Rich "bigbipper" Currao
Rich "bigbipper" Currao
Life time hockey fanatic who really enjoys writing and talking about it. Living in the collegiate hot bed of Albany that supports the tense rivalry of RPI and Union. Looking forward to covering both of them at depth. When I am not writing about the fastest game on skates, I can be found bird hunting with my dog, in Lake Placid with my wife, or taking slap shots on the driveway with our 4 kids.
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Penn State Football: Dorian Johnson Decommits
For Penn State Football, the hits just keep on coming For the Penn State Football faithful, Happy Valley managed to get even sadder this past week as 4-star stud offensive tackle, Dorian Johnson, has decided that he will decommit from the Nittany Lions. This is yet another gut busting blow the Penn State program as [...]
TweetNew York Giants Training Camp Part One: A Tale of 2 Lombardis
New York Giants Training Camp Part One In 1996 I was a 21-year old SUNY Albany student slinging coffee at Professor Java’s Coffee House. As a transplanted Long Islander and life time New York Giants fan, I was thrilled to find out that the New York Giants, MY New York Giants would be hosting their [...]
TweetNew York Giants Training Camp Part Two: A Tale of 2 Lombardis
New York Giants Training Camp Part Two If you missed Part One, CLICK HERE. We continue the second part of our journey to New York Giants training camp on the day of. My thinking was that a mid-week session would be more accessible and fan friendly than a weekend one. Let’s face it, the New [...]
TweetNew York Giants Training Camp Part One: A Tale of 2 Lombardis
New York Giants Training Camp Part One In 1996 I was a 21-year old SUNY Albany student slinging coffee at Professor Java’s Coffee House. As a transplanted Long Islander and life time New York Giants fan, I was thrilled to find out that the New York Giants, MY New York Giants would be hosting their [...]
TweetLocal Kid Calls Union Hockey Home
Union Hockey For most Upstate New Yorkers, Union Hockey has always been close to home. But for sophomore goaltender, Colin Stevens, it literally IS home. Stevens grew up in Niskayuna, New York; which is practically a “slap-shot from the point” away from Union College in Schenectady. While the Capital District area of upstate New York [...]
TweetColonie Central High School Football Looks to Rebound
“It’s getting better all the time” is what Beatles’ Paul McCartney called out in 1967. Only to have John Lennon respond with, “It couldn’t get much worse.” For the 2012 Colonie Central High School football team, no lyric in American pop music could be closer to the truth. The Raiders are coming off an abysmal [...]
TweetNew York Rangers: Kid Chris Kreider to the Rescue?
“He is just a kid.” That is what everyone will tell you. The New York Rangers youngest star, Chris Kreider, is just a kid. Head coach, John Tortarella, said it. GM and President, Glen Sather, has said it. Even his NHL competition has said it. Yup, Kreider is just a kid. But what New York [...]
TweetRPI Rensselaer Hockey: New York State of Mind?
Troy, New York’s RPI Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute men’s hockey team of the ECAC has announced their incoming class will consist of five forwards, three defensemen, and a goaltender. RPI Rensselaer Hockey having an incoming class of nine new faces is pretty much an industry standard, but what really stands out with this particular group is [...]
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