Albany – the quick Sliver

3.23.18 Gift of the Creator

March 23, 2018 Mike Keeler

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Presenting the most exciting young athlete in America. And I do mean America. But he’s not a citizen of the United States, Mexico or Canada. He’s a true native, a Mohawk, a member of the Iroquois Confederacy. He was born and raised on the Six Nations reservation in Ontario, where…

3.20.14 Worst winter ever? Word.

March 20, 2015 Mike Keeler

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Hey, guess what? It’s the first day of Spring, and it’s snowing! No surprise, it’s been snowing forever. It started on November 13, when a lake-effect storm surprised western New York with over four feet of snow; the small town of Bennington got 88 inches of the white stuff. Nicknamed…

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5.30.14 Gift of the Creator

May 30, 2014 Mike Keeler

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Somewhere the Creator is smiling. Here’s why: There’s only one sport played by man that wasn’t invented by man. That sport is Tewaaraton. It is “the gift of the Creator” to the Mohawk people, who spread it among the Six Nations of the Iroquois, and they have played it for…

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