People in Sports

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No, we are not all related but we like how our lives...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I am solidly on my game, still crazy after all these years, still able to think on my feet although...

If a sporting event happens and it isn’t reported,...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
There’s lots of sports stuff going on out there one week before the summer solstice. Just let me...

When you are behind in the race, you have to step up...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I have known Bill Collick for 35 years and he remains prime time all the time 24/7 nonstop...

Enough hubbub; time to get this baby off the ground

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I have been inside most loops of secret stories since the three-ring days of Ballantine beer - a...

Earning a place on the fridge ranks higher than the...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Machine ball - Back in my grandparents’ day Poppy got a new machine every year and it simply meant...

Bloated and basking, bordering on gloating, the...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I am a 1955 fat cat on a hot rock, before small cans and dry food and engineered nutrition and...

Some things should not be said before they happen

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
This column deadline is totally out of touch with the real-time world, sort of like most Sunday...

He ain’t heavy; he’s my turtle

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
A three-legged dog limps into a Wyoming cowboy bar. “Can I help you?” asked the bartender. “I’m...

Sportsmanship is the right thing to proudly display

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I have gotten angry mail over the years for recounting some of my coaching philosophies passed on...

The eternal struggle for balance and perspective

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The days are crowded with clutter, mostly sports related in my world. I am in an eternal struggle...

Please keep your personal punishments private

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Public weight-loss programs, beating the drum loudly because you haven’t smoked in six months and...

Monty Python: ‘Always look on the bright side of life’

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Four days and seven athletic events and three thousand pictures taken inspired me to reflect upon...

Lessons taken out of context can sound stupid, cruel

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Liz Carpenter of Lewes was selected Virginia Tech women’s lacrosse most valuable player at the May...

Women are smarter, tougher, more loyal and resilient

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Tell young people old stories with actual dates and numbers, and they instinctually step slightly...

That is just a wrong road to go down without the facts

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I am not an apologist for the Cape Henlopen School District and will not make excuses where...

An alien might conclude Eastern Sussex is fitness...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Last Saturday morning I was the double intersection photographer-at-large in the town of Milton,...

Swing batter! Let’s hear some chatter out there!

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
“I stand accused of the things I’ve done!” I intend to download the ringtone of that blues lament...

I am funny, all day long; it’s just the way I pork roll

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Former Cape players Carrie Lingo and Maren Ford are former members of the U.S. National Field...

A sign of lasting trust is athletes who can share humor

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Some years back I actually did overhear two field hockey girls arguing over which one of them...

Cape community will comfort, care because they are...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
A spring weekend lived to the fullest: sports and youth, hope and resiliency, and absolutely...

Downside: Most people constantly crank about lack of...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
There will be no baby strollers and no dogs allowed in the run portion of the event at this Sunday’...

Colt Brennan should hold out for a Tahoe with...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Stupid people in decision-making positions exist in all professions and I’m sure you’re thinking of...

I’m going in search of a big ol’ coconut cream egg

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Friends and Atlantic Lacrosse and Cape teammates Bo Pratt of Wesleyan and Rory Rogan of the...

It was just a year when the writers liked the Cape...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Cape Henlopen has become a powerhouse of boys and girls lacrosse over the last 10 years having a...

Just don’t expect Cape to lament the loss of your brain

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Kyle White, who played point guard for Sussex Central then Cape Henlopen before going on to...

Trying to track the madness of the NCAA tournament

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
An older and quite proper-looking airplane passenger who looks like her name would be Penelope...

My boy is just stoically strong and spiritually...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
On St. Patrick’s Day, Cape girls track coach of the last 34 years George Pepper marked off the...

Flopping in frigid froth is a good way to spend a...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The 19th Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics Delaware in Rehoboth held Sunday, March 14, saw 2,...

I can see a picture of my face with an arrow - hit...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
There is a retention pond beyond the outfield fence at Cape Henlopen’s Chris Short field that has...

Just a word to the wise for June bugs

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I’m usually OK with cash, but not last Saturday at the Bob after Cape upset St. Mark’s. I did my...

