Hal Darr was recognized for his 25 years of service as race director of the Partners In the Park 5K, held every October in Rocky Ridge park. YRRC president Jan Workinger presented the award to Darr.
During a media event to commemorate the opening of a new Tiger Woods-designed golf course in Asheville, N.C., in early October, one 12-year-old stole the show.
Woods hit two ceremonial drives at The Cliffs at High Carolina, both of which sailed into the trees. He then offered the crowd of more than a hundred spectators the opportunity to tee it up and try to outdrive him. Nobody took the challenge -- until young golfer Mark Benevento Jr. stepped up.
With all eyes on him, the 12-year-old calmly whacked a 200-yard drive straight down the fairway. Tiger said he'd like to see that shot again, and Mark obliged, sending another shot straight and true.
Check out this Web site that features video of the event
M.C. Helsabeck's weekly running column led with Saturday's Baltimore Running Festival. Here are some of the highlights from the event:
Iuliia Arkhipova of Kyrgyzstan, the women's winner
Alphonce Yatich of Kenya, the men's winner
A pack of runners during Saturday's race, including three of the top four runners.
The NHL began its regular season on Thursday and one of the games was a classic Original 6 battle that saw Montreal travel to Toronto.
However, the most amazing thing is the fact that it marks only the second time in 85 years that the Maple Leafs have hosted the Canadiens in a season opener.
I find that almost hard to believe.
Talk about a microcosm.
Jose Reyes (above) tore a hamstring tendon while running in an attempt to come back from another serious leg injury.
That pretty much sums up 2009 for the New York Mets, who are closing one of the most injury-filled seasons in recent memory.
A strange occurrence took place Sunday. I -- a Browns fan -- was consoling a Steelers fan. Scary, huh?
I stressed not to panic after the Steelers' 23-20 loss to Cincinnati. Sure Baltimore is 3-0, but two of those wins came against bad teams, including my pathetic Browns.
There also was a silver lining in the Steelers falling to 1-2. That was Willie Parker and the running game showing some life. If you ask me, that's concern No. 1 if the Steelers hope to have a chance at repeating.
-- Matt Goul
So Michigan beats Notre Dame in a game pitting my two least favorite college football teams (and I'm guessing I'm not alone in that opinion).
For the benefit of Big Ten reputation, I half-heartedly pulled for the Wolverines to beat the Golden Domers, which they did thanks to Tate Forcier's touchdown toss and some shoddy Irish defense.
But then Michigan's Jonas Mouton throws a punch and connects on the chin of Notre Dame's Eric Olsen. At first, Rich Rod denies knowledge of it and then doesn't bother to discipline the linebacker. What a joke!
He sure has embraced the Michigan way, hasn't he?
--Tom Hunt
Derek Jeter is a great, clutch baseball player.
The sure-fire future Hall of Famer will soon become the Yankees all-time franchise hits leader, an impressive stat to say the least.
However, despite the Yanks running away with baseball's best record, Jeter is not the American League MVP for 2009 as some would suggest.
Barring a total collapse, anyone who doesn't vote for the Twins' Joe Mauer should have their voting privileges taken away.
Mauer is hitting a robust .367 entering play on Thursday and has 82 RBIs on a team not nearly as good as the one Jeter gets to play for.
Also (sorry New York fans) Mauer fields his position much better than Jeter and to post such incredible offensive numbers as a catcher is downright scary.
Without Jeter, the Yankees still win the East. Without Mauer, Minnesota is well below .500 and is playing September call-ups by now.
If it's true that this guy is clean, I see Usain Bolt taking his records even lower. I'm not even sure who can touch him right now - or ever.
On Thursday a foursome of York YMCA swimmers made quite a splash in the pool at the Jr. Nationals in Federal Way, Wash.
The team of Sada Stewart, Hali Flickinger, Sarah Dotzel and Julia Kucherich entered the day seeded last out of 38 teams in the women's 800 free relay.
However, after Stewart led off the race with an Olympic Trail cut time (2:03.34) the four ended up in ninth place after posting a 8:24.90, an amazing jump.
All four swimmers bested their personal best by at least two seconds. Wow.
Flickinger is a Spring Grove student, Dotzel attends York Catholic, Stewart and Kucherich are students at York Suburban.
Also on Thursday, Stewart placed 21st in the 200 free with her time of 2:04.61.
Although none of the York Y swimmers that competed on Friday qualified for the finals, it was still an outstanding performance by coach Michael Brooks' crew, which posted a total of four Olympic Trial cut times this week.
That's the question many Philadelphia Eagles fans -- and indeed fans all around the league -- must be asking themselves now. No doubt the Eagles signing of Michael Vick came as a huge shock, and it certainly sparked the anger of many fans and animal rights activists, including some in York County.
But Vick is trying to show the public he is, indeed, a different person. He has partnered with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to try and educate inner-city youths about the evils of dogfighting and animal torture.
While reporting for our local reaction story on Vick on Friday, I stumbled onto an interview with HSUS' Chief Operating Officer, Michael Markarian, who offered an interesting take on Vick's efforts with the HSUS, and just how much he could mean to the effort to stop dogfighting.
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