Many years ago, the ninth-grade baseball team I was coaching led our opponents 9-4 as we batted in the top of the seventh (and last) inning. With one out, I flashed the “steal” sign to the runner at first base, who easily pilfered second on the ensuing pitch. That moved the opposing coach to call […]

When news broke more than a week ago that Massachusetts police were investigating New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez for the murder of Odin Lloyd, it was both shocking and unbelievable. When details first emerged of the investigation, many people speculated that police were questioning Hernandez not as a potential alleged murderer, but as […]

Occasionally, a glance outside leaves me speechless. It’s not that I can’t find the words to describe what I’m seeing, but I’m at a complete loss if I try to give voice to the feelings it evokes within me. It happened again the other night, when I happened to look out the window on my […]