Meet Nick Christakis, one of the Red Wings’
biggest fans; plus, a Red Wings update
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Ryan Whirty
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The Roar look to make some noise
Women’s football team tries to score more local attention
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The other Rhinos
It’s a drizzly day at PAETECPark, just two days before the brand-new stadium celebrates its June 3 grand opening with a Rochester Rhinos soccer game. But tonight the men are nowhere to be found. Tonight, the women rule the turf. The members of the W-League Rochester Rhinos women’s team go through their daily paces under […]
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Steeeeee-rike!
For Brian Kennedy, it all comes down to respect — or the lack of it. From his place on the board of directors of the Association of Minor League Umpires, Kennedy says the members of the AMLU are striking this year because their employer, Minor League Baseball, treats them like Rodney Dangerfield. So earlier this […]
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A league of their own
As a kid, Eugenio Cotto Jr. would come home after school and immediately grab his baseball glove and pair of spikes. He simply couldn’t wait. “Baseball was already on my mind,” he says. “I was already at the baseball park.” Unfortunately, Cotto admits, he wasn’t all that great at playing the game. But that didn’t […]
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Wings and a prayer
Rochester Red Wings General Manager Dan Mason calls the rival Buffalo Bisons “the Yankees of the International League.” Whether that’s a compliment or a slam is open to interpretation, depending on your feelings about the Bronx Bombers and their absurdly humongous payroll. But as a statement of fact, Mason’s evaluation of the Bisons is pretty […]
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From getting lost to finding your Irish
Wanna work off a few pounds? Gotta burn off some work-related frustration? Just need to get out? Participatory recreational opportunities abound in the city and county; if you’re eager to get physical, there are plenty of options. Let’s start with sporting clubs. If you’ve got the need for speed — on ice — try the […]
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Sporting goods
Last year, Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal named Rochester the number one minor-league sports market in the country. The city boasts pro sports franchises that are both storied and cutting-edge, some steeped in tradition, others still growing out of their infancy. The granddaddy of them all is the Rochester Red Wings, a Triple-A baseball […]
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Now, the playoffs push
For 15 straight seasons, the Rochester Americans have qualified for the American League Hockey playoffs. In 1989, the last time the Amerks missed out on the post-season, Bush Senior was in the White House and Nirvana was just a club band kicking around Seattle. That could all end this season. With two months to go, […]
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Home ice
When Rochester Americans general manager Jody Gage took the call from American Hockey League president Dave Andrews, he assumed pessimistically that something was wrong. “My first thought was, ‘What player got suspended?’” Gage says. So when Andrews told Gage he had been selected as one of the first seven members of the nascent AHL Hall […]
