Fighting World War II with Family
Southern California 25, Tennessee 0. This summer I finally learned the score of the 1945 Rose Bowl. My nephew Doug plugged in his laptop and Googled the result as we sat in a resta
Southern California 25, Tennessee 0. This summer I finally learned the score of the 1945 Rose Bowl. My nephew Doug plugged in his laptop and Googled the result as we sat in a resta
By Ted Heck It took me only 88 years and $3,000 to get from Philadelphia to San Diego. Long ago I wanted to visit the seaport in Southern California, after watching movies of World
Tea Party members or Obama fans are focused on the hubbub surrounding the National Security Agency’s world-wide phone tapping. When I first learned how disturbed German Chancello
By Karen Lorentz Ted Heck has easily lived nine lives. One of them is as ski writer for 60-plus years, another as a skier of 68 years. All this in addition to a stint in the army,
Ted Heck, a decorated platoon leader and company commander in World War II, recently collected another medal 70 years after the action. In a ceremony in the Embassy of France in W
By Dick Healy They were finishing up Crested Butte’s fourth annual Slush Huck competition on April 1st, the fifth and final day of our recent stay at this idyllic western resort.
By Dick Healy Few early American historical sites can match the region in and around Lake George, New York, ideally nestled in the shadows of the Adirondack Mountains. So it seems
By Dick Healy It was a long, snowy winter in Saratoga, New York. Some claiming the longest they’ve seen in many years. On this early April day, however, as I drive down tree-line
By Dick Healy Opening day at Saratoga’s famous Race Course saw a crowd of 25,444 turnout to greet the Spa City’s 141st racing season. It was a 40-percent increase over last yea
By Dick Healy A medley of Broadway and Hollywood music came to Saratoga’s Performing Arts Center last Thursday where Oscar winning composer, Marvin Hamlisch, no stranger to the S
By Dick Healy Saratoga has always showered special attention on its famous ladies, dating all the way back to Lillian Russell. With the running of this coming Saturday’s Grade 1
By Dick Healy When the doors open at 4 p. m. Friday, Nov 6 for the 48th Annual Ski & Snowboard Expo in Albany, New York’s Empire State Plaza Convention Center, visitors will
By Dick Healy In a conversation I had with a world traveler and friend, I was astonished to find out that he had never been to Lake Placid. Surprising in that he lives only 110 mil
By Dick Healy Though summer visitors to Saratoga Springs, N. Y. find excitement and unparalleled thoroughbred racing at the famous Race Course on Union Avenue, attending the annual
By Dick Healy Since thoroughbred racing opened on July 23, Saratoga Race Course has hosted several high profile Grade 1 stakes races, however, the big race day is Saturday, August
By Dick Healy The leaves are turning brown, orange and red as fall season quickly approaches New England’s mountains which means skiing/snowboarding can’t be far off. Yet well
By Dicky Healy The Eastern Ski Writers Associations February 6, 7 and 8 meeting and conference, hosted by Mad River Glen, Sugarbush Resort and the Mad River Chamber of Commerce, pr
The long awaited Gore Mountain/Ski Bowl interconnect took place Saturday, Jan 29, when the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) officially celebrated the ribbon cutting op
By Dick Healy The horse-racing world will be focused on the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs this Saturday, May 7, however, one grand Derby party will be he
By Dick Healy The historic Race Course on Saratoga’s Union Avenue will host its 31st annual Open House, Sunday, July 17, and I suggest you take the kids to this fun-filled outing
By Dick Healy Leading up to the August 27th 142nd running of the Travers Stakes, Saratoga Race Course is continuing to increase its attendance numbers over the same period in 2010,
By Dick Healy You can always expect to see unique offerings at Saratoga Race Course. If you’re at the track Friday, Aug 26, former world heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Fraz
By Dick Healy The Saratoga racing season is coming to its final weekend, yet for those who plan on spending Labor Day weekend at the historic Race Course, there’s plenty of a
By Dick Healy If you’ve never visited Albany, New York, I suggest you attend the Albany Ski & Snowboard Expo, Friday, Nov 4 through Sunday, November 6, presented by area Snow
By Dick Healy Historic Saratoga, New York, the town most people associate with thoroughbred horse racing, offers many year-round activities and events. With its close proximity to
By Dick Healy Skiers from downstate New York, particularly metropolitan New York City, will be repeating skiing history this winter by riding Amtrak trains to Saratoga Springs, 30
By Dick Healy There is a small placard on the wall of Anna’s Pizzeria in Apex, North Carolina that reads “I wasn’t born in the South, but I got here as fast as I could.” An
By Dick Healy There seems to be growing interest in ski councils, and how much skiers and riders can benefit by belonging to one. My council affiliation goes back over 50 years or,
By Dick Healy Few places in the country can generate as much excitement and press coverage as historic Saratoga Springs, N Y when the oldest track in the nation is running. The 201
It’s a bit early in the spring season to find thoroughbreds racing on Saratoga’s Race Course, yet today’s opening of the Oklahoma Training Track did officially get underway a
By Dick Healy Travers Day in Saratoga, August 29, referred to as “The Mid-Summer Derby, will include some of the finest thoroughbred race horses in the world. According to NY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, August 23, 2015 Contact: John Durso, Jr. jdurso@nyrainc.com Jenny Kellner vkellner@nyrainc.com (718) 659-2244 American Pharoah confirmed to run in the
By Dick Healy It looks like early spring is arriving in Saratoga Springs, New York. Budding trees along Union Avenue where the historic Race Course is located, and no snow on the g
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