August 15, 2017
Friends, Not the full update today, but just a quick note to remind you of tomorrow’s U.S. International Trade Commission hearing on the solar trade petition. But before we get to that, it was 14 years ago today, just after 4:10 p.m. that the Northeast suffered its most significant blackout in a generation. The blackout […]
August 7, 2017
Friends, Well, we finally might have a chance to breathe now that Congress has headed back home for the August Work Period. It has been a pretty crazy nine months since election day 2016. I’m sure there will be plenty of action outside the Beltway in August given the results (or lack thereof, depending on […]
July 31, 2017
Friends, Well, August is here and I wish I could say it seems like things are settling out in DC. Maybe not, but we still soldier on. August does mean a few things though, so get ready… Congress is likely to find its way out of town – perhaps as early as this week. Meanwhile, […]
July 24, 2017
Friends, It was an exciting close to the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in Southport England with Jordan Spieth and Matt Kutcher dueling over the final 18 holes. Trailing for the first time all weekend after a 13th-hole bogey, Spieth shot 5-under over the final five holes to pull away to win his first […]
July 17, 2017
Friends, How about a cheer for the old folks as Roger Federer continues to amaze with another Wimbledon title, his record breaking 8th victory. And while Venus Williams came up just short in her 20th Wimbledon at age 37, they both deserve kudos for another great Grand Slam performance. While I was working on the […]
July 10, 2017
Friends, With the July 4th holiday passing, it means we had some great fireworks (especially in DC) and that the Tour de France is rolling in France. With 9 of 21 stages complete, the riders have reached the first rest day today with 4-time champ Chris Froome racing up the Mont du Chat yesterday to […]
June 26, 2017
Friends, Despite the searing 100+ degree heat, the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships came to a stirring finale yesterday at Sacramento State. Dalilah Muhammad led a scintillating 400M hurdle competition, Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs threw haymakers at each other in a crowd-pleasing shot put and Olympic 1500M Gold medalist Matt Centrowitz was clipped […]
June 19, 2017
Friends, I hope you all enjoyed your Father’s Day as much as I did. I was completely out of control running a 10K with Adam in the morning (he smoked me in the last two miles: 39:00 to 41:50), officiated 6 lax games with Hannah, then went with all three (and sat in the prime […]
June 12, 2017
Friends, Another exciting weekend with a $450 million POWERBALL winner (not me), Pittsburgh winning the Stanley Cup for the second straight year and scoring a winner in the Belmont. While I had the Win/Place order reversed, I still won a $5 Exacta (which paid out $115) on Saturday as Tapwrit outdueled Irish War Cry to […]
June 5, 2017
Friends, The jet lag of the red eye last Monday/Tuesday helped me overlook a big happening in the lax world last week. On Monday, Maryland’s Men’s team broke a 42-year drought of “almost wons” by beating Ohio State 9-6 to take the NCAA title. The day before, the Maryland Women won their 3rd title in […]