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Monday, May 18, 2026

Amour Victoire!

I am in love with this little singing puck! It drives the Zamboni too!

PWHL Walter Cup Playoff Finals Game 3 is tonight, May 18^th at 6 PM EDT. Montreal Victoire leads 2-0 over Ottawa, and so tonight could see a winner crowned.

Semi-Finals Re-Cap:

The Boston Fleet lost to the Ottawa Charge in the Walter Cup semifinals, alas, some really bad luck in game 4, the puck just trickling in across the red line behind Aerin Frankel to give the Charge the go-ahead goal.

Montreal Victoire came out ahead of the Minnesota Frost to queue up an all-Canada final showdown between Montreal and Ottawa.

Game 5 between Victoire and Frost came down to three plays.

Victoire goalie Anne-Renée Desbiens deftly pulled a puck back with her stick, that was gently rolling about to cross the red line.

Later she blocked a puck, throwing herself sideways, catching it in her glove. Such athleticism.

Marie-Philip Poulin's clutch game-winning shot was at an almost impossible angle, just shy of being parallel to the crease, into the top shelf of the net, over the shoulder of Frost goalie Maddie Rooney. Akin to kicking a field goal from the side touch line.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYQ1Lv7SDu8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Oh Canada, pitting Montreal against Ottawa. Is that a rivalry? Hmmm. Last year, Victoire was the number one seed and picked Ottawa as their first-round opponent, which Ottawa took as a dis, and went on to beat them.

Ottawa has been in the finals twice, losing twice to the Frost.

This is the first time for Victoire to make it to the finals. Finally.

Still rooting for the Boston Fleet to be back in it next year!

FINALS

Game 1 on May 14th Victoire took in OT. Ottawa led 2 to 1, but then with 28 seconds left, Laura Stacey took a hard hit into the boards, some sort of injury to her left side. The stadium went silent as she lay in pain, and was then helped off the ice by a trainer and her captain Poulin.

With only 2 sec left, Victoire Nicole Gosling ("the goose") scores, tying it up 2-2, sending it into OT.

After the intermission, Stacey skates out onto the ice, and the stadium roars. It's enough. Victoire is fired up and scores a couple minutes into OT. A loose puck in front of the net gets slapped off Abby Rouque's face mask and ricochets into the net.

#RicochetRoque

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYXG4FRDXKO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYX79lGxzfn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Game 2 on May 16^th also went Victoire’s way, winning 2-1 in OT. But I missed the OT period, because I was on my way to the Banshees rugby game.

AMOUR

There is so much love on these teams. Reminds me again of the Olympics. And Beantown. The 2013 Red Sox, Brady's Patriots.

And on Victoire - so much love. I mean, my first loyalty is to the Fleet... but I just learned that Captain Marie-Philip Poulin and Alternate Captain Laura Stacey are married! Making the moment as Poulin helps Stacey off the ice all the more poignant.

How could I not know that? Once again, I have been living under a rock, WORKING all the time, with no discretionary time.

But I am so happy for them. Finding love, safety, acceptance, a partner in crime who understands you... It’s not guaranteed, and you’re so lucky when you find it.

Art imitates life...

Of course there is the whole Heated Rivalry series of books, which I have not read yet. Romance is having its moment. There’s a bookstore in Harvard Square, Lovestruck Books, where the entire store is devoted to romance novels!!

Lovestruck Books outdoor patio in Harvard Square

Gay male hockey players are such a novelty, and yet, women’s hockey seems to be fostering such a wonderful sense of inclusiveness even rivaling rugby. Girls who like to play hard, fast contact sports. Plenty of straight women, but also plenty not.

Maybe the real revolution is straight women being comfortable with not-straight women.

No sooner have my fingers danced across the keyboard and tippety-tapped this out, when I stumble over the social media news (to me) that a PWHL player was swept up in controversy about her Twitter likes and posts, accused of being homophobic and transphobic. Yes, you can apologize for the posts, but thank you, now we know how you really feel. Maybe this one person is an anomaly. Or maybe hockey is not quite yet the universally safe, inclusive, and accepting space I thought it was. Or is still becoming.

Only rugby.

Maybe the stigma and stereotype associated with rugby kept away any woman who wasn't comfortable and secure in her own skin. Which is a good and bad thing. Good, in that it created this safe space. Sad, in that they missed out on playing, and rugby missed out on what they could have contributed to the game.

