Rutland native John Cameron whose cousins are Mike Cameron of WSYB radio in Rutland and former MSJ and Fair Haven head football coach Brian Grady, who is now the offensive coordinator at Castleton, was the public address announcer of the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl Game on Saturday at Dave Wolk Stadium at Castleton University. John…… Continue Reading

The 66th annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl game is tomorrow at 5:30 at Dave Wolk Stadium at Castleton University. The parade in Castleton is at 3PM. Former Castleton President Dave Wolk is the Grand Marshal. New Hampshire leads in the series 47-16 with 2 ties, but Vermont has won the last three straight. The Vermont…… Continue Reading

I mentioned last week that I would be surprised if the Red Sox won more than one game in the 4 game series with the Yankees at Fenway over the weekend.The Sox did better than I thought winning three out four, but it really isn’t good enough. When you win the first three of a…… Continue Reading

I didn’t see all the induction speeches at the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday, but I did see the speeches by Edgar Martinez,Lee Smith and Mariano Rivera and they were all outstanding! I went to the Hall of Fame once and that was back in 1977. I hope to get back some day. Cooperstown, New…… Continue Reading

Congratulations to the US women’s soccer team. They won and they deserved it. They deserve all the accolades and the parade up “The Canyon of Heroes” is an honor that not everybody gets. I was rooting for them, but I still don’t think they were that likable. If they don’t want to go to the…… Continue Reading

For the record I correctly predicted 7 of the 9 American League starters and 7 out of the 8 starters for the National League for the All Star game coming up on July 9th in Cleveland. Now to the US womens soccer team: I have explained the National Anthem respect thing a million times both…… Continue Reading

I think the Tampa Bay/ Montreal discussion is ridiculous! It will never fly and do you think the Major League Players Association would ever go for that? Of course not! What free agent would ever sign with a team that would split its home games in two different locations, two different countries in two cities…… Continue Reading

Well the Toronto Raptors are the NBA champions and as was the case with the St. Louis Blues the night before they deserved it. Like St. Louis, Toronto also won three games on the road which is actually more difficult in the NBA than it is in the NHL. I went with Golden State in…… Continue Reading

For once will people get off Tom Brady’s back? Why the furor from Mets fans over whether Tom Brady’s “people” have decided to trademark “Tom Terrific”? Wait a minute you can’t do that because Tom Seaver is “Tom Terrific”, not Tom Brady. My first reaction was who cares? Like “Deflate Gate” it was much ado…… Continue Reading

Former Rutland High football standout Kyle Kelly who was a member of the Vermont Shrine football team in 2012 has accepted a full time position as a team operations assistant with the Detroit Lions. Kyle had been an intern with the Cleveland Browns. Kyle has already started his job and tomorrow he will be travelling…… Continue Reading

It’s the Bruins vs. St. Louis in the Stanley Cup Final. I’m going with the Bruins in 6. I picked San Jose in 6 against St. Louis. After San Jose won game 3 in overtime on the controversial hand pass goal, the Sharks went up 2 games to 1. San Jose never won another game…… Continue Reading

The Bruins are in the Stanley Cup Finals after sweeping Carolina in the Eastern Conference Finals. Tukka Rask has been fantastic and he is the front runner for the Conn Smythe Trophy, but he has to close the deal. If the Bruins don’t go on the win the cup the playoffs to this point would…… Continue Reading

I know predictions are just lucky guesses, but I did say the Bruins over Columbus in 6 and I said Milwaukee over the Celtics in 6. The Celtics really did stink the joint out and they really couldn’t turn on the switch. Milwaukee was a far better team and remember they were the #1 seed…… Continue Reading

I was watching the Red Sox and the Bruins last night and I happened to be watching the Red Sox when I heard the news. It was also mentioned on the NBC national broadcast of the Bruins game. John Havlicek died yesterday at the age of 79. Another hero of my youth is gone. What…… Continue Reading

The Celtics with a 4 game sweep, but it wasn’t that easy as each individual game was a battle. The Bruins and Toronto go to a game 7 tomorrow night. What home ice advantage? Both the Bruins and Toronto have won twice on the road. That being said you really want to have a game…… Continue Reading

Tiger wins the Masters! That is one of the greatest sports stories ever! Who would’ve thought that Tiger would somehow win another Masters,14 years after his last one and 11 years since his last major? Jim McKay used to say before ABC’s Wide World of Sports “The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat…The…… Continue Reading

I’m going with Texas Tech over Virginia in the NCAA national championship men’s basketball game tonight. Tough one! Who has the momentum? They both won in the semi’s. If you believe in momentum from game to game…..this one should end in a tie! I wonder how many fans noticed there was a no call on…… Continue Reading

Recently I interviewed former Burlington High School star athlete Jeff Hughes who went on to play college football at the University of Nebraska and played on two national championship teams. He will be inducted into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame on April 13th. As it turns out there is a connection between Hughes and…… Continue Reading

