Author: Matt Dorney
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Commentary: Happy Valley’s insularity may have led to Paterno’s downfall
With one my old friend’s favorite phrases ringing in my head — power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely — St. Joe took the fall on Wednesday night. Sorry for the blather, but Penn State and Joe Paterno used to be my job. I was the traveling beat writer for the York Daily Record for…
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T-minus 100 days and counting: U.S. Women’s Open
You’ve probably seen the ads, the billboards and the TV campaign. You will no doubt see and hear more in coming days, weeks and months. Yes, the U.S. Women’s Open is coming. It was 100 days away Saturday. For the folks at The Broadmoor, however, the ramp-up has gone on for a year. They’ve been…
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Air Force wrestler VonOhlen perfect in qualifier
Air Force sophomore Cole VonOhlen was doing a workout shortly after his 141-pound final Sunday night at the NCAA West Regional wrestling tournament. He needed to, because he didn’t get much of one in the event at Clune Arena. “Keep getting ready for nationals, that’s what I’m pushing for,” said VonOhlen, who is ranked 10th…
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Captains’ practices give teams a head start
Imagine if football or basketball teams had only a week of practice before they had to play their first games. Roughly 10 hours to integrate the freshmen, figure out the starting lineups and begin the season. The Colorado College and Air Force hockey teams won’t have that long. One day, two days, drop the puck.…
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Schwartz brothers, Jaden and Rylan, happy to be together
Sophomore Rylan Schwartz clearly was playing it cool. On the first day of captains’ practice for the Colorado College hockey team, he mostly kept his distance from his touted freshman brother, Jaden. But at the end, as Jaden was finishing puck cleanup — typical freshman duty — Rylan found a reason to head back to…
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AFA 9/11 ceremony: Honorees remember lost loved ones and colleagues
On the day America remembered, with a 7-foot piece of fallen steel from New York City outside Falcon Stadium, Detective Steve Hayden gave a glimpse of his nightmare. “That night, when I stopped and began to look around me, I never felt so insignificant as a human being in my life,” Hayden said Saturday, representing…
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Smith has ‘weird’ season
While Jeff Francis worked Sunday to get back to the Rockies, Greg Smith’s mind had to be wandering. Smith, like Francis left-handed, broke spring in the major leagues, in part because Francis was hurt. Had Francis been ready, Smith might not have gotten a chance to pitch in the big leagues this year. No wonder…
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Francis strong in rehab assignment in Springs
Many in the crowd of 4,467 at Security Service Field on Sunday were blissfully unaware that a key piece of a potential Colorado Rockies’ run to a playoff spot was about to take a crucial test. What they found out was that on the surface, at least, Jeff Francis easily passed. In his 48-pitch rehab…
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Sacramento clinches division title against Sky Sox
The Sky Sox had a measure of motivation Friday night: Prevent the Sacramento RiverCats from celebrating a division championship in Colorado Springs. Not to be. Leadoff batter Corey Wimberly had three hits and scored three times and No. 2 hitter Eric Sogard added four hits, including a home run in the ninth inning, to lead…