YouTube thinks it knows what I want to see (and is annoyingly right), queuing up this short interview with MPP and Stacey. It’s only four minutes. Please watch it.

https://youtu.be/_F5gzhFvdbY?si=-VUobcexhLTNbiNE

“It’s probably the most myself I’ve ever been,” she says, through tears.

How this breaks my heart, how fearful they were! But as public figures, they have much more to lose, their careers, their livelihoods, plus worrying about how the public would react. Hockey is everything to them.

As a B-side hooker for Beantown, I definitely didn’t have any endorsements to worry about. Not that I'd have had to worry even if I were an A-side hooker, there were no endorsements, which gave us a certain amount of autonomy, as in total. We tried to do our own self-policing, as far as PDA, for what it was worth, though it didn't always work.

But I did kind of wonder and worry about the security of my job, which I definitely needed, to pay the bills. It was 1993, just after don't-ask-don't-tell came out under Clinton, which was the grand compromise on gays serving in the military. But you couldn't really get a straight answer when you asked the hypothetical question about whether a hypothetical civilian federal employee could get fired just for being gay. Not that anyone would, right, because everyone is so reasonable, and we're such likable and good workers, right?

Well...

It was 1993 and I went on a site visit with my supervisor (section chief) and our branch chief (his supervisor) to one of our dams in Vermont. Along our way there, we stopped at a you-guessed-it Dunkin Donuts, because we are in New England after all. As we sat down to enjoy our coffee and donuts, our branch chief started the conversation with this:

"Do you know what I hate?"

I thought we were going to get into a heated discussion of donut fillings. No to the red jelly, okay to the white whipped cream, and yes-more-please for the yellow custard Boston cream. But no. He goes on to say instead:

"I hate homosexuals."

And then went on to talk about the new policy and how horrible it was. I honestly don’t remember. I was in shock. I kind of blanked out the rest of the conversation, all my energy spent on keeping a straight face and not reacting.

So, I guess I do understand that fear.

But, my God, that was 33 years ago!

A lifetime ago.

Yet, federal protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was only decided pretty recently, in 2020, as being implicitly covered by the 1964 Civil Rights Act by the landmark Supreme Court ruling in the Bostock v. Clayton County case on June 15, 2020! The Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) had updated its interpretation that sexual orientation was a protected class earlier, in 2015, bless their hearts, but their interpretation was non-binding. But maybe it helped set the stage.

Either way, of my 33 years of federal service (1992 - 2025), I really enjoyed freedom from the fear of discrimination only the last 5 years.

Just a little history lesson – on how far we’ve come, and yet how fragile everything still is, how fast pendulums swing, and how much fear still exists, and it breaks my heart.

I have nothing against Ottawa, except that they beat my Fleet, but love is love, and I love love, and so I I’ll be cheering for Victoire! Amour Victoire!

Happy Pride month a little early!

SPORTS CALENDAR:

HOCKEY – WALTER CUP FINALS:

May 18 – Montreal vs. Ottawa, Game 3, 6:00 PM EDT, at Ottawa.

Games are being streamed on PWHL YouTube: https://www.thepwhl.com/en/

May 20 – Montreal vs. Ottawa, Game 4 (if needed), 7:00 PM EDT, at Ottawa.

May 23 – Montreal vs. Ottawa, Game 5 (if needed), 12:30 PM EDT, at Montreal.

RUGBY:

Check the WER home page for the latest on schedules, times, etc.

https://www.womenseliterugby.us/schedule-boston-banshees

May 30, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at Twin City Gemini. 6:00 PM EDT.

All 2026 WER games will be available to stream on the Women’s Sports Network, which is in the LIVE TV sports section of the various streaming services: Prime Video, fubo, tubi, Roku, PLUTO, plex, Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, Watch Free Vizio, MyFree DirectTV, TABLO.

See the WER website for details on how to watch.

May 31 - Rosie's Ruck 7s in Canton, MA.

June 7, 2026 – Boston Banshees HOME GAME vs. Bay City Breakers.

Kick-off is at 6:00 PM EDT.

June 11 - MA High School Rugby State Championship in Quincy, MA.

June 13, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at Denver Onyx. 7:00 PM EDT.

June 21, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at Bay Breakers. 8:00 PM EDT.

July 11, 2026 – Boston Banshees HOME GAME vs. Twin City Gemini.

Kick-off is at 3:00 PM EDT.

July 18, 2026 – Boston Banshees HOME GAME vs. Chicago Tempest.

Kick-off is at 5:00 PM EDT.

