Sports this 'n' that

Saturday was Homecoming at Bethlehem High, despite the drizzling conditions by the time their women's soccer match vs. Troy took place. By the time it was over, not only had the skies cleared, but Troy's two game winning streak had gone by the boards. Grace Hotaling notched a hat trick while sister Ruth had three assists, and the Lady Eagles handed Troy their worst loss of the year, a 12-0 shellacking that Justin Haviland's club has to recover from quickly, as the regular season ends today in Averill Park.

Unfortunately for Bethlehem, it was not all smiles at the end of the day, as their football team dropped a 26-17 decision to Niskayuna.
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For the second time in three weeks, a reporter for El Cheapo Media, in this case sports editor Joe Boyle, covered a Troy High football game, and, due to the ongoing sports media blackout imposed by the school district, could only talk to the losing team, in this case Averill Park.

I stress that this isn't Boyle's fault. He inherited this problem, and has to find a way to convince Troy superintendent John Carmello to end the blackout. On Carmello's end, he has to recognize that El Cheapo doesn't have the resources they once did, and their quality of reporting has taken a hit in recent years. El Cheapo's parent company is run by a hedge fund which is only concerned with their bottom line. Not a good way to do business.
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Shaker grad Wahid Nabi returned home Saturday as Ithaca paid a call on UAlbany. The Bombers won, and, in a way, that allows Nabi a small measure of revenge on the Great Danes' freshmen, Joe Casale & Dev Holmes (Troy), who bedeviled Nabi and the Bison the last two seasons.
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Sad to report the passing of Canadian wrestler Don Leo Jonathan, who, while a beloved fan favorite in his native land, was used as a heel (villain) in the World Wide Wrestling Federation in the 70's. Didn't appear all that much, and I was looking for footage of him on WWWF weekend programming, but as of now, none can be found.

It just begs to ask, again, why the McMahon family, starting with Vincent J. (Jess) McMahon, have this preference for using Canadian wrestlers mostly as heels, as if Canada was just as foreign as, say, Uganda.
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It must suck to be a NY Giants fan these days.

Big Blue is 1-5 after getting shellacked by Philadelphia on Thursday night. The Eagles have owned the Giants in recent times, having now won eight of their last nine meetings, and despite the changes in the offensive line, the real problem may in fact be the declining skill set of QB Eli Manning, now in his 15th season. The Giants keep trying to develop quarterbacks to succeed Manning, and ended up wasting a pick last year on Davis Webb, who went to the Jets in preseason.

Here's an idea. If you can convince Eli's telegenically challenged brother, Nationwide salesman Peyton, to stop ruining Brad Paisley's career (the new commercials suck) and give Eli some help, maybe there's an outside chance Big Blue makes the playoffs. At this rate, that ain't happening.