People in Sports

Sports Editor Emeritus

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People In Sports

Keep looking in the rear-view mirror and risk...

Dave Frederick
13 years ago
Because we care - The field hockey season is young and already five Henlopen Conference teams -...
People In Sports

Phillies fans all living with a hernia after three...

Dave Frederick
13 years ago
Implosion therapy - If a person is afraid of dogs, lock him or her in a garage filled with friendly...
People In Sports

Solution to deception and misdirection: Tackle...

Dave Frederick
13 years ago
Artist and athlete - “She’s got everything she needs, she’s an artist, she don’t look back. She can...

Town ball of the 1980s was simply the best

Dave Frederick
13 years ago
Bad and nationwide - Isabella "Izzie" Delario of Rehoboth, who will be entering her junior year at...

Get gaunt and go faster

Dave Frederick
13 years ago
Sonja Friend - I am lucky to have taught, coached and written about a host of student athletes over...

Young athletes move like calicos on catnip

Dave Frederick
13 years ago
Bob Paulen is a 74-year-old track athlete, and let's face it, he is a skinny guy and I’m not; he...

Arthur Lodge great choice for Chris Short Award

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Nicknames - Years ago at the awards presentation following the Rehoboth Avenue Mile, the 19-and-...

Fatty and Fred are unsung heroes of Cape lacrosse

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The question keeps being posed: Should Delaware scholastic sports separate the private schools from...

Old school basketball and barbecue Saturday morning...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The weather breaks and I become color conflicted. I’m sure it’s a disorder or lingering...

The arrogance of excellence

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The arrogance of excellence: A little EPO and a drop of testosterone on the tongue, perhaps an...

If you want to be caddy, buy a golf bag

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Here’s what I’m saying: if you’re interested in being caddy, go buy yourself a golf bag. I saw the...

Don't believe in celebrities, just celebrations

People in Sports
14 years ago
I don’t believe in celebrities but I’m all about celebrations. Last Friday morning I dropped in on...

Cape community will miss two impact players in Harry...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Harry Moore was part of an all-star Cape school board in the 1970s that included Jim Reed, Jesse...

Flower child Meg Bartley snaps like carnivorous plant

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The flower child of Cape sports Meg Bartley scored her 100th career goal in the early moments of...

Baseball looks for signature win after a washed-out...

14 years ago
I often tell athletes and their sports agents who double as parents not to speak of their personal...

Undefeated Cape, Caesar Rodney meet in tennis...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The Cape softball team lost 13-0 in 4 1/2 innings at Caravel April 2 as the undefeated defending...

Spring sports move out of dead zone and into real play

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Stan Iwamoto and Pat Niland never back down on their enthusiasm for coaching young female athletes...

Spring sports begin at Cape

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I just found Easter on the calendar and had no idea it was as late as April 24, but then again Ash...

Cape basketball will play in semifinals

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Concord High School is a welcoming place for a visiting team. That is a tribute to athletic...

Oscars prove needy people

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The Oscars prove to me that no matter how rich and famous they are, many people are so needy and...

We are all muppets with multiple personalities

14 years ago
Chrissy Beckman, a Cape graduate and Cape Gazette corresponding photojournalist, is majoring in...
Intelligence test should be part of screening for coaches

Biggest decision for coach is which offense to use

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
All the football I continue to watch and write about and have coached and was a player I would have...

Good teachers make 100 correct decisions every day

14 years ago
There is an undercurrent of anti-education that runs through every community in America. Many...

Young wrestlers become double arm bar assassins

14 years ago
Long ago in a far-away galaxy I dragged a son to the Young Rough Riders wrestling tournament at...

Lackluster and dedication never appear...

14 years ago
Sports have always been my life but I’m not a sporty type of guy, just a sportswriter and social...

Steeler Nation disappointment is entertainment

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I overheard two guys in the 24/7 Fitness locker room talking about the best ways to put on weight...

Students’ role: Holler and get behind their team

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The good sportsmanship code is required reading before every basketball game, but most fans aren’t...

Tomlin stares down games and never wavers

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I began an objective, analytical discussion with avid Steelers fan Ralph Bayko because he asked me...

