Category Archives: Kaz’s Korner
139th Kentucky Derby was very difficult to handicap
Usually handicapping a big race is not nearly as difficult as figuring out a winner among a group of nags that will eventually end up in the glue factory. The entries in classic races like the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont
Another Astros anomaly—Dierker’s dumping By Crane
It’s not unusual for a team to get a new coach and make a few changes from the way they used to do things. That’s even true when a sports franchise gets a new owner. And it certainly is true
Jackie Robinson played hard, died young
I had a love for baseball at a very young age and I followed it diligently while I was growing up in Schenectady, N.Y. But for some unknown reason, I didn’t care for any of the three major league teams
Freaky accurate shot cost Tiger the four strokes he lost by
The object of the game of golf is to hit the little white ball into the hole on the green. But, because some of the holes are 400 or even 500 yards away from the tee box where you start
Cruise Down The Rhine Was Fine, But Europe Was C-C-Cold
Probably all but a half-dozen Orange residents could care less that Europe was having unseasonably cold weather early this spring. But those six Orangeites—Bob and Kyle Hood, Richard and Anita Duffee and Susan Kazmar and me—got a first-hand taste of
Busy sports weekend the beginning of things to come
Now that the regular college basketball season is over, major league baseball is still a couple of weeks away from starting and the NFL draft is a month away, the world of sports still is bustling after a very active
March Madness selection crew has work cut out Sunday
This week is always an exciting one before the 68 teams are picked to play in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, especially for the sports media who have their own ideas about which teams should get the No. 1 seeds
Astros not asking cheap prices to watch cheap team
It’s no secret that the 2013 Houston Astros will have the lowest payroll in the entire major leagues at around $25 million. But what is amazing is that the ticket prices to watch this low-dollar talent will raise many an
Top honors in sports not always based on statistics
Last week when the 21st Annual Willie Ray Smith Awards for the area’s best offensive and defensive high school football players for the 2012 season were announced, something very different occurred—Vidor’s Montana Quirante was named for both prestigious honors. That
Famous trainers already prepping for Kentucky Derby
Although it is still 10 weeks away, three of the most prominent horse trainers in the world are getting their best three year old prospects ready for the upcoming Kentucky Derby which is scheduled for May 4, the first Saturday
Astros’ owner may already have his biggest win of year
On the weekend before the Houston Astros were to report for the opening of spring training for the 2013 major league baseball season, new owner Jim Crane may have had the most excitement that will ever come his way this
Power failure nearly blacks out Ravens 34-31 SB win
After the opening kickoff of the second half of Sunday night’s Super Bowl XLVII game in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, it appeared the Baltimore Ravens were headed for a blowout win over the 4 1/2-point favored San Francisco
Baltimore, 49Ers may not be NFL’s best franchises
There’s no question that the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers deserve to be playing in Sunday’s Super Bowl. They came through with flying colors when the chips were down in the recent NFL playoffs. Super Bowl XLVII should
Home field a disadvantage for Atlanta and Patriots
Houston Texans fans were very disgruntled when their team lost three of their final four regular-season football games and missed out on having the home field advantage for the entire National Football League playoffs. But if they watched the conference
Matt Bryant swipes hero badge from Earl Thomas
How many National Football League playoff games would involve two teams that have five players who grew up within 100-miles of each other? And what are the odds of two of those players who grew up six miles apart coming
Have the Texans gotten their swagger back?
Although the Boys in Vegas had the Houston Texans favored by five points over the Cincinnati Bengals in Saturday’s Wild Card playoff game at Reliant Stadium in Houston, there wasn’t an overwhelming number of Texans fans who honestly thought the
Dallas out of playoffs; Texans not far behind
The task facing both the Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys going into the final game of the regular season Sunday was a fairly simple one—just win the football game and good things will happen for your team. Both the Texans
Christmas weekend featured many big football games
Another Christmas is in the books as a tuckered out Santa Claus returns to the North Pole for a long winter’s rest, the carolers can relax their vocal chords for another 11 months and the folks who overate during the
Santa will be very busy the next few days
We thought it would be nice to drive to Houston to watch the Texans clinch the AFC South Division championship against the Indianapolis Colts—the team that used to own that AFC South title until the Texans snatched it away last
Commissioner Goodell proposes NFL eliminates kickoffs
Well, it’s that time of the year again. Just when the playoff picture is beginning to get a bit clearer and the National Football League fans are beginning to get excited, the league’s competition committee is dreaming up ways to
Mustangs hope to avoid lethal bite of the Rattlers
Ever since early September the state’s high school football poll-watchers have seen the Navasota Rattlers and the West Orange-Stark Mustangs slowly ascend in the weekly Class 3A rankings. And now on the first Friday in December both the No. 1-ranked
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