Every coach knows how to protect a player in foul...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Bishop Egan basketball had not made the Philadelphia Catholic playoffs since the year I was the...

Cape’s Kyle White becomes a milestone man at his...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The screaming green surf and turf field at Legends Stadium has been cleared for spring takeoff as...

There are too many All-Americans running loose...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I get it but don’t like the commercial highjacking of outstanding high school athletes by McDonald’...

Wrestling resumed and a good time was had by most...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
White noise is wireless infiltration from the world of restless spirits coming through as static...

I’m amazed how some teenage athletes can put on weight

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
How does a projected “rain event” for this Monday turn into a 30-inch snowstorm? Local coastal...

Bay Ball players are still tearing it up in college...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
The Bay Ball basketball tournament is gone from Cape, along with the Little Big House, but...

Granny rolls large and in charge in South Philly...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
A Bally Total Fitness Club in South Philadelphia forgot to tell Grandmom the policy of reserving...

What happened to all the good ol’ boys with...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I have discovered a problem shared by others. When I admit that sports, music and entertainment...

Coach Bill Collick to hang up headphones

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Thirty-five years and three Cape high schools ago, on a warm September Friday night in downtown...

Milford and Cape join to celebrate conference crowns

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
The Cape Henlopen women’s indoor track team ran away from the competition Wednesday, Jan. 27, at...

You have to be a sociopath not to return respect

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I am clever, witty, entertaining and insightful, blessed with a depth and breadth of knowledge...

What time is it? Roll out the chemistry set to find...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Last Saturday I found I could read 400 pages of the 700-page “Book of Basketball” by Bill Simmons...

How cool would that be to forever hold the 19,999...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs now moves a bit like the Tin Man in search of an oil can after...

They are not about to limit out, as we salty dogs...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
The Cape girls lacrosse team is the newest of Cape sports – let’s call it an “add-on alternate” to...

A coach can become dog meat for every complaining...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
The Cape boy’s basketball team lost to Dover at home 76-43 on opening night of the season Dec. 4,...

They were trading the entire team and firing the...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I watched all four games over wild card weekend and now all four winners must travel to the next...

A second turf field to replace those giant dirt piles

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Baby Kaelyn Rodgers was born on New Year’s Day. Dave Kergaard is her maternal grandfather without...

I envision a forest of tie-dyed rodents with...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
The last week was a blur of football bowl games and pro games and playoff permutations. And how can...

That time of year when strangers run amok trying to...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
New Year’s Eve is my least favorite holiday. It has something to do with strangers running amok...

Get out the vacuum and prep for some serious downtime

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
The showdown is just about to go down this Sunday, Jan. 3, when the Cowboys host the Eagles for the...

This is the time for end-of-year garbage stuff or...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” - Hunter Thompson. I can spot a bad and...

For some reason I actually showed up at a required...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
A soap-opera-long weekend for quarterbacks played out over the weekend in the NFL. Tony Romo was...

What does a Tiger do in the woods besides prowl for...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
There are scores of idealized gym people who are regimented and augmented, not to mention...

Win a state championship and the party never ends

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Welcome to the NFL Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday rotation. The Eagles are who I thought...

It shows us all that we really shouldn’t settle for...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I had the idea for this winter’s sports season to devote one of the windows in the Athlete of the...

Cape’s great women players to be honored

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
The first women’s game at Cape’s new Little Big House will be Friday night, Dec. 11, versus Milford...

Behavior and freedom to make bad choices fall back...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I will not drop the names of local athletes I have covered and written about who were recently...

Good stuff, a great life, a story all about family...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I can picture a championship baseball or softball game on a sun-drenched field and a crowd of 1,000...

Darla actually lived in Lewes during her retirement...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I was taking pictures at last Saturday’s marathon, actually a thousand photos, and over the years...

There’s no way I have short-term lapses, only relapses

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Last Saturday was a three-sport day that began with taking pictures of 700 runners rolling down a...