I'm on the outside looking on at this one, no longer working at a daily. But I find the recent news surrounding the fate of this summer's Empire State Games troubling -- and disappionting. This is one of the great grass-roots sporting events in this country.

So where do we go from here. What are the options?

Instead of reporting the fallout, maybe we can brainstorm some solutions and then offer them up in columns. Care to start here?

I was in Don Buckley's office on Wednesday afternoon as he happened to be crafting an email to Neil Kerr. For those who don't know, Buckley is the longtime athletic director at St. Anthony's and former president of the state Federation.



In other words, someone whose word matters. And he's not one to complain unless there's something worth addressing.



The point of his email, which he showed me before sending it off, was the NYSSWA boys soccer rankings. St. Anthony's is… Continue

In case you missed it, Xavier hung 86 points on Cardinal Hayes in a CHSFL game over the weekend. The final was 86-42. Read the story here. I just don't know what to say about this one. But my mouth is open, jaw on the floor and something wants to come out of me...

I ran into Marc Raimondi recently at the Xaverian-St. Anthony's football game. He and a photographer were there covering Xaverian, a Brooklyn CHSFL school off to a surprising start. Raimondi is one of the founders of www.fiveborosports.com, a web site devoted to City high school and college sports.



Raimondi, a St. John's grad, was a sports editor at The Times Ledger of queens before starting Five Boro Sports.com. His partner is Dylan… Continue

I was just interviewed by a college student. It was fun writing out the responses, so I thought I'd share them here.



1) Please spell out your name.

JASON MOLINET



2) What was your job at Newsday?

Sports Reporter





3) When did you work there?

1996-2007





4) What degree do you have and from where?

University of Miami (Fla.), BA history with minor in news editorial journalism





5) How does the process of becoming… Continue