Sports Top 10 greatest Greatest racers of all time:Honorable Mentions May 7, 2021 / June 11, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | 6 Comments on Greatest racers of all time:Honorable Mentions This has been quite and undertaking, trust me. There is so much consideration that has gone into this list and the accolades that follow these athletes are too many to mention in one post. This my friends is a slippery slope indeed. Where could this begin and end. When you think about the broad based […] Read more »
Sports Top 10 greatest Top 10 greatest racers of all time! May 3, 2021 / June 11, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | 10 Comments on Top 10 greatest racers of all time! Part One: Laying the Groundwork by Bob Molinatti What a difficult task to look back over the many racers who have provided us with so many special moments in history. How exactly does one go about deciding who to add to the most exclusive list of racers, while at the same time omitting others who […] Read more »
Sports Curtis Bell; An Icon Speaks April 27, 2021 / April 28, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment A tough inside player, Bell was an integral part of the dominate run the Casa Colina Condors had in the NWBA. One of the earliest adaptive sports for disabled athletes is Wheelchair Basketball. It is easy to pinpoint the humble beginnings of this sport to the 1940s and 1950 when the sport was utilized in […] Read more »
Sports NYC Marathon Telecast; A view from working in the booth April 13, 2021 / April 15, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment Over the course of nearly a decade I had worked in many high profile broadcast jobs. Each and every one had its own particular complexity, and NYC was no exception. As a matter of fact, this was perhaps the most high pressure environment I had worked in. This job was perhaps the pinnacle of the […] Read more »
Sports Joey Hamilton; A life well lived April 12, 2021 / April 12, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment Joey never won a Boston Marathon, a Peachtree or any other major race on our circuit for that matter. He never raced his chair to Gold as a Paralympian either. So what was it that brought so many together on a Saturday afternoon to celebrate this mans shortened life? If it wasn’t the moments of […] Read more »
Sports Blind Paralympic Skiing April 6, 2021 / April 7, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment Blind Paralympic Skiing 1998 Winter Park, Colorado: The Columbia Cup, Blind Skiing In 1998, ” we traveled to Winter Park, Colorado to cover athletes in their final tune up stages before leaving for the Games in Nagano, Japan. In past shows we had dedicated features on Mono or sit down and as well features on […] Read more »
Sports Momentum International March 22, 2021 / April 30, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment There are opportunities in life that have the ability to make you keenly aware of just how good you have it. One of those experiences occurred for me in 1999, when U.S. Paralympian and friend Scot Hollonbeck called to see if I would come to Ecuador. With so many years of travel under my belt […] Read more »
Sports Carlsbad 5000, World Record March 16, 2021 / April 6, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | 2 Comments on Carlsbad 5000, World Record There are so many reasons you may want to visit Carlsbad, California. As a tourist you might enjoy the pacific ocean views, the fine dining and the serenity that makes it an ideal getaway spot. However, for one weekend in March, Carlsbad takes on the appearance of a rock festival as the best short distance […] Read more »
Sports 1999 LA Marathon March 15, 2021 / May 20, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment 99 Los Angeles Marathon; Mendoza Captures 3rd title For whatever reason, certain courses favor a particular athlete. Maybe it is just the time of year that they peak or perhaps its just that the race is perfectly tailored to their specialty. No one athlete has won as often or successfully defended their title at the […] Read more »
Sports Boston Crash 87 March 11, 2021 / April 10, 2021 by Bob Molinatti | Leave a Comment Several years ago I had stumbled upon a picture from one of the Boston newspapers from perhaps the most dramatic crash in Wheelchair Racing history. In many ways, I liken this event to one of those Nascar crashes that changed the dynamics of our sport in many ways. The crash not only brought about alterations […] Read more »