By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Winning the Lakeland Summer Soccer League championship has been like the Madden Curse, the Sports Illustrated jinx or the simple kiss of death over the course of its 17 years of existence. Only
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Here’s the thing about August: It can be uncomfortably hot and humid and can draw all kinds of robust weather patterns that can wreak day-to-day havoc, including hurricanes like this here Debby, tropical storms,
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays There are certain former Section 1 athletes that I run into from time to time, and then there are actual legends, the kind of high school prep that transformed the game, changed the way
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays So, I’m hanging out with a friend of mine from Mahopac during a Fourth of July party, a guy that’s really into local sports. Maybe not quite the junkie I am, but he
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Spent a few days on the beach last week listening to sports talk radio, and the amount of panic revolving around the Yankees was borderline hysteria as they continue this month-long freefall heading
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays I’ll be the first to admit track and field gets shortchanged when it comes to Examiner Media coverage. Our shortcomings on this front are recognized, and short of making excuses, we’ll simply say
Read MoreYes, it’s baseball season, and we are right smack dab in the middle of a pair of potentially promising campaigns by our beloved Yankees and Mets. But many of us New Yorkers are jacked for a forthcoming Knicks’ 2024-25 NBA
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The growth of soccer in North America is flipping crazy. The emergence has been a long time in the making, and the increase in immigration, legal or otherwise, is sure to add to
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Folks within the Putnam Valley Central School District are hopeful that Rob Webb, the newly-minted director of physical education, athletics and health services, will stop the perpetual carousel of A.D.s within the Tiger
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays And just like that, my 35th year on the Section 1 circuit as ‘Direct Rays’ – sports editor/writer/photo journalist and oft-protagonist/antagonist – has come to an end; with much more on the horizon,
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