Southport and Ainsdale – Ancient and Venerable, Rare and Wonderful —Special to JF.com and Golf News Net— [Editor’s Note: Last year our Indomitable Sportsman, Jay Flemma, spent a glorious eight days lost amidst the fabulous dunes of northwest England – England’s Golf Coast as it is called. As we turn towards GNN’s live coverage of the 2026 Open...
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 15 – Black Mountain —by Jay Flemma Special to Slave to the Traffic Light Adventure Magazine— NORTH CONWAY, NH – There is a bit of black magic going down in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. With some timely, last-second prestidigitation, a once beloved mom and pop ski resort has been saved from being relegated to...
SPECIAL TO GOLF NEWS NET SOUTHAMPTON, NY – It Wyndham in the wind on Thursday at the U.S. Open as Wyndham Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open Champion at L.A. Country Club, fired a sizzling 8-under 64 in blustery conditions to lead the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills by three shots. Meanwhile a whopping six former U.S. Open champions shot ever par or better, and eight players...
SOUTHAMPTON, NY – Isn’t it great when something, anything lives up to the hype? We live in a world where journalists have to build everything up to such a degree of hagiographic hero worship, that it takes work to discern what’s culture and what’s a commercial. Happily, this week at the U.S. Open, no one will have to worry that the golf course – ancient and venerable...
SOUTHAMPTON, NY – Nowhere will Shinnecock Hills reveal its slavering jaws as a U.S. Open venue more than at its formidable par-3s. For mere mortal golfers, the par-3s can often be a welcome refuge from the course. Occasionally – not often, but occasionally – the shortest golf holes are the deadliest: like the 12th at Augusta National, the 17th at Pebble Beach...
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 13 – Sugarbush —by Jay Flemma Special to Slave to the Traffic Light Adventure Magazine— WARREN, VT – Any conversation of the greatest ski areas in North America must include Sugarbush. End of story. Sugarbush is too important historically – it is the cradle of extreme skiing in America. Sugarbush has too much gnar –...
Golf News Net on iHeartRadio returns with my post Masters review. Ryan Ballengee, head of all things GNN joins us with his thoughts on the wild ride that is Rory McIlroy. First he looks like the Rory of the early 2010s, then he looks like the Rory that ran from that tennis chick like she was a live scorpion, then he finally (FINALLY!) tamed Amen Corner to coast to...
The dream is postponed indefinitely; it will be at least another two years before Americans will have a chance to vie for the FIDE World Chess Championship. Americans Fabi Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, the number 2 and 3 players in the world respectively were upset by 20-year old Uzbeki wunderkind Javokor Sindarov, who raced out to an early lead and dominated the...
[Author’s Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series on Sugarbush. Click here for A Sugarbush Love Story] MOUNTAIN GAZETTEER – SUGARBUSH RESORT With the exception of the gondola being eliminated and the Slide Brook Express added to connect Mt. Ellen to Lincoln Peak, Sugarbush remains much the same as it was in the glory days of “Sugarbush North,” the...
It’s always an announcement that generates excitement in golf circles: what will the defending Masters champion serve to the former champions gathered for dinner the night before the Masters par-3 contest begins? Angel Cabrera served Argentinian steaks – well received! – while Sandy Lyle served haggis – not so popular – and Tiger...
PRESS RELEASE FROM ENTABENI AND INDY PASS: “ENTABENI SYSTEMS AND INDY PASS RELOCATE HEADQUARTERS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE; REASSUMES FULL OWNERSHIP OF BLACK MOUNTAIN Historic Ski Area Reborn as Innovation Hub for Independent Ski Areas JACKSON, N.H. — March 12, 2026 — Black Mountain will operate both as a ski area and as an “Independent Mountain Laboratory.” Erik...
A SUGARBUSH LOVE STORY Early 1964 was bitterly cold along I-90 in upstate New York. The Beatles “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” was in the midst of a seven-week run as number one song on American Top 40. NASA’s Ranger 7 spacecraft snapped and transmitted back home the first close-up photographs of the Moon. American Douglas Engelbart invented the first computer mouse...
Two tidbits of skiing news for this week: First, Indy Pass is announcing the addition of sixteen new ski areas for the 26/27 season, including Les 7 Laux, France; Bergbahnen Hohsaas AG, Switzerland; Valmorel, France; Stöten i Sälen, Sweden; Levi, Finland; Murray Ski Ridge, BC; Pebble Creek Ski Area, ID; Thrill Hills, ND; Stranda Ski Resort, Norway; Bethel Village...
The field is set for the 2026 FIDE World Classical Chess Championship Candidates Tournament, and for once Americans are favored to win not only the Candidates Tournament, but the entire FIDE world title later in the year. Eight players from seven different nations will play each other twice – once each as white and black. Players score one point for each win...
Doug Fish’s appearance on Jay Flemma Sports Report revealed the latest on Snowvana – the new Boston ski and snowboard show replacing Snowbound which moved to Connecticut. Click here for the full interview. Snowvana has had a terrific run in Portland, Seattle, and now Minnesota. Word from Fish is EXPANSION! And more than just Boston. Meanwhile, the Boston...