother with the misguided argument that Braun?s strong production this year has cleared his name. It isn?t about numbers. It?s about gaining a dishonorable edge.
? You know what would make for a quirky TV ad campaign? Commercials playing off the whole big brother-little brother dynamic of Peyton and Eli Manning! Hard to believe advertisers haven?t pounced on that gold mine yet.
? The ECAC Hockey Championships are returning to Lake Placid, but the league considered Madison Square Garden as an option. The lure of the Big Apple was tempting, but presented problems in cost and logistics. The only option was to play the semifinals elsewhere, and then hold the championship game at the Garden. Lake Placid, which has been good to the league in the past, simply made more sense.
? A couple of Hamden kids are eying pro hockey careers overseas. Rence Coassin, a recent Harvard graduate, signed with Ritten Sport of Serie A in Italy. Harry Glynne could become Germany?s version of Bo Jackson, (if you substitute hockey for football). The CCSU grad just won a league championship playing bro baseball in Germany, and is skating with EV Regensburg, the local pro hockey outfit, as a free agent.
? If brief glimpses of Miami Dolphin assistant coaches Ken O?Keefe and Darren Rizzi on ?Hard Knocks? aren?t enough to whet your appetite for behind-the-scenes looks at local guys doing big-time jobs, HBO has more for the New Haven sports fan. ?24/7 Road to Ward-Dawson? debuts Saturday at midnight in anticipation of the Sept. 8 super middleweight title fight between New Haven?s Chad Dawson and Andre Ward. The documentary-style mini-series never fails to deliver the goods, and is an opportunity to see Dawson, dropping down a weight class, train for one of the top pound-for-pound boxers out there.
? Larry Lucchino says Bobby Valentine won?t be fired this season, spurring office-pool frenzies around New England. Bobby V, who claims to have invented the sandwich wrap at his Stamford restaurant, has failed to win over the clubhouse and will almost certainly be an off-season casualty. So who?ll be the manager next spring? Might be too early to predict. But the guy who invented the Cobb salad is available.
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