The Major League baseball season gets underway today. For what it’s worth here are my predictions: National League: West: 1. LA Dodgers 2. Colorado 3. San Diego 4. Arizona 5. San Francisco Central: 1. Milwaukee 2. Cubs 3. St. Louis 4. Pittsburgh 5. Cincinnati East: 1. Philadelphia 2. Washington 3. Atlanta 4. Mets 5. Miami…… Continue Reading

How are your brackets doing? Man I hate that expression, but right now everybody’s bracket is perfect. For what it’s worth my “Final Four” is Tennessee, Duke, Michigan and Kentucky with Tennessee over Michigan in the championship. I’m really just guessing. Whether you’re an expert or not, all this bracket stuff is pure luck. Yes…… Continue Reading

Giant fans can’t be too happy about losing Odell Beckam,Jr.? Jets fans have to be happy about signing Le’Veon Bell. He did sit out a year which isn’t always a good thing. I know this is called the “legal tampering” period, but it’s funny that the Patriots are the only team that hasn’t done anything…… Continue Reading

The girls basketball state championship games are coming up this weekend and the boys basketball playoffs head to the quarterfinals. Divisions 1 and 2 are intriguing in boys basketball as any of a number of teams can win it. I’ve never understood why anybody would rather play in a first round game than have a…… Continue Reading

All we know right now is that Bob Kraft solicited a prostitute. A stupid thing for him to do, certainly embarrassing and if I ever have a chance to talk to him I would ask..”What the hell were you thinking?” Right now it is a misdemeanor, not a felony and even though I’m sure the…… Continue Reading

Geez! Let it go people! Julian Edelman was popped for PED’s so therefore he shouldn’t have been playing in the Super Bowl, let alone MVP. I’m still hearing it from the idiots on Fox Sports Radio. I listened for about two minutes on Friday night and that’s all they were talking about. It was almost…… Continue Reading

I am surprised that the Patriots got to the Super Bowl let alone win it. My thoughts right up until the end of the season. I am shocked that the score was 13-3. Once they did get to the Super Bowl in this game I thought the Patriots would win 31-24. Most of the predictions…… Continue Reading

I didn’t watch any of the NHL competition because I was busy. I wasn’t busy yesterday except that I did watch “Godfather I”. Anyway I watched the Pro Bowl for about five minutes. That’s five minutes of my life I’ll never get back. What a joke! It is a complete joke! What is even more…… Continue Reading

The 2019 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame is a good one. At least the four new inductees announced yesterday. The four new inductees are Mariano Rivera,Edgar Martinez,Mike Mussina and Roy Halladay. All of them deserve to be there and of course they will join Lee Smith and Harold Baines who were elected by…… Continue Reading

My NFL record is 160-88. This Sunday I’m going with the two home teams: New Orleans over the LA Rams and Kansas City over the Patriots. I believe home field does make a difference in the NFL especially in the Conference championship games. I don’t see anything wrong with the Patriots playing the underdog card.…… Continue Reading

It’s the divisional round in the NFL with two games tomorrow and two games coming up on Sunday. After going 0-4 last week my record is now 156-88. Here goes: On Saturday Kansas City over Indianapolis LA Rams over Dallas On Sunday NE Patriots over LA Chargers New Orleans over Philadelphia Rutland native Jenny Everett…… Continue Reading

I went 0-4 during the NFL wildcard weekend and my record falls to 156-88. What does 0-4 mean? Nothing except it proves that I’m not a psychic. It’s all pure luck anyway. I went with Chicago to beat Philly and if Cody Parkey hits the field goal I’m at least 1-3. I don’t think that…… Continue Reading

Pittsford native Lucas Bombardier has signed a professional contract with the Greenville, South Carolina Swamp Rabbits of the East Coast Hockey League. Lucas had been playing pro hockey with the Knoxville Ice Bears of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Lucas played college hockey and lacrosse at Trine University in Angola, Indiana. He played hockey under…… Continue Reading

I went 13-3 in the football picks and now stand at 131-77. Here goes in the finall weekend of the regular season. Buffalo over Miami Green Bay over Detroit NE Patriots over NY Jets New Orleans over Carolina NY Giants over Dallas Atlanta over Tampa Bay Houston over Jacksonville LA Chargers over Denver Kansas City…… Continue Reading

I went 13-3 in NFL week #16 and I now stand at 144-80 on the year. Through college football bowl games on December 22nd I stand at 8-7. Here are my picks through December 29th: Wednesday December 26th Boise State over Boston College in the First Responder Bowl at Cotton Bowl in Dallas Georgia Tech…… Continue Reading

I wasn’t at the Rutland at Rice boys basketball game on Monday night, but judging by the pictures in the Burlington Free Press the game was nowhere near a packed house. That surprises me. The game a week ago between Rutland and Mt. Mansfield at Rutland a game that I was at and was a…… Continue Reading

