Old school basketball and barbecue Saturday morning at Shady Tree Lounge

The weather breaks and I become color conflicted. I’m sure it’s a disorder or lingering evolutionary instinct. I can be 10 different colors on the same summer’s day, and it is a sports thing, because real athletes don’t wear white shirts while kicking about the countryside. I called out Max Coveleski after the Cape girls' lacrosse game versus Tower Hill for wearing Tower Hill green, which is a great color. I told Max it was subliminal and he said no, it was green. Super Bowl home teams get to choose the jersey color. Most choose the solid color, not white, but the teams wearing white have won 10 of the last 12 Super Bowls.

Welcome to the Jungle – Kristina Lingo, a 2007 graduate of Cape, where she played field hockey and softball, just graduated from Fairfield University and completed her softball career by being named First Team All-MAAC. The senior first baseman was named to the All-Conference team for the third consecutive season. She batted .377 and was fourth in the conference with 20 hits over 16 games. The three-year captain was also named to the MAAC All-Academic and All-Tournament teams. Despite missing games because of a fractured spine injury received during a 2009 game, the 2011 graduate finished her four-year career ranked all time in Fairfield’s history: 5th in walks (58), 6th in RBIs (89), 8th in total bases (216) and 9th in batting average (.300). Kristina will be working at Jungle Jim’s this summer and working on her real estate license.

Shady Tree Lounge - More like the Shady Grady Tree Lounge, if you were a "Sanford and Son" fan. At 7:30 a.m., this Saturday, May 28, the old school players will gather by the old Rehoboth School for some basketball and barbeque. Troy Brittingham, a former Cape athlete from the class of 1984, is organizing the event. Trust me when I tell you it is a great photo opportunity and always good for old sports stories that are partially true. Athletes expected to attend are George Cale, Dwayne Henry, Tracy and William Jones, Dave and Deron Pritchett, Tony Miller, Percy Marshall, Tony Zigman and some Bayside Conference guys. If you are past 40 and still got your B-minus game, this is the venue for you.

I say road race - I take pictures at most foot races because I live an upside lifestyle, sleep at night and prowl in the morning. Running is this community’s No. 1 participation sport. I say "road race" and some people think "car rally," while others look at me and go, “You race?” I find it amazing, exhilarating and just a little odd that so many people get up early to electively and selectively punish themselves on hot summer roadways. I’ve said of Dewey Beach, “It’s not the town that never sleeps, but the town that sleeps in shifts.” The place is a geographical treasure, but many of the creatures of the night are more into beer pong and bar crawls than sunrises. Sometimes it all comes together like chasing a costumed bull down the beach in the middle of the day. The 9th Annual Dewey Beach Seven Sisters and Two Brothers running and walking series kicks off Monday, May 30, at the Rusty Rudder in Ruddertowne. The Highway One Pictures 5K will start at 8 a.m. with registration opening at 7 a.m.

Snippets - The greatest spectacle in racing is the Indianapolis 500. This Memorial Day tradition is open-wheel racing and packs 400,000 people on the infield and in the stands. Danica Patrick is the only woman ever to lead laps of the race, which she did in 2005, and in 2009 she finished third. Who’s your Go Daddy? She qualified for this year’s race at 224 mph. I find her a hard-core, tough athlete. Racing open wheel at that speed is just insane. The long weekend is here: start your engines! Go on now, git!