Bob Dicesare
Bob DiCesare: Big numbers for Naaman in finale
Naaman Roosevelt played his final home game for the University at Buffalo Tuesday night and thankfully, fittingly, his grandest days were reprised. (Updated: 11/11/09 8:16 AM )
DiCesare: Defended in single coverage, Roosevelt mans up
Naaman Roosevelt played his final home game for the University at Buffalo Tuesday night and
thankfully, fittingly, his grandest days were reprised. (Updated: 11/11/09 8:16 AM )
DiCesare: Grover's soccer title knocks down some walls
They are 20 players from 14 countries, all of them familiar with poverty and upheaval, some
having seen unspeakable horrors. Many spent time in refugee camps. Many are without a parent
or two. Each of their stories is deserving of a chapter in a book, a tome that details Grover
Cleveland's unfathomable ascent to the Section VI Class B boys soccer championship. (Updated: 11/19/09 10:31 AM )
DiCesare: Clawson's long memory pays off for Bowling Green
They had lived with the memory for nearly a year, spent countless nights examining what had
happened, how it could happen. Who lets a 20-point fourth-quarter lead get away at home in
what amounts to a divisional title game? How does one ever make sense of that? (Updated: 11/10/09 8:18 AM )
DiCesare: Defense pays the price for a worthless offense
Nobility ran rampant in the Buffalo Bills locker room Sunday afternoon as the defense
attempted to exonerate the offense for the second-half whipping inflicted by the Houston
Texans. Defenders blamed themselves for Houston's 22 fourth-quarter points. They insisted
there's no excuse for allowing the Texans to put a 22-minute stranglehold on the football in
the second half. (Updated: 11/02/09 1:05 AM )
DiCesare: QB play not sole reason for Bills' slide to mediocrity
Quarterback controversy? There is no quarterback controversy. There's an offensive line
controversy and there are defensive controversies. And we all know that based on the
decade-long results that there are most definitely head coaching and front office
controversies. But a quarterback controversy? No. Sorry. That's far too easy pickings. (Updated: 10/29/09 1:26 AM )
DiCesare: Heisman hopefuls exposed
The Heisman Trophy rarely is about identifying the best player in college football. It's
predominantly about recognizing the best quarterback, so long as that quarterback plays for a
BCS school and finds himself on television on a regular basis. (Updated: 10/24/09 1:17 PM )
Pitt game won’t define UB success
In past years a game against a Big East opponent afforded the University at Buffalo an opportunity to legitimize its football team. Beating a Big East team would attract widespread notice. Beating a Big East team would create a sense of belief and accomplishment within and outside a program mired in a decade-long quest for respectability. (Updated: 09/10/09 7:03 AM )
DiCesare: Idled by surgery, Hart planning another comeback
Golf’s a fickle game. Sometimes it’s difficult to discern why a pro who played wonderfully one season suddenly finds himself struggling the next. Could it be fleeting confidence, a sudden swing glitch, a physical ailment? Whatever the reason there was no doubt about it. The Dudley Hart of 2009 was far from the same player who won PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year honors in 2008, when he scored six top-10 finishes in 22 starts and set a personal best with more than $2.2 million in season earnings. (Updated: 08/02/09 10:28 AM )
Golfer puts on a show at Jr. Masters
Anthony Burdi was 29 holes into medal play at the International Junior Masters on Wednesday and it had hardly been worth the trip from suburban Chicago. He sat 14 over par. He was coming off consecutive bogeys. His chances of qualifying for the championship flight were vanishing quicker than federal bailout money. (Updated: 06/25/09 7:02 AM )
Fahey graduates from First Tee to Jr. Masters
Patrick Fahey got the bug last year, when he attended the Ham- Am preceding the International Junior Masters. He knew players who were in the field. He witnessed the vast array of young talent that had gathered from as close as the host club, East Aurora Country Club, and as far away as South Korea, Colombia and Mexico. (Updated: 06/23/09 8:29 AM )
Golfers not athletes? Take a hike
Jerry Sullivan, in his Sunday column advancing the U. S. Open, labeled Tiger Woods the greatest competitor in sports history. “I hesitate to use the word ‘athlete’ because there are pockets of bias out there against golfers as athletes,” Sully wrote. “It’s an argument for another time.” (Updated: 06/16/09 6:37 AM )
Investigator’s work is never done
Careerexplorer.com offers a list of 10 in-demand jobs in 2009. Most of them involve the health care industry, a few computer technology. What’s missing? NCAA investigator. (Updated: 06/12/09 6:58 AM )
Malkin decision makes sense
Fast food for thought: (Updated: 06/02/09 7:21 AM )
Balen back in the swing with Champions Tour
Lackawanna’s Mark Balen was near 50 when golf grabbed him in its jaws again and wouldn’t let him go. Subtle improvement led to a quest for more greater improvement. Significant strides had friends urging him to take aim at the Champions Tour. And what Balen learned along the way, while recapturing a swing that is legend in these parts, is that, man, golf can be darn addictive. (Updated: 05/24/09 6:07 AM )