Tag: Nassau Community College
OFFSIDE REMARKS: The birth of a sports writing career many years ago
On Friday, June 24, FrontRowSoccer.com editor Michael Lewis celebrates his 48th anniversary in the sports writing business. That was the day Lewis joined the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in 1974.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: When one sportswriter’s passion for football (not futbol) wanes
I just can’t believe it has been seven years, seven years from the day — Oct. 1, 2014 — when my interest in football — started to wane.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: A happy birthday to a new member of the septuagenarian club
Just wanted to wish New England Revolution head coach Bruce Arena a happy 70th birthday!
Read MoreOFFSIDE REMARKS: The birth of a sportswriting career many years ago
On Thursday, June 24, FrontRowSoccer.com editor Michael Lewis celebrates his 47th anniversary in the sportswriting business. That was the day Lewis joined the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in 1974.
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LOCAL STORY NO. 10: The passing of LISFL president Gus Xikis
During a weeknight game of the Long Island Soccer Football League’s Ryder-Vass Under-23 tournament in the summer of 2019, Jim Kilmeade decided to watch his son Jack play for the Northport team.
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50 YEARS ON: Looking back at a special NCC soccer team that is still making an impact today
Do the names Bruce Arena, Bob Montgomery, Angelo Anastasio, Al Vitiello or Carlo Mazarese ring a bell to you?
Read MoreLOOKED LIKE A BEATLE, PLAYED LIKE A SPIDER: Arena stood out as a goalkeeper at NCC
He looked like a Beatle but played like a spider.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: There were times this writer refused a byline
If you’re reading this particular column about soccer, well, it’s not exactly about it, although soccer definitely sets the scene.
Read MoreOFFSIDE REMARKS: Why I write
During the last three months of the shutdown and lockdown or whatever you want to call it, I’ve had a lot of time to think and be more introspective.
Read MoreOFFSIDE REMARKS: Birth of a sportswriting career many years ago
On Wednesday, June 24, FrontRowSoccer.com editor Michael Lewis celebrates his 46th anniversary in the newspaper business. That was the day Lewis joined the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in 1974.
Read MoreYOU CAN COME HOME AGAIN: Repost: USMNT coach Arena uses his old field as training site (2004)
As the bus carrying the U.S. national team rumbled through on Hempstead Turnpike on Monday, Bruce Arena told his staff about his boyhood days growing up in this Long Island town.
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EASIER WRITTEN THAN DONE: ‘It looks quite simple. It is also very tiring’
Back in 1976, to discover what it’s like to be a soccer player and a Rochester Lancer, Democrat and Chronicle reporter Michael Lewis spent two days with the North American Soccer League team that week. Lewis survived what he called “two vigorous and exhausting” days of practice.
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