Submitted by Brian Barrish on July 5, 2016 - 11:06pm
There is a cliché about cream rising to the top in big events. On a hot day in Yonkers, New York, the crème was curdled by 90 degree temperatures, but it still rose, steadily, mightily, and with authority. At the end of it all, through sweat and determination, the New York Magpies and Baltimore-Washington Eagles took with them the cups signifying them as Champions of the Eastern Regional Tournament for 2016.
Submitted by Brian Barrish on July 2, 2016 - 11:59pm
For weeks, this was circled as an important weekend on the women’s football calendar.
In all, there were two separate competitions: an 18-a-side match and a 12-a-side round robin on Saturday, followed by the USA Freedom Training Camp on Sunday morning. Not only were 50 or so women assembled at Tibbetts Brook Park competing for club pride, but many were playing for a chance at the national team ahead of next year’s International Cup in Melbourne.
Submitted by Brian Barrish on June 23, 2016 - 10:29pm
“In New York; Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, There's nothing you can't do / Now you're in New York; These streets will make you feel brand new, Big lights will inspire you.” – Jay-Z, Empire State of Mind.
New Yorkers will tell you that their city is the center of the universe. With 9,000,000 people, a culture, language and life of its own, they’re probably right. New York is proud, modern, bustling, unforgiving, and beneath all of its grit and noise and brusque beats a passionate heart.
Submitted by Brian Barrish on June 21, 2016 - 6:36pm
The wind is a fickle thing. It kicks up at unexpected times, it varies in strength and direction at its own whim, and sometimes it can completely change the course of where you’re going.
A strong wind greeted the over 200 combatants that gathered at the Indianapolis World Sports Park on June 11th for the 2016 USAFL Central Regional Tournament. It accompanied relentless temperatures that topped out somewhere in the mid 90’s Fahrenheit, and wreaked havoc with the plans drawn up by the 12 teams that took part in front of a worldwide internet audience.
Submitted by Brian Barrish on June 16, 2016 - 10:17pm
This past weekend in Indianapolis, I was needled a lot for the number of Game of Thrones references I put in the first two poll recaps. I mean, no one was losing their head or anything, and it’s in Stark contrast to all of the other things I write about the league. I think it was just a few people deciding to Arya their grievances.
Alright, I’ll stop, promise.
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