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This is seventh in a series called “Not Rain, Sleet, Snow, nor Floyd or Lance’s Yellow” about the Postal Service sponsorship of its ProCycling Team. “And you were just too busy being fabulous Too busy to think about us” – Frey/Henley/Smith – The Eagles By the time John “Jack” Potter arrived at the USPS’s WF […]

This is sixth in a series called “Not Rain, Sleet, Snow, nor Floyd or Lance’s Yellow” about the Postal Service sponsorship of its ProCycling Team. The Blue Train Wreck Years – 2001 to 2003 “Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future” – from Steve Miller’s American classic song – Fly Like an Eagle […]

This is fifth in a series called “Not Rain, Sleet, Snow, nor Floyd or Lance’s Yellow” about the Postal Service sponsorship of its ProCycling Team. What has been evident looking at this weeks’ TDF two rides up L’Alpe d’Huez (Stage 18) on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) was the lack of American flags being waved on […]

For nearly 30 years in my daily commutes to and from L’Enfant Plaza the Washington Monument represented the city for me. First it is a compass, next an obelisk that speaks of Egyptian culture brought forth to the new world by the Romans and lastly a big time attraction – of buses and hordes of […]

A lot is going on around the area as high school and college students take advantage of this time to hone their athletic skills. Here is a sample of a recent summer evening at the Bullis School where they hosted Paint Branch and Quince Orchard to a game of 7 on 7. For more pics […]

This is fourth in a series called “Not Rain, Sleet, Snow, nor Floyd or Lance’s Yellow” about the Postal Service sponsorship of its ProCycling Team. Tour de France Years – 1999-2000 Front-page headlines in the Washington Post on May 13th of this year (2013) stated, “Rand Paul seeks to broaden his brand”. It seems everyone […]

Sporting events are attractive on several levels. It can be the venue in which the sport is played. It can be the shared sporting among players themselves that attract attention. It can be the participants who chose a day to sit with friends, family and fellow sport lovers to cheer and root on a favorite. […]

Yes, I am back – it’s that time of year again – the weather is cooperating and my bike is in tune. I kicked off the summer cycling tour with a quaint ride last Sunday around Baltimore City, called Tour Dem Parks Hon! The ride is put on by the Department of Recreation and benefits […]

Sports broadcaster Phil Liggett is perhaps best known as having “the voice” in cycling. He has covered the Tour de France (TDF) and cycling since the mid 1970’s. The American audience knows him best by his coverage of Lance Armstrong’s cycling career. To me, Liggett has that uncanny ability to heighten the excitement of a […]

This is second in a series called “Not Rain, Sleet, Snow, nor Floyd or Lance’s Yellow” about the Postal Service sponsorship of its ProCycling Team. In a strange way it started out on July 6, 1992 when “Carvin” Marvin Runyon was appointed the 70th Postmaster General. Runyon, the former Ford Motor Company and Nissan engineering […]