Back in February, I wrote Bob Jaugstetter to inquire about heading to New Orleans for Tulane's season opener to "witness the rising of the Phoenix, or in this case the rising of the Green Wave." Jaugstetter responded thusly: "You probably don't want to talk too much about rising waves around here." more
With just under a month to go until the main event, the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race crews were up in London racing over the Championship course on the Tideway this weekend. more
"Dad, I made the team!" Those breathless joyful words catapulted me back in time to consider the rowing odyssey that had led to our family trip to Brandenburg, Germany. "Pulling on a stick to go backwards until you throw up" was how rowing was once described to me. more