by Jay Flemma, Special to Facewash Magazine UTICA, NY – It was full-throated. It was sustained. It was almost defiant, (especially when aimed at Syracuse). And it had to be downright surreal being on the other team and skating in the middle of it. “U! TI! CA!” “U! TI! CA!” “U! TI! CA!” It’s bad enough when you’re...
It’s that time again – silly season. Yes the advent of the Holidays heralds peace, love, and goodwill to all men, (and shopping deals to part you from what little disposable income you have left…), but it also means lowest common denominator television events, strange formats, and pining for golf if you live in the North Country. Still, each year we...
We went 2-1 in teasers, 5-1 overall last week, improving the season totals to 36-18 overall, 13-14 in teasers. Meanwhile, Ernesto is back from vacation. The cats played their usual .500 ball in his absence, but now it’s time to find that extra gear as we push towards the playoffs. Here are this week’s winners…go crush your bookie! NFC DIVISIONAL...
They Stepped Into the Freezer – Syracuse Crunch and Utica Comets Play Largest Indoor Hockey Game in Continental History By Jay Flemma, Special to Facewash Magazine SYRACUSE, NY – Syracuse Crunch owner Howard Dolgon set out to prove a point and he did – upstate New York is a national hockey epicenter. 30,715 ardent hockey fans braved the aftermath of...
[Editor’s Note: As part of the celebrations for Jay’s 10th anniversary as a sports writer, Jeff Shelley conducted this interview with Jay. For the second part of the interview, we’ll also answer questions form the fans and readers.] 1. What made you want to become a golf writer? It was more dumb luck than anything. I never planned this or even...
Jazz the Cat went 2-1 in teasers last week, 5-1 overall, raising the season stats to 11-13 in teasers, 31-17 overall. This week, meet the world’s smartest cat, Barstow. Owned by uber-whiz-kid wunderkind Ian Clarke, Barstow has impressive sense of time. In the pic above he knows it’s 2:58 p.m. and in two minutes the feeder will release the last food of the...
Of course there are no celebrations around here without music! Joining such luminaries as Phish, Bowling for Soup, and Foo Fighters in various Flemmapalooza celebrations, this year’s musical guest was Mike Doughty, former lead singer of Soul Coughing, who rocked the famous Water Street Music Hall in Rockchester…err…Rochester Saturday night.. It was...
Fans Ask “Is it our Time?” as Plucky Comets Steal Another win By Jay Flemma, Special to Facewash Magazine UTICA, NY – This was game the fans had been waiting for. This was the moment of truth: that gut-check, dig-deep, “go out there and take it” win that eluded local teams for forty-five years. This was the kind of game four and a half...
So it’s coming up on my 10th anniversary as a sports writer! We’ll have two weeks of celebrations going on both here and at Cybergolf. We’ll be writing about Ferry Point in New York City, Royal Isabela in Puerto Rico, covering Comets hockey, and football picks. but wait there’s more – as Mick Jagger would say, “PLUS!” –...
Faith the Cat went 1-1, 2-2 so far in her picks. (She has the Eagles and the over tonight, so we’ll recalculate the stats next week, but right now we stand 25-15 overall, but only 9-11 in teasers.) This week Jazz takes his turn in the hot seat, the third of the four cats who sub in for a month while our normal animal prognosticator, Ernesto the Prediction...
Comets Regain Top Record in AHL Behind Fourth Markstrom Shut-out By Jay Flemma – Special to Facewash Magazine UTICA, NY – The AHL is going to have to start a peer support group for league goalies called Markstrom Anonymous or “Mark-anon.” “Hello, my name is Andy, and my team was shut-out by Jacob Markstrom.…” “Hi Andy...
This week on the Golf News Net Radio Network we have travel and design experts Bruce Moulton and Pat Mucci and architects Stephen Kay and Steve Smyers! Coming soon: Architect Jeff Brauer and super Mark Anderson of Copake Country Club in upstate New York. Jeff and Bruce will preview the NHL as well as talk golf. Coming soon – Fox Sports’ Steve Czaban and...
For the second year in a row, Squeakers the Cat did a lousy job of picking the games while our normal guy, Ernesto the Prediction Iguana, is on vacation. Squeakers went 4-2 – barely, thanks Steelers for helping save us from the first winless teaser week in AWITP history – and she went only 1-2 in teasers. I suppose it’s not her fault…I mean...
Trick and Treat – Senators Halt Streaks, Comets Steal Point By Jay Flemma – Special to Facewash Magazine UTICA, NY – Were there tricks or were there treats at the Utica Aud last night? I’m afraid it’s both. The Utica Comets saw two streaks halted by the Binghamton Senators 4-3 in overtime, yet still stole a point from their division...