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Avoiding the Dreaded Knee ‘Pop’

YOU???RE skiing slowly on an intermediate trail and you suddenly slip. You???re not out of control ??? you weren???t going that fast ??? but you are off balance. One arm flails behind your head as you teeter and twist backward until your hips awkwardly ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, Boston Globe,  26 Dec 2008

Ski Report: Avoiding the Dreaded Knee ‘Pop’

YOU’RE skiing slowly on an intermediate trail and you suddenly slip. You’re not out of control you weren’t going that fast but you are off balance. One arm flails behind your head as you teeter and twist backward until your hips awkwardly sit down on ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  26 Dec 2008

Sugarbush

The Sugarbush secret is out. Long respected by industry insiders as one of the Northeast???s best mountains for overall terrain, Sugarbush spent much of the 1990s living in the shadow of its Vermont brethren, especially Killington, which was owned by ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, Boston Globe,  21 Dec 2008

Ski Guide: Sugarbush

The Sugarbush secret is out. Long respected by industry insiders as one of the Northeasts best mountains for overall terrain, Sugarbush spent much of the 1990s living in the shadow of its Vermont brethren, especially Killington, which was owned by the ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  18 Dec 2008

Ski Report: Shedding the Mud-Puddle Look

IT was late last year, and after stepping from the lift, I waited as skiers and snowboarders pushed off down the open trail. I took in the brilliant, late-afternoon panorama the bright blue sky, tinged a bit red and orange by a glowing, yellow setting ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  11 Dec 2008

A Turn to the East

IF a vacation is meant to be an escape from real-life woes, like a collapsing economy, how should we approach that looming American rite of winter, the weeklong or even weekend ski trip? EARLY START Stowe Mountain Resort can satisfy many skiers, ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  4 Dec 2008

Open Membership: One Student’s Drive to Resurrect Vermont Football

BURLINGTON, Vt. The University of Vermont last played a varsity football game in 1974. The century-old football stadium is now used only for soccer. And the football conference Vermont belonged to has disbanded. This series examines the growth in ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  2 Dec 2008

Dropped From Varsity Lineup, but No Longer Grumbling

Title IX, the federal gender-equity law, has been linked to the elimination of dozens of college sports in the last 25 years, a period marked by expansive growth in women’s sports. Whether compliance with Title IX is to blame for this restructuring in ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  1 Dec 2008

Rapid Rise of College Club Teams Creates a Whole New Level of Success

In intercollegiate club sports, there are no athletic scholarships, no adoring crowds and minimal adult leadership. Institutional financing is meager and hard work abundant, with dozens of volunteer hours required from the athletes just to put on a ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  1 Dec 2008

Giants Overpower Ravens’ Vaunted Defense

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. The Baltimore Ravens’ defensive players do not run onto a football field to start a game; they strut and swagger, preening and demanding attention. It is more than a show. On Sunday afternoon, the Ravens’ reputation as the ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  16 Nov 2008

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