News & notes

Earlier this week, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that practices for high school sports would begin on September 21, with low-risk sports such as tennis and golf eligible to begin league play soon after. Higher risk sports, such as football, would also have practices, but no games until further notice.

However, advocates for a number of district superintendents in the state are saying, not so fast.

They want the sports season delayed until January, believing that creating a safer learning environment needs to be a priority.

And while that is true, you have alumni and casual fans starved for live activities to attend. Not all schools have the capacity to live-stream games, which creates a problem for those fans.

Stay tuned.
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Four months ago, Jackson Brown, son of UAlbany basketball coach Will Brown, had committed to Castleton College in Vermont.

However, after graduating from Catholic Central two months later, the younger Brown had time to reflect on that decision, and on Tuesday, to the surprise of no one, really, Brown decided to reverse course, and join his father at UAlbany. I guess now WNYT's Rodger Wyland, the voice of UAlbany basketball & football, will have to refer to going down the lane for a score as driving down the boulevard.

Hey, I've got four years worth of jokes to use......