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Curve franchise future stable, even if 2020 season canceled

These are the most tumultuous times minor league baseball has ever encountered during the modern era, facing not one, but two calamities at once — the threat of missing an entire season, plus the likelihood of severe contraction that will lead to extensive reshuffling of leagues. Let me preface what I’m about to say with old adage “knock on wood,” so as if to not jinx the good news. Here’s the good news, from a local perspective: The Curve appear to be in position to come out of all this in relatively good shape. Not necessarily great shape. No minor league team in the ...

Play all games as scheduled, but keep the fans away

We are not out of the woods yet with the coronavirus. Not by a long, long shot. This thing isn’t just miraculously going to go away. Tragically, people are still going to die. The death toll already has topped 75,000, and that number could reach 200,000 or more by the end of the year. We’re nowhere close to a vaccine, or broad-based testing followed by extensive contact tracing. This bottom line will not change for some time: If you come into contact with someone who has the coronavirus, there’s a good chance you could contract it and pass it along to people you know — ...

Warriors wouldn’t stand chance against Jordan’s Bulls dynasty

This is a fun and timely topic with the Michael Jordan documentary currently airing on ESPN, but I also believe it’s somewhat of a silly debate. The Warriors of recent years wouldn’t stand a chance against Jordan’s Bulls of the ’90s in a seven-game series. I’ve long said the most entertaining sports team of my life was the run-and-gun Loyola Marymount hoops squad from 30 years ago led by Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble. Second on my most entertaining list would in fact be the Warriors of the past five years. I work late nights, so I’ve watched a ton of Warriors games out ...

Remembering Stokes, plus not a good 2020 for minor league ball

Even though no sports are being played right now because of the coronavirus, there’s a whole bunch going on in the sports world worthy of commentary. Stokes’ legacy Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the passing of Saint Francis basketball legend Maurice Stokes, who died at age 36 in 1970 and is buried on the campus at Franciscan Friar Cemetery. Saint Francis had planned a week-long tribute to Stokes that was to have culminated with a ceremony this past Monday, but it had to be canceled. NBA senior vice president for basketball operations Tim Frank and members of Jack ...

Man witha plan: New Bucs GM thinking young at AA

The Curve were supposed to open their 22nd season tonight at Peoples Natural Gas Field, and it was supposed to be a season that would answer a couple of big questions going forward. Now, it’s quite possible there won’t even be a minor league baseball season, making for potentially ...

Time at home now vital to PSU’s future

Penn State has a chance to enjoy a great football season this fall — if there actually is football — but a lot of what happens months from now on the field will depend on what the players do at home over the coming weeks and months. There’s no spring practice, no Blue-White Game, no on-campus workouts with teammates and training staff pushing each guy to the max. There won’t be any organized team activities until at least mid-summer, all because of the coronavirus. Football, right now, is an individual sport. The individuals who maximize their work and focus during this ...