Just because you are right doesn’t mean you win

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The future is now and now has left the building. There is no now because everything in the universe...

This year’s showdown is CR, Central and Smyrna

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I sat in the bleachers at Seaford last Tuesday night, a minority man in every sense of the word -...

Without chemistry, good coaches have losing seasons

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
What in the name of Pistol Pete has happened to downstate boys’ basketball? I am reminded of the...

Sussex Tech is there for students and athletes

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Real Sussex County people never knock on a front door when visiting a friend. It’s always around...

It was a bad playoff week for the flying mascots

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Back in fall 1965 while living in the 10th-floor corner dorm room of Johnson Hall on the campus of...

Grand Mom Rose says if it tastes good, then eat it

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I can remember years ago a triathlon organizer reminding me to use the full title of the race when...

Adios Andy - never let the fat guy call the plays

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Mike Mayock, a 52-year-old former NFL safety with the Giants, was doing his first NFL game as a...

Remembering a fan who made the game more fun

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Mary Bragg liked everyone, as far as I could tell, except for high school basketball officials. She...

Cape’s Young nearing school record for wrestling wins

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The Frisco Flyers will be heading out of Philly and Baltimore this Thursday, Jan. 6, having booked...

As Dylan says “People are crazy and times are strange”

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
With all the football I have coached and played and continue to watch and write about, I would have...

If you don’t have credibility, you aren’t getting...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Chris Bosch is a left-handed 6-foot-11 center for the Miami Heat, and against the Lakers he was...

Always expecting the Cape boys basketball team to win

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I have to be honest - actually no one does - but every time the Cape boys’ basketball team walks...

Cruising the countryside with a loaded camera

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I cruise the countryside with a loaded camera looking for faces to focus on. Last Saturday at the...

The stronger the spirit the harder someone was going...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I played at a Catholic high school where sport was a religion. I would never take to the basketball...

Overusing ‘huge’ is a gargantuanly humongous mistake

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I wish sports commentators would back down from the word “huge” and find another sports synonym...

Cape students are back to make noise and support...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Talent must meet opportunity for success to occur. I see that happen in sports all the time when...

If anyone ever fires me I’m firing back with momma...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Football coach Al Lavan was fired by Delaware State University last week, which at best seemed a...

Last thing I drop when things get weird is the gym

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Older-generation types send email forwards lamenting the good old day, but on the sports side of...

Want to know what I write down? It’s a trade secret

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The indoor sports season is more upon me than upon us as no nonrelated person goes to more games at...

I’m 10 imploded buildings older than anyone I know

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Buildings do not have human characteristics. They are devoid of flesh and blood. They do not have...

The dark drama of technicalities wiped out by fate

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The darkest hour is just before the dawn is a proverb traced back 300 years and that’s all you need...

High school can be harsh or - as the kids say - just...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The Baylor Bears women’s basketball team led powerhouse Connecticut Tuesday night 56-48 with 6:42...

Shy players spoke of friendship and love and a...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The tracks of tears rolled down the young cheeks of Cape football players as they knelt in the end...

Forty-three Delawareans compete in the New York City...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Forty-five thousand runners, striders, sliders, gliders, rollers, bowlers and strollers - along...

I’m pretty sure I will eventually land on crazy

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
During a 28-year career as a community columnist-granddaddy, Fredman has been a commentator,...

Reasonable people don’t like jumping into agitated...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I love Logan Pavlik and her seven siblings and would have expected nothing less than her response...

No one wanted to lose this game and no one did

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I took pictures at Monday afternoon’s Beacon versus Sussex Academy field hockey game played at...

Current Phils fans are very young, match color of...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I call it borderline personality disorder while holding a bat. I call Ryan Howard a “good kid” and...

I’m a galloping moron who should be shut down

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I am the first to admit that, as a sports parent and sportswriter and coach all at the same time, I...

If you don’t know nobody, then you ain’t nobody

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Delaware State Homecoming is like any other gathering of people in a small state. Just cruise...

Not many people come home for homecoming weekend

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Friday night is Homecoming at Cape, and one thing is for certain. Not many people come home...

I just want a cheap screwdriver; I’m not launching a...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Let’s get wired up! Cultures are changed by the young because they are quicker and more inventive,...