QC/D on Good Seats Still Available
I’ve got a regular rotation of podcasts I listen to, but lately I’ve been addicted to one in particular: Good Seats Still Available. Host Tim Hanlon dives into a lifelong fascination with “what used to be in professional sports.”
The United States Women's National Team's Fourth Appearance in Cincinnati
f FC Cincinnati hasn't been enough of a statement that soccer has arrived in the Queen City, then perhaps Tuesday night was.
June 2017
Quite a few days late with a monthly photo post thanks to traveling. If Google’s Blogger service was still worth anything or was relatively easy to convert to WordPress, I’d be able to post and update from the road. Yet, here we are in 2017 using a publishing platform that worked great ten years ago and hasn’t changed much since.
To the City of Bridges and Back - Chapter 2: Rain, Art, and Soccer in Pittsburgh
I remembered this city fondly from my last trip here in 2010, and there was still plenty I wanted to see seven years later—so much so that I had taken extra time off my day job to spend the day wandering before all of my friends arrived.
The Extraordinary Story of the Cincinnati Comets
All that remains of the Comets' story is a small Wikipedia page, a few online factoids, and articles in newspaper archives. I think the team's story is one worth telling—one that should be remembered alongside the story of American soccer’s evolution, of Cincinnati’s departed NBA team, and of the city's missed chance at an NHL team.
From the Archives Part 3: Galbreath Field and the Cincinnati Riverhawks
In the latest edition of stories from the archives, some decade old photographs of an abandoned football stadium reveal the history of a short-lived pro soccer team just as the current team pursues major league status.
Out of the Basin, Up to Nippert.
At the risk of sounding redundant, I'll keep my comments brief. If you read back in February, I editorialized my excitement for the coming of FC Cincinnati, the city's latest pro sports franchise. I spoke about what the team meant to me, what it meant for the city, and what I was doing to support both. Over the weekend, FCC held its first home match, a 2-1 victory of Charlotte.
I documented the experience, one of the best moments I've ever had as a Cincinnati sports fan.
Why I'm Supporting FC Cincinnati
Our first meeting had gone well, but there was something different about our second meeting, the one at Rhinehaus. I left work in the suburbs and headed downtown to park. I walked through the Over-The-Rhine, the ever-evolving historical neighborhood on the edge of downtown, with streetcar tracks under my feet and skyscrapers in the distance. I walked into the bar on the corner Clay and 12th, greeted by friends both old and new. We sipped good beer, introduced each other and it was clear: we're going to be a part of something special. Not just a new pro sports team with bold ambitions, but a community that champions the team, the sport and the city we love.
Major League Soccer in Cincinnati?
"We love ya, we love ya, we love ya!
And where you go we'll follow, we'll follow, we'll follow!
Cause we support Columbus, Columbus, Columbus!
And that's the way we like it, we like it, we like it!"