Five College football bowl games coming up tomorrow. I’m going with Lousiana-Lafayette over Tulane in the Autonation Cure Bowl Utah State over North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl Fresno State over Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl Georgia Southern over Eastern Michigan in the Camellia Bowl Appalachian State over Middle Tennessee in the…… Continue Reading

A terrible 8-8 in my NFL picks in week #14 and I now stand at 130-76. The only two places I didn’t see the constant showing of the end of the Patriots-Miami game was on MLB and the weather channel and I’m not sure, but they could’ve shown the play over and over too. I’m…… Continue Reading

I went 10-6 last week and I now stand at 122-68. Thursday December 6th Tennessee over Jacksonville Sunday December 9th Buffalo over NY Jets Carolina over Cleveland Green Bay over Atlanta Houston over Indianapolis Kansas City over Baltimore NE Patriots over Miami New Orleans over Tampa Bay NY Giants over Washington LA Chargers over Cincinnati…… Continue Reading

I now stand at 113-62 in my NFL football picks: Thursday November 29th New Orleans over Dallas Sunday December 2nd Atlanta over Baltimore Denver over Cincinnati LA Rams over Detroit Green Bay over Arizona Houston over Cleveland Indianapolis over Jacksonville Miami over Buffalo Chicago over NY Giants Carolina over Tampa Bay Kansas City over Oakland…… Continue Reading

OK my official record is now 101-59 in my NFL picks. Really! Week #12 Thanksgiving day Chicago over Detroit Dallas over Washington New Orleans over Atlanta Sunday November 25th Baltimore over Oakland Jacksonville over Buffalo Seattle over Carolina Cincinnati over Cleveland NE Patriots over NY Jets Philadelphia over NY Giants Tampa Bay over San Francisco…… Continue Reading

I went 7-7 last week and now have a record of 94-47 which is now the corrected updated record Thursday November 15th Seattle over Green Bay Sunday November 18th Atlanta over Dallas Baltimore over Cincinnati Carolina over Detroit Tennessee over Indianapolis Pittsburgh over Jacksonville NY Giants over Tampa Bay Houston over Washington Arizona over Oakland…… Continue Reading

The Poultney-Woodstock game was closer than I expected and Mt. Mansfield was better than I expected. I give the Cougars credit and they deserved to win, but it was probably Rutland’s worst game of the year. I expected Burr and Burton to win in Division 2, but I expected the game to be a little…… Continue Reading

I was 9-4 in my NFL picks last week and now stand at 81-46 Thursday November 8th Carolina over Pittsburgh Sunday November 11th Chicago over Detroit New Orleans over Cincinnati Atlanta over Cleveland Indianapolis over Jacksonville Kansas City over Arizona NY Jets over Buffalo Tampa Bay over Washington NE Patriots over Tennessee LA Chargers over…… Continue Reading

Winning the World Series is the main thing, but as long as they have individual awards you might as well talk about them. That being said why isn’t JD Martinez at least a finalist in the AL MVP race? I get it about DH and all that, but MVP is an offensive award and always…… Continue Reading

Listen to what Alex Cora actually said please! When he said “suck on it” at the parade yesterday he was talking about the “gloom and doomers” and the “doubters” after the loss to the Yankees in game 2 of the ALDS. He was also talking about negative Boston sports talk radio. He said we went…… Continue Reading

The World Series is over and with it a few thoughts: I never imagined I’d see the Red Sox win one World Series in my lifetime, let alone four. Only Sox fans of my generation would understand. I think Steve Pearce deserved to win the World Series MVP, but so did others like David Price…… Continue Reading

Was Curt Schilling not invited to the pre-game ceremony before the World Series game day last night because of his political points of view or was it just an oversight? Good question! I went 11-3 in the NFL last week and now I stand at 64-41 overall. Here goes for week #8: Thursday October 25th…… Continue Reading

Hey the Patriots were lucky and I know I sound like a broken record, but it’s still about the defense. The next time Cordarrelle Patterson celebrates a touchdown, I hope he at least waits until he gets into the end zone! I wish Scott Zolak would stop interrupting Bob Socci during great calls. It’s annoying!.…… Continue Reading

Yes I thought it was a home-run and no interference on the ball that Jose Altuve hit last night in the first inning and the Red Sox got a huge break. A couple of things though that might be overlooked. #1 that did happen in the first inning and there was a lot of game…… Continue Reading

Hard to believe there are just two games to go in the regular season in high school football. It’s week #7. I went 12-3 last week and now stand at 65-27. Friday October 12th Rutland over Essex. That game on NSN St. Johnsbury over CVU on NSN Rice over U32 on NSN Fair Haven over…… Continue Reading

Yes I’ll admit it I was sleeping when the Red Sox clinched the American League Division Series last night against the Yankees. A good thing too because I don’t know what I would’ve done during the stressful 9th inning. I was sleeping as the Red Sox clobbered the Yankees the night before too. Let me…… Continue Reading