Two weeks ago I tendered my resignation at The Journal News. Yesterday was my last official day on the job. After almost eight years, I decided to try my hand at something else.
The Journal News was my first and only adult job. I got hired as a part-timer a couple months out of college in 2003, worked my way up to full-time, and have been covering local sports ever since.
I met a lot of interesting people along the way. I’ve written stories on 80-year-old boxers and 10-year-old baseball players, on future professional athletes and people in it for the love of the game. I got to know a few hundred coaches and a few thousand players.
I want to thank everyone out there who embraced the role of the newspaper in their lives. The vast majority of coaches were extraordinarily helpful and friendly, and a pleasure to talk to. And thank you to everyone who ever read my stories, whether you loved it or hated it. And I definitely had my share of haters. But whether you think I got it right or not, just know that I put full effort into every article I ever submitted to this paper.
Blogs have changed the sports culture forever, in ways good and bad. News is instant now. Reaction is instant. Fans can have discussions. I think all of that is great. The drawback is the anonymity that allows a few negative people to attack the athletes, the author, and the fans without revealing themselves. If I were Lord of the Blogs, I would make all commenters sign up for an account that revealed their names. Alas, I am not. So I will leave you with the best piece of advice I ever heard, courtesy of “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”:
Ciao!
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@Coach Luck that’s a LiL creepy and stalkerish..still trying to find the point of that post but, thanks for the shoutout!!! LoL
Congrats to ALDO REDENDO on his new Head Coaching Job at Putnam Valley. Good luck Aldo!!!! Putnam Valley is getting a very knowledgeable coach!
Oh wow shoutout to Aldo!!!! Oh yea he is going to make it happen over there!!!
Any news on the Hudson valley elite team at the rose classic?
They went 2-1. Lost a game by one point. Great seeing all the local kids there. Hope Sophia Roman is ok. Get well kiddo!
Question – Who would give a rats a—what Hudson Valley Elite did at the Rose Classic
Answer – Sick parents who need their kids and kids team named constantly talked about on this blog.
@hooper your absolutely right. In the grand scheme of things it doesnt matter, but someone asked a question and I answered it. Relax.
@hooper O-boy you sound very angry! Jealously will hurt you down that long dark road.
A bunch of really sick people here. Is Aldo bringing his team to the Rose Classic?
So Alddo is the 3rd coach at Putnam valley in 3 years, I wonder if next Winter we will be looking at a 4th coach in 4 years?
I think Aldo can turn the program around and stick around. Time will tell.
Aldo will leave, Put only has a Senior class. They are weak in the underclassmen group
Asia Jackson gives a Colonial program her pledge
Asia Jackson, the 5-foot-7 senior point guard from Peekskill (N.Y.) High School, has verbally committed to Hofstra, according to her club coach, Will Rampersant of the NYC Gauchos. The 4-star rated prospect is the Pride’s second commitment in the class, joining Sydni Epps, a 5-11 wing from Cheltenham, Pa.
baller,
thats old news
Really? Maybe if you posted it this weeks back instead of speculating she is going to Hofstra it’s old news. Good luck to her!
You have any new news?
Looks like Ursuline and Horace Greely Drop to Class A this year, based on enrollment.
Class A Round of 8 will be tough!!!!!!
hmmmm…do u know this movement as a fact??? because Ursiline looks like they still have a AA schedule where did u hear this….. if true Ursiline will lose to pear river…peekskill…and a few others..not to good for them oh and yes a loss to albertus…
Ursuline is AA. It doesnt matter what their enrollment is. Just like Lourdes the are a “private” in the public school league. so they play up
DRaftboy,
That is not permanent. Year by year
Draft boy is correct, Ursuline dominated too much in A back in the day and they were moved up to AA forever, same for Lourdes.
NOt forever, its a year by year thing
it is forever, when is the last time Ursuline and OLL were in Class A? when they won golden balls and dominated for so many years that’s when. i believe the coaches association moved them up to AA and they will be there forever. for these 2 private schools its not about enrollment numbers…
Good luck Jake!
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