Stepinac JV goes 2-0

As they beat Xaverian – a good team – 14-0. Tim started at defensive end, and was on the kicking and punting teams, although he did no kicking today. After the game, as Coach Venice addresses the team.Tim is in the middle, somewhere.

Eleven years ago

My friend, Tom Knox.  Read about him here. Ten years ago. My friend, Tom Knox And another reminder, from Kieran Michael Lawlor, who is running for NY State Assembly.    

Tim returns to football

Well, he hadn’t played since his fluke sideline knee injury in his second game as a freshman. And the surgical repair, And the comeback in the spring, throwing the discuss, shot put, and javelin, etc., etc. BUT, now he’s back. He played defensive end, as well as punting and doing the kicking chores. His JV … Read more

NY Times fascinating review of the new SEAL book, “No Easy Day”

UPDATE: Another NYT column aboutthe ebook No Easy Op, which discusses this book and it's author. The reviewer is long-time NYT critic and reviewer, Janet Maslin (Who is married to Benjamin Cheever, sone of the very acclaimed fction writer and Ossining resident, the late John Cheever). I didn't know this, but Maslin lives in Pleasantville, … Read more

Neil Armstrong

Certainly for anyone my age or thereabouts, a great American hero. First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's death at the age of 82 marks the passing of a "reluctant American hero," as well as the dimming of the Space Age's brightest moment. Armstrong has been immortalized in human history as the first human to set foot on … Read more