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Netherland; A Great Book !

When “Netherland” by Joseph O’Neill came out in paperback in 2009 someone from the publishers contacted me seeking my thoughts on the book – I did not respond. I was not happy about the book, as the cricket character, Chuck Ramkissoon, had a foot in the gangster world. In interviews with...
Posted 12 Jul 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 3 Comments

Shiv Chanderpaul & Derek Jeter get Records!

Shiv Chanderpaul, # 10 All Time Test Runs Scorer   American College Cricket supporter,patron & endorser Shiv Chanderpaul, and Derek Jeter were both born in 1974, and this weekend these two consummate professionals and athletes reached extraordinary milestones ! – Since the age of 13, Chanderpaul lived partly with the Jodah...
Posted 10 Jul 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 0 Comments

4th of July Win for USA ! President celebrates !

It’s the 4th of JULY 2012, Yankee Stadium, New York is packed with 70,000 cricket fans here to see the T20 World Cup Finals pitting the USA against defending Champions England. In May 2010 a huge dust cloud was caused when the English opened their Trophy cabinet for the first...
Posted 03 Jul 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 1 Comment

Webcast the Debates for the USA Cricket Presidency !

Brad Horn, Senior Director HOF, Tom Shieber, Senior Curator HOF,Lloyd Jodah, founder & President of American College Cricket, George Hirsch, sports historian & author,Paul Hensley, President of the C.C Morris Library. Elections are coming up in October for the position of President of the USA Cricket Association (USACA) – there...
Posted 13 Jun 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 0 Comments

Hall of Fame pitch for Cricket ! Cooperstown Dreams !- Photos !

Cooperstown NY: Sunday June 5th, 100 American Youth baseball teams in Cooperstown for the Coopertown Dreams Park event, and some of them were playing cricket on the lawns of the National Baseball Hall of Fame ! – The stumps were in place, and the American College Cricket players from Boston University ,Carnegie Mellon University,...
Posted 10 Jun 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 0 Comments

Dancing with the Stars – Chris Gayle goes Bollywood ! Video!

World’s fastest, and sometime fast bowler Usain Bolt & Chris...
Posted 27 May 2011 | CRICKET TV,NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 0 Comments

Baseball Hall of Fame Cricket Weekend, June 4 & 5 ! American College Cricket “Swinging Away” at Historic Exhibit!

  American College Cricket plays a prominent role as the National Baseball Hall of Fame celebrates baseball’s relationship to cricket– Interactive Events Open to Museum Visitors June 4-5 in Cooperstown –    (COOPERSTOWN, NY) – The games of baseball and cricket have remained strongly connected since the first team sports evolved in...
Posted 24 May 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 0 Comments

$ Million dollars Field reopens where Mastodons roamed in Baisley Pond Park!

Councilman Wills,Qns Park Commish Landowski, Queens BP Helen Marshall, 113th CO Marmara, NYC Parks Commish Benepe On a gorgeous spring day Queens Borough President Helen Marshall opened the newly upgraded Baisley Pond Park cricket field in Queens NY – one of the most beautiful grounds in the USA.   Attending the opening...
Posted 11 May 2011 | Montgomery College,NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 0 Comments

William Shakespeare on the world’s first organized sport – Cricket !

Noone knows his date of birth, but William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26 1564, and died April 23, 1616. Shakespeare is the world’s greatest and most well known writer ever, sort of the Tendulkar or Bradman of writing. His plays have been read and performed zillions of times, and...
Posted 28 Apr 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 0 Comments

Cricket comes home to Cooperstown,at the Baseball Hall of Fame-Photos!

Cooperstown,NY : On April 17 America’s original game came home, and met America’s National Pastime in Cooperstown, at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. There, amidst the artifacts of Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson hung the uniforms of James Anderson and Shahid Afridi and artifacts of John Bart King. The occasion...
Posted 22 Apr 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 4 Comments