July 25, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at NY Exiles. 5:00 PM EDT.

BOSTON LEGACY FC (SOCCER):

May 22 – Seattle Reign FC, at Centreville Bank Stadium. This is a super-nice stadium, and located just outside Providence, RI.

May 30 – At KC Current.

https://bostonlegacyfc.com/pages/schedule

BOOKS:

If anyone wants copies of my books, they’re both on Amazon, but for the rugby book, just reach out in a comment, and I’ll send you a copy. It will be simpler.

The Happy Clam can be ordered directly through the printer/distributor (IngramSparks), cutting out all the middle-people:

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Sunday, May 17, 2026

May Mental Health Month & Banshees Rugby Recap

Boston Banshees (orange) take on Denver Onyx

Boston Banshees vs. Chicago Tempest May 9^th (L 32-36)

The Boston Banshees took a loss on their road trip to play the Chicago Tempest May 9th in Chicago. Despite the Banshees holding a 24-17 lead at half time, Chicago came back to score with productive ruck series and then some breakaways, which really hurt them. The Banshees had a late-game scoring rally, but still notched the loss 32 to 36.

Boston Banshees vs. Denver Onyx May 16^th (L 19-52)

The Banshees were back on home turf at Veterans Field to take on the Denver Onyx, last year’s playoff champions, winning the 2025 Legacy Cup, outscoring the NY Exiles 53 to 13 in the final.

Spring-like weather and stands filled with fans lightened the day. We were also relieved to hear the crowd cheering for the Banshees, and not Boston; someone must have gotten the memo, thank you!

The play was pretty even in the first half, with Denver ahead by only one try at half, the score 14-19. Denver had scored early and fast, but then the Banshees answered with two back-to-back tries. Onyx evened the score to 14-14, followed by a try with a missed conversion.

The second half saw the Onyx open things up, scoring about ten minutes into the half, on a quick penalty, a tap-and-go right in front of the goal posts. It was almost all Onyx after that, aside from a Banshee try with ten minutes left in the game. The Banshees had been threatening deep, starting from a lineout, followed by some impressive power-running by Lock #4 Molly McAlevey.

Ultimately they passed the ball out wide right to Wing #11 Emma Santosuasso, who took it in for the try.

The Onyx prevailed, scoring repeatedly, through both productive back-line rucking and break-aways. Final score 19-52.

POSTSCRIPT

Revisiting my previous blog, “Falling” (April 25, 2026), I had posed a couple of questions about Noah Kahan and Jessie Diggins.

https://www.gainline.com/2026/04/falling.html

About Jessie - How can one person be so joyful?

And Noah - How can one person be so sad?

Jessie Diggins, despite all her glitter and joy, has definitely faced hard times, really hard times, which she has shared so openly about in her movie, Threshold, documenting her struggles with an eating disorder during the 2023-2024 x-country ski season. I did a quick movie review here:

https://www.gainline.com/2026/03/threshold-movie-review.html

But also see her recent Facebook post from May 13^th, recognizing May as Mental Health awareness month.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18UHEqPnz5/

A few quotes from her post, copied here, but I do encourage everyone to read her full post, and see the advocacy she has been doing, as an ambassador for the Emily Project, helping others.

"I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t just fix myself. Because I was ashamed and embarrassed that I couldn’t seem to get it together, I refused to talk about it with my loved ones and got sicker and sicker while my self worth plummeted and I hated the person I was becoming.”

"You don’t have to be alone in this! If I had known that this wasn’t my fault, that I didn’t do anything to deserve this mental illness, then maybe I would have talked about it with my family sooner. We need to bring eating disorders into the mental health conversation and make them ok to talk about.”

"When I got sick, I quickly lost hope; I thought this would now be how I lived my life forever. But recovery is possible - I am living proof of that! - and when we get the help we need quickly there’s actually a higher likelihood of recovery. So please, if you or someone you love is suffering, don’t wait. You deserve care and compassion and the chance to live a fully joyful, healthy life.”

And so – even the most joyful-looking person might be in extreme pain, emotional or physical, and dealing with unseen struggles. And so, maybe it should be said the other way around, that despite all her struggles, she has found joy. And glitter.

Joy. I think she found her joy in skiing, and in the love for her teammates.

