Mike MacAdam
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Schenectady, NY, United States
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Thoroughbred trainer Chad Brown accepts reduced charge in Saratoga Springs, case resolved
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Thoroughbred trainer Chad Brown pleaded guilty to a reduced non-criminal charge of harassment in Saratoga City Court on Monday, closing the books on a case that began when he was arrested in the midst of the Saratoga Race Course meet this summer. Brown was facing an ‘A’ misdeme → Read More
Schenectady County-natives Serafini, Bertasso-Hughes roll to Stockade-athon victories
SCHENECTADY — Talk to Lou Serafini and Karen Bertasso-Hughes about their running these days, and it’s like you’re listening to the same person. They each have cranked up their mileage over the last six weeks, they’re both looking forward to tapering at some point in the next week and a half, and → Read More
MacAdam: New Union hockey rink would be less than mile away, but plans still way down the road
SCHENECTADY – That smash was the sound of a vehicle wiping out the open driver-side door of a pickup truck parked along the street. I was walking off Lenox Road and through the small lot that leads to the service door behind Messa Rink to cover a Union College men’s hockey game on a dark winter n → Read More
Judge sets thoroughbred trainer Chad Brown's next court date in Saratoga Springs
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The process of investigation and discovery is still ongoing in the case against Thoroughbred trainer Chad Brown following his Aug. 17 arrest for misdemeanor criminal obstruction of breathing, so the case will be revisited in Saratoga Springs City Court on Nov. 14. Brown, a Mech → Read More
BH-BL senior competing for U.S. Blind Hockey Team this weekend
GLENVILLE – There are always readily available household objects to make size comparisons. If you follow weather broadcasts, you’re probably familiar with golf ball-sized hail. The ice hockey puck Max Shear stickhandles and shoots “is like a big tuna can,” he says. The brain tumor that blin → Read More
MacAdam: Marathon debut will be no sight-seeing tour for Mohonasen, UAlbany runner Udvadia
ALBANY - “OK, let’s go, c’mon!” “Don’t you wanna look at the Grand Canyon?” Clark Griswold puts his arm around his wife Ellen, looks at the Grand Canyon for a moment, then hustles his family out of there in a classic quick scene from “Vacation.” Cara Udvadia will have a similar frame of min → Read More
PRIDE OF SCHENECTADY: Edwards emerged as star end in football and hurdler for Mont Pleasant – The
SCHENECTADY - First he was pulled. Then he was pushed. Jack Edwards didn’t see himself as an athlete, much less a star. But sometimes you get lucky and forces that could propel you in that direction suddenly appear, and then it’s on you to recognize them and take advantage of them. Edwards → Read More
MacAdam: At 81, Bill Parcells still flashes the old intensity, but as a racehorse owner – The
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The 2-year-old Thoroughbred – a baby, really, a rookie – won the first start of his career on Aug. 19 at Saratoga Race Course, and a member of the media asked the owner about the colt’s name. The owner smiled a familiar smile, and there was also a telltale gruff needling to his → Read More
Next step for Sausville is prestigious Flying Start program – The
Alex Sausville is up for a game of horse. As a senior guard on the Scotia-Glenville boys’ basketball team in 2014, he went 8 for 13 from 3-point range as the undefeated Tartans beat East High to win the Class A state championship in Glens Falls. But to say he’s “up” for a game of horse these d → Read More
A convicted felon, an old racehorse, and a Second Chance for both – The
SARATOGA SPRINGS — “Look at that dig,” Tyler Frame gushed last Sunday morning, admiring how a Thoroughbred vigorously reached out and pulled its forelegs through the dirt surface during training hours on the main track at Saratoga Race Course. The subject of the “powerhouse” hindquarters, the eng → Read More
On verge of 2022 meet, Saratoga experiences change, but retains mystique, grandeur – The
SARATOGA SPRINGS – In any given year, you can walk onto the grounds at Saratoga Race Course shortly before its annual Thoroughbred meet and get the impression they’re in the process of building the place from the ground up. The squeal of power saws, the pop of nailguns. Workers in orange and n → Read More
A new spotlight for Schenectady's Brown, in front of hometown fans on boxing card at Rivers Casino & Resort – The
SCHENECTADY – Jahyae Brown’s last fight was thousands of miles away from home, in Polideportivo de Payande, San Luis, Colombia.His next one will be much closer. As in, thousands of miles closer.The 22-year-old Schenectady native will fight Brazilian Gilberto Pereira dos Santos on Saturday as part of → Read More
Boxing ring provides Pinchuk escape from thoughts of native Ukraine – The
His hometown in western Ukraine has proven to be a safe haven, a place where people fleeing the bombs can catch their breath before proceeding across the border to Poland.His boxing ring in Pittsburgh has proven to be the same, a place where Lyubomyr Pinchuk can throw some bombs of his own and escap → Read More
Team USA, Duanesburg’s Emma White win bronze in women’s team pursuit at Tokyo Games
The United States team that included Duanesburg High School and Union College graduate Emma White won the bronze medal in women's track cycling team pursuit at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Tuesday. → Read More
Team USA, Duanesburg’s Emma White make cycling team pursuit medal round, post third-fastest time
So that's what a race looks like. A year and a half out of competition because of the pandemic, eight nations sent teams to the qualifying round of the women's track cycling team pursuit at the 2020… → Read More
Brown faces stiff challenge to keep Diana streak going
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Before trainer Chad Brown became the one to beat in the Diana Stakes, Bill Mott enjoyed his stretch with that designation. They both have strong entries in Saturday' → Read More
Stockade-athon 15k goes virtual
SCHENECTADY — When Brian Northan canceled a road race he was directing at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the middle of March, and leaves hadn't even begun to grow on trees. → Read More
Union heads to Northern Ireland for Friendship Four
Dutchmen will enjoy cultural experience, but it's a business trip, too, with games against Yale and either Boston University or Connecticut → Read More
Baker to be inducted to NYS Baseball Hall
Former San Francisco Giants draft pick starred with Bishop Gibbons, Schenectady Little League, Belmont Babe Ruth, Albany Twilight League → Read More
Jarry, Roecker Schenectady Stockade-athon winners
Top four men's finishers separated by a mere four seconds; Roecker runs 54:49 → Read More