News & notes

As the flat track season at Saratoga begins tomorrow, the jockey colony may be a little bit smaller than usual.

That's because the New York Racing Association won't be able to use out of town jockeys due to coronavirus travel restrictions that are in effect involving a number of states experiencing recent surges in virus infections and positive tests. Conversely, any jockey who takes an assignment out of state, say for example, to California, will not return for the rest of the Saratoga meet.

These are the times we live in.
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Russell Sage College, a member of the Empire 8 athletic conference, has become the 3rd college in the 518 to cancel its fall sports schedule, joining Union & RPI. A caveat here is that there is a possibility of fall sports being played in the spring, which would really clog up the calendar.

At this rate, it won't surprise anyone if the other colleges in the area follow suit.
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The Albany Athletics are undefeated no longer.

The leaders in the Independent Collegiate Baseball League, coming off a 15-0 pounding of Glens Falls in Monday's nightcap, were served with a mammoth dose of karmic justice earlier tonight, as the Albany Dutch avenged a loss on Saturday with plenty of interest. Adam Dembrowski (CBA/St. John Fisher) hit 2 home runs, and former CBA teammate Nick Melillo (Siena) added a 7th inning grand slam, as the Dutch routed the Athletics, 20-0.

The nightcap saw the first tie of the season (no extra innings in the ICBL), as the teams played to a 2-2 draw.

The updated standings:

Athletics 7-1-1.
Dutch 5-3-1.
Mohawks 2-4.
Independents 0-6.