All Entries in the "Sporting Views" Category
A Message to All Senior Student Athletes
Congratulations to all seniors. One small part in your long journey in life is coming to an end and another one is about to begin. Before you play your final high school varsity games and then get ready for graduation I have a few thoughts and some advice to share with you. 1. Don’t rush [...]
Tigers Defeat Unicorn Behind Strong Arm of Sophomore Chris Medeot
It was a tale of two games for the White Plains Tigers baseball team in their opening week of action. They began the 2012 season with a horrible 8-0 lose to Pelham. In this game the Tigers didn’t get any hits, committed four errors and starting pitcher Stephen Schiavone had to come out of the [...]
Chris Medeot Sure Knows How to Make a First Impression
Very few high school athletes can say that in their first game started at the varsity level they played a significant role in helping their team win, but White Plains sophomore starting pitcher Chris Medeot will always have that distinction. Medeot, a right handed thrower, made a sudden impact by throwing a seven-inning complete game [...]
My Favorite Athlete of All-Time: A Brother’s Tribute
I used to love March 24th every year but now I loathe it and I can’t wait for the day to be over. March 24th is my brother’s birthday. I used to love the day because I always liked to celebrate my brother. I’m a very proud older brother. He is my best friend and [...]
Thomas Qualifies for State Championships by Winning Long And Triple Jumps
There are very few things in life that a person can count on to happen. Some people say there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. Within the world of sports you know Rex Ryan is going to say too much and the New York Mets will find a way to break their fans [...]
High School Basketball and The Westchester County Center: A Beautiful Thing
It’s time for Westchester’s version of March Madness; beginning on Monday the Westchester County Center will be transformed into a basketball arena and by Sunday afternoon there will numerous Section I champions and lots of great stories to be told. Unfortunately the White Plains Tigers won’t be represented at the County Center since both teams [...]
Renna Helps Golfers Improve Their Golf Game Through Fitness Training
Serious golfers are a crazy bunch of people. I know this very well because I’m a golf fanatic. If you love this game like I do the game is always in your mind. I’m very lucky that my job lets me drive through Westchester Country past many beautiful and challenging golf courses. With the weather [...]
Lady Tigers Start the Post Season Friday Against New Rochelle
Three months of practice and a little over two months of games now are culminating in the sectional playoffs for the Lady Tigers beginning this Friday. The goal is rather simple: win or your season is over. The Lady Tigers enter the Sectional Tournament not playing their best ball of the winter. After having their [...]
Lady Tigers Can Learn Lessons From Giants and Kyle Stanley
There are many lessons a sports fan can learn from watching their favorite teams or sports on televisions. Sometimes you can take these lessons from athletic events that you watch and incorporate them into your every day life. Two key sporting events took place this past Sunday. The New York Giants, for the second time [...]
Going Back In Time and Still Loving Collecting Sports Cards
By Peter Gerken In life there are very few moments when you get a sincere opportunity to revisit your youth. Travel back in time to relive something that you really enjoyed when you were young and life couldn’t be any more simple. I had this opportunity this past Sunday when I attended my first baseball [...]
Indoor Track and Field Athletes Deserve Your Attention
By Peter Gerken Being a high school runner you don’t get the benefits that most of the other sports in high school. The most popular sports are most certainly going to be football, soccer, basketball, baseball and lacrosse. All of these sports usually have home games on the school’s campus at the very least. In [...]
If I Could Vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame
By Peter Gerken Every year around this time some of the most interesting and argumentative sports columns gets written by members of the Baseball Writers of America Association (BWAA) stating their personal philosophy who will or will not get to be enshrined at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The BWAA is a very [...]
Eby Teaches Students Through Coaching and by Playing Soccer at a High Level
As a journalist sometimes you get lucky when researching a story and you come across something or someone that makes you do a double take and say to yourself “this is an amazing story that I can’t wait to tell people about.” A few weeks ago I started looking in doing a story about [...]
Bob Hyland Takes a Look Back to His Football Playing Days
By Peter Gerken Writer’s Note: I conducted this interview a few weeks before Thanksgiving in anticipation of Bob Hyland celebrating 30 years owning Bob Hyland’s Sports Page Pub. Due to the length of this interview it will be presented in two parts. Below is the first part. I hope you enjoy reading this. PG: How [...]
Q & A with Jeff Pearlman
This week I had the opportunity to interview author Jeff Pearlman about his writing career and his newly released book, “Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton.” Pearlman, who grew up in Mahopac, has written for Sports Illustrated, Newsday and has already published books on the 1986 New York Mets, The Dallas Cowboys, Barry Bonds [...]
Stepinac Winning Streak Continues
This past Saturday the Archbishop Stepinac Crusaders took to the gridiron to open the 2011 season and beat the Middletown High School Middies 41-20 picking up their 13th straight victory. The Crusaders are coming off their best year in school history going 12-0 in 2010 and there were a lot of questions heading into the [...]
To An Absent Friend
If there is one thing in life I will never get used to is the news of someone who died. Today I found out a friend of mine who I have known for several years through my gym had passed away suddenly. It hit me like a ton of bricks and I will miss seeing [...]
Inside Gerken’s Cranium
It’s times to clear my head and to share some things that I have been thinking about in the world of sports and a few other things too. One quick thing before I begin this column. In college I was lucky enough to be sport’s editor of the college newspaper for one year. One of [...]
A SJU Fan’s Weekend
This past weekend was wonderful for St. John’s University alumni. On Friday night Chris Mullin was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA and golfer Keegan Bradley captured the PGA Championship. Mullin was one of the most skilled and intense basketball players ever to come out of New York City. He [...]
Greetings
Greetings from my crowded and messy sports desk which right now is filled with press guides, several newspapers, stat sheets, copies of numerous magazine articles printed off the Internet and notepads filled with potential story ideas for the soon to be launched White Plains Examiner. Thank you for allowing me to share this space with [...]
