The Lyons Den

Kudos to the Manchester Union Leader for digging up someone in Germany to write a story about former Dartmouth coach John Lyons' short stint as interim head coach of the Cologne Centurions. JL reports that he hopes to return to the European league again next year if it works with his schedule at Kimball Union Academy. Lyons' daughter, Kyle, a talented athlete and particularly gifted hockey player, will be taking a postgrad year at KUA next year. ...

With final cuts pending for the Calgary Stampeders, former Dartmouth defensive end Anthony Gargiulo is doing what he can to stick with the CFL team. He's mentioned in the Calgary Sun report card for last night's exhibition finale.

Revisionist history continues in Miami where there's apparently a new appreciation for Jay Fiedler. From the Palm Beach Post:

Jay Fiedler, who always played hard and hurt if not effectively, is about the only quarterback in the post-Marino Era who came anywhere close to commanding a fierce locker-room allegiance.

And finally ... that Hanover High School freshman (oops, I guess she's a rising sophomore now) played her first Babe Ruth baseball game last night and thoroughly enjoyed a return to baseball with the boys after a spring on the high school softball varsity. She walked in her first at-bat and lined a two-run single over second the next time up before fanning on a check swing in her last AB. She played the entire game in left field, firing a strike to the cutoff who spun and threw out a runner at home and performing cleanly in the field. After she laced the single, her brother (who has a pretty fine-tuned sense of humor) crowed, "That's my sister." ...