An Open Letter to Tom Brady (to be filed under “spoof”), Hi Tom.  It’s Sharon from Rhode Island.  I’m a New England Patriots fan.  My whole family is.  Or are.  Whichever sounds better to you.  And I’m really really happy to see you back and healthy.  Really. You may think this letter is for an autograph.  It’s not.  Or money.  [...]

The CVS/Caremark Downtown 5K winds through the beautiful and historic streets of downtown Providence. This past Sunday, the CVS 5K kicked off under a spectacular blue, sun-filled sky. More than 8,000 runners registered for the race, including more than 6,000 for the main race event. The starting field included eight Olympic runners, including Massachusetts’s Shalane Flamagan, a bronze medalist in [...]

Today was William’s first soccer game. His first game ever. On Wednesday, his coach had handed out the “uniforms”… you know, T-shirts and socks that match. You would have thought that this uniform hid some magical qualities the way he proudly wore it into my home right after the Wednesday practice. Today, he was suited up with the coveted T-shirt, [...]

It’s been said that sports do not build character, but reveal it. Yesterday afternoon, on a brilliant New England September Sunday, I watched my beautiful 7-year old granddaughter play her first soccer game of the season. She ran. She hustled. She fell.  And got up again. She scored her first goal ever. I was mesmerized by her strength and skills [...]