Jessie Diggins, speaking at a local grade school recently about the Olympics, asked the kids which mattered more: getting a medal hung around her neck, or getting hugs from teammates after a race, and they all got this answer right. Those hugs came when they didn’t even know how she'd placed yet, because it didn’t matter. Neither congratulatory nor consoling, they were purely loving.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18wHpJKTEX/

Joy. Despite the pain and sacrifices. After the 10K race in Lake Placid, she mentioned the taste of blood in her mouth after the race, which turns out to be from pushing the lungs to the limit, resulting in small blood losses through the capillaries. Yes, I had to Google this. She'd ski until her lungs bled practically, but what room do I have to talk? When I was first in Boston in '91 and found Beantown, I showed up at their summer scrimmages over at the MIT fields, and not only would I have played ‘til my feet bled, I actually did play until my feet bled. A blister that wore right through the skin on my heel. I wound up putting a Band-Aid on it, and then duct tape over that, to sort of help hold the skin on. Not sure this was actually a good idea, but it turned out okay. Do not try this at home, just because you read it on the internet! (Although Doctor Google does sort of support this idea, as long as you cover the blister w/ a sterile dressing first.)

#BloodySockClub – Anyone else? Besides me and Curt Schilling?

Likewise, Noah Kahan, I think can also be happy, and if I had to guess, it would be when he is creating, experiencing flow, and in the zone, making music. Just as Jessie naturally took to skiing as a child, wanting to go faster and faster. He writes and plays music. He is also committed to advocacy work for mental health, through the BusyHead Project which he founded:

https://www.busyheadproject.org/

It’s about finding what makes your heart sing.

Whether it be rugby, hockey, x-country skiing, singing, writing, or riding.

And getting help when you need it.

Find your joy.

SPORTS CALENDAR:

RUGBY:

Check the WER home page for the latest on schedules, times, etc.

https://www.womenseliterugby.us/schedule-boston-banshees

May 30, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at Twin City Gemini. 6:00 PM EDT.

See the WER website for details on how to watch.

May 31 - Rosie's Ruck 7s in Canton, MA.

June 7, 2026 – Boston Banshees HOME GAME vs. Bay City Breakers.

Kick-off is at 6:00 PM EDT.

June 11 - MA High School Rugby State Championship in Quincy, MA.

June 13, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at Denver Onyx. 7:00 PM EDT.

June 21, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at Bay Breakers. 8:00 PM EDT.

July 11, 2026 – Boston Banshees HOME GAME vs. Twin City Gemini.

Kick-off is at 3:00 PM EDT.

July 18, 2026 – Boston Banshees HOME GAME vs. Chicago Tempest.

Kick-off is at 5:00 PM EDT.

July 25, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at NY Exiles. 5:00 PM EDT.

HOCKEY – WALTER CUP FINALS:

May 18 – Montreal vs. Ottawa, Game 3, 6:00 PM EDT, at Ottawa.

Games are being streamed on PWHL YouTube: https://www.thepwhl.com/en/

May 20 – Montreal vs. Ottawa, Game 4 (if needed), 7:00 PM EDT, at Ottawa.

May 23 – Montreal vs. Ottawa, Game 5 (if needed), 12:30 PM EDT, at Montreal.

BOSTON LEGACY FC (SOCCER):

May 22 – Seattle Reign FC, at Centreville Bank Stadium. This is a super-nice stadium, and located just outside Providence, RI.

May 30 – At KC Current.

Books:

If anyone wants copies of my books, they’re both on Amazon, but for the rugby book, just reach out in a comment, and I’ll send you a copy. It will be simpler.

The Happy Clam can be ordered directly through the printer/distributor (IngramSparks), cutting out all the middle-people:

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Thursday, May 7, 2026

Spaghetti - A Sports Re-Cap

This is one long strand, so bear with me…

Boston Banshees (orange jerseys) playing NY Exiles Saturday, May 2nd.

It was a marathon weekend of women’s sports in the Boston area, between the PWHL Fleet hockey playoffs and the kick-off of the Women’s Elite Rugby season. And for the first time ever, a horse with a woman trainer won the Kentucky Derby, congrats to Golden Tempo and Cherie DeVaux!

But first, Saturday morning began with a writing salon at the Hull Public Library. So much talent gathered in that room, as local writers shared from their published books and works in progress. Each one made me want to read the next chapter.

The Banshees rugby game on Saturday May 2^nd was sandwiched between two PWHL playoff games. Didn’t make it to the Boston Legacy soccer game on Sunday May 3^rd, but was delighted to hear they won their first match, 3 to 2, in OT, over the Denver Summit. Olympians x-country skier Jessie Diggins and downhill skier Paula Moltzan were in the crowd at Gillette supporting the team, and maybe even bringing them some good luck and positive energy, and definitely joy and glitter!

