Sports Testing May 28, 2025 / May 28, 2025 by Bob Molinatti This is just a test to check the status of the blog page. Getting ready for a class reunion. Getting ready for a class reunion. Read more »
Sports Two at the top… November 2, 2023 / November 2, 2023 by Bob Molinatti Runner Up; Ernst Van Dyk All Hail the King of Boston!Ernst Van Dyk How many of these Sliver Cups from winning the greatest road race in the world does Ernst Van Dyk own you might ask? TEN! That is just insane. Think about this, if he were to live to 100 years old, he would […] Read more »
Sports Getting it off my chest July 25, 2023 / July 25, 2023 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment Me and my Bro Dave about 1 AM on May 17. Not long after angioplasty and stent surgery. Not sure whether his eyes or mine grew bigger as the Crash Cart entered the room! Merely 16 days earlier giving my induction speech at the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony. I never felt particularly well […] Read more »
Sports Future of the Paralympics remains unclear July 26, 2021 / July 26, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment While somewhat viable the Paralympic Movement has stalled in its ability to gain true mainstream attention and momentum. For a while it started to feel like we almost got there. But the reality is we fell short. It will do little good to cast blame around, however due to certain streams of funding and motivations […] Read more »
Sports A day in travel hell July 9, 2021 / July 9, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | 2 Comments on A day in travel hell Yes, I’m whining A day that will live on in infamy! I think writing this is as cathartic much as it might be semi entertaining, at least to those of us who have many travel miles under our belts. For nearly 2 damn years we have been cooped up in this Covid hell, baking bread, […] Read more »
Sports NBC’s Paralympic Trails Telecast June 28, 2021 / June 28, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment A hour and a half of my life I can’t get back Lets face it, we’ve all become accustomed to less at this point. Every time a major network gets a hand into covering disabled sport its likely going to be somewhat cliche and repetitive. I can almost live with that as a notion, however […] Read more »
Sports Paralympic Basketball Coach; Frank Burns June 27, 2021 / June 27, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment Making a difference beyond the basketball court A fearless leader who lead the famed Casa Colina Condors to 8 championships, coached the gold medal team in Seoul 1988 and was integral to the Lakeshore Adaptive Sports program. Before the very last day the US team had in Seoul, Korea I had never met Frank Burns. […] Read more »
Sports 2021 Tokyo Paralympic Coverage June 24, 2021 / June 25, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | 4 Comments on 2021 Tokyo Paralympic Coverage Chris Waddell was a Paralympic medalist in both the winter and summer games. He is a well qualified broadcaster, an exceptional role model and yet he will play second second seat to 2 able bodied broadcasters. For so many years NBC has pulled together a broadcast team of qualified disabled athletes who wanted to take […] Read more »
Sports The Women of Wheelchair Racing: Profiles June 18, 2021 / June 21, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment DeAnna Sodoma Though often overshadowed by the domination of Jean Driscoll and Louise Sauvage, DeAnna Sodoma was in many ways the 3rd most recognized and accomplished women’s wheelchair racer of the 90s. Her athletic accomplishments were so significant that she captured the attention of Northwest Airlines, landing a lucrative sponsorship that lasted nearly the duration […] Read more »
Sports 1999 LA Marathon June 17, 2021 / June 17, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | 2 Comments on 1999 LA Marathon A tribute to race director, Nan Harman There are a few phone numbers that stick out in my mind, to be more precise 4 of them. My household phone growing up in NY, my family phone in Vermont, the roller guys, Doug and Jerry and finally Nan Harman’s. I bet I called that number a […] Read more »