Old Guy Sport Thoughts & Comments

 Will USA Men's hockey be able to duplicate the feat of the USA;s Women's hockey team and bring home the Gold against the Canadian hockey team? Let's hope the 4 nations tournament of 2025 will be erased and the USA team will be victorious in the rematch. So what do you think? I'm predicting a USA victory, even though I'm a bit biased. Go red, white and blue.

Do you ever wish we still  had sportswriters and personalities like Will McDonough, Jerry Nason, Ray Fitzgerald, Peter Gammons, Tim Horgan Ernie Roberts (especially his Saturday morning column), Lesley Viser and Bob Ryan to read or watch almost every day? These individuals offered great insight into our local Boston sports scene as well as the national sports scene. By the way I certainly don't mean to slight any of the other great writers of this earlier era because their names aren't listed above.  From my 20's to my 60's I would read both the Herald and Globe Sports pages from beginning to end. It was always a pleasure to read their observations along with the factual information theses writers passed along to their readers. Of course the next generation for one of theses scribes is the great Sean McDonough. Sean seems so comfortable broadcasting hockey, football and basketball. Personally I think  Sean is the best on air commentator in all sports. He is well prepare...