A new Gmail username and alias: American Hoagie
What up, G? Temple University wanted me to join a varsity letter club that would give me the right to buy my own plaque and T-shirt (can you say loser?), but I had to establish a Gmail account. I already have a Gmail account, fredman@capegazette.com (by Google). And so I tried to join with a different handle or username for a Gmail account for Temple but every name I chose was already taken from Big Trowel to Bunyip. I remembered Freddy's Luncheonette on Broad Street so I chose as my username americanhoagie and it hit “not taken,” so now if someone sends me an email at americanhoagie@gmail.com it will end up somewhere, I’m just not sure where. I mostly use davefredman@comcast.net. I was once arrested in Lewes for “dogs at large” and they ran my prints (Fred Slater) and the name came back with multiple aliases including Fredman and Doublewide and now there are more including Freddogg and American Hoagie. “Do we have any outstanding warrants on American Hoagie? Over.”
Jeff Fest - Saturday night, Feb. 6, the night before the Special Olympics Polar Plunge in Rehoboth, is the event I call Artists and Alpha Dogs that celebrates the life and enduring friendships of former Delaware football player and Rehoboth Beach Patrol Capt. Jeff Cannon. This year’s coming together is at the Starboard and starts at 6 p.m. According to Jeff’s brother Pat Cannon, “A common thread is there for all of us, and we certainly have friends from over the years; that brings us all back. It might have been lifeguards connection, Sigma Nu, UD football, UD days or working together at Bottle & Cork, Starboard, Rusty Rudder, Summer House and even the Rip Tide along with Deer Park, Stone Balloon at UD ... whatever! All those carefree days. It’s all good ... and we should gather for those reasons alone.”
Steep Curve - Sussex Academy will field a varsity girls’ lacrosse team this spring, which forced Cape to amend its schedule and formula for success and absorb Sussex Academy, Indian River and Smyrna onto the schedule, as there are now eight girls’ lacrosse teams in the conference, one more than half the conference schools. Cape and Polytech played in the state championship final last spring. I remember when Cape lifted off its lax program, the Vikings got waxed and buffed by Worcester, St. Andrews and Tower Hill. Sussex Tech and Polytech had a similar experience, but also got competitive pretty quickly. Sussex Academy will be coached by Jenny Smith, a former player at Annapolis High who also played two years at Anne Arundel Community College. She will be assisted by Stephanie Hartsoe. “This year, 2016 season, we have enough participation to form two teams - a JV and a varsity,” Smith said. “It has been a joy to watch this program and sport blossom in just two years. I couldn't have ever imagined. We have recently added two additional coaches to our staff this year to accommodate the growing sport. We are a very young inaugural varsity team (composed mainly of freshmen and sophomores) but the girls are excited to be part of history at the school. We look at this season as a stepping stone - to gain experience, build a program and have fun with a sport new to the school.”
Snippets - These sports morality plays have nothing to do with most of us out here living our lives. Cam Newton being a flamboyant running and throwing quarterback who is all in on the celebration, going Superman to his own in-house music. Some fans don’t like him and the reason is because “he’s Afro American?” I like him, because I like him, and I’ve liked Peyton Manning for a long time but I’m about tired of his helmet head Nationwide self. Back covering the Ravens, I sat next to former Redskins quarterback Doug Williams three different times. I just called him coach because he had been head coach of Grambling. Williams was the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl, but I never asked him, “Is that important to you, Coach?” because it held absolutely no importance to me. NBC News reports only five African-American quarterbacks have started in a Super Bowl - Russell Wilson, Doug Williams, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb and Colin Kaepernick. Remember that “black is culturally defined” and of the multitude of new millennium mixed-race athletes, most just don’t want to hear it. What’s next, linking ancestry.com to your fantasy team? Go on now, git!