Everyone watches women’s sports. Supporting each other’s sports lifts everyone up.

A rising tide lifts all ships.

Snow Row, 45th annual boat race, held in Hull, MA, back in March

It’s Rugby Season!

Finally, at last, after watching so many other sports, I find my home, my place, at the rugby game on Saturday. Sitting with some other Beantown alumni in the stands, we chat among ourselves, “Don’t you feel like you could still play again?”

There’s a vocal crowd from Northeastern University behind us. They have a lot to cheer about, just coming off their 7s Championship in April, their third year in a row taking the crown in the National Collegiate Rugby Division I-AA. And this follows their capturing the 2025 XVs Championship in December. And to top that off, one of their players, Molly McAlevy, the NCR Final MVP, is also taking the field for the for the first time, just named to the Banshees squad in January.

Elsewhere in the stands, a few people cheer, “Let’s go Boston!” This is jarring, and rankles because there is already, and still is a Boston Women’s Rugby Club, that still exists, and was historically a cross-town rival to Beantown RFC. And the Banshees include a pretty good-sized contingent of players who came from Beantown, somewhere on the order of 15 to 20. It would be like cheering, “Let’s go Yankees!” at a Red Sox game, by the logic that New Englanders are also northerners, above the Mason-Dixon line, and therefore Yankees.

Might I suggest next time folks cheer: “Let’s go Banshees!”

The first weekend of the Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) season ended with three decisive victories:

Boston Banshees over the NY Exiles 38 - 19

Twin City Gemini over Chicago Tempest 78 - 22

Bay City Breakers over Denver Onyx 36 - 19

Seeing these teams, I’m reminded of the original clubs that played decades ago: Twin City Amazons, Minneapolis Valkyries, Chicago, Bay Area She-Hawks (aka BASH), and Berkeley (with their Grateful Dead-like dancing bears logo), and of course Beantown. And now it’s no surprise that many of these same cities are home to the first professional women’s rugby teams.

The prior Women’s Premier League (WPL) operated between 2009 and 2024, with a hiatus between 2020 and 2022 due to the pandemic. While it was the highest level of play within the US, outside of the Olympics, it was still amateur, player-run, and players had to pay their own way. The start of the WER marks the advent of players getting paid a monthly stipend to allow them to focus on their sport, which is literally a game-changer.

The Banshees came on the field with high energy, and a completely different look from their last meeting with the New York Exiles, when they suffered a painful 20 - 24 loss to them last April. It feels like the team has gelled over the off-season, with 20 returning players, and showing textbook execution of forward loose play, going to ground, efficient delivery out the back of rucks, and clockwork back play, with really nice offloads to the next rugger before being taken down. And there was scoring. Lots of scoring.

Here are a few pics from the game. Boston Banshees are in orange jerseys, NY Exiles in teal.

Upcoming: Next home game is May 16^th vs. Denver Onyx.

See end of post for the sports calendar.

Check the WER home page for the latest on schedules, times, etc.

https://www.womenseliterugby.us/schedule-boston-banshees

It’s Stick Season!

Yes, I originally thought that Noah Kahan’s song was about HOCKEY, and later learned that it was just about, literally, sticks. Well, whatever. I still say it could be about hockey.

The Walter Cup playoffs are in full swing, with both semi-final series tied at 1 game each.

The Boston Fleet won Game 1 of the Walter Cup Playoffs (PWHL) over Ottawa Charge on April 30^th, with a score of 2 - 1, with goals shot by Alina Müller & Jamie Lee Rattray, but then dropped Game 2 on May 2^nd, with a score of 1 - 3.

The Minnesota Frost overcame Montreal Victoire 5 to 4 in OT in Game 1 on May 2nd, but then Victoire came back to take Game 2 with a single goal scored by Captain Marie-Philip Poulin in a late-night triple-OT nail-biter May 5^th.

And yet, I think, rugby is still so much more civilized. A game designed for hooligans, played by gentlepersons, as they say. In hockey, there’s an awful lot of unnecessary hitting. Practically fisticuffs, but they have gloves on. Roque has a black eye, Curl gets suspended a game.

See the sports calendar below. Next games are May 7^th and May 8^th.

Mother’s Day

As we’re also approaching Mother’s Day, it occurs to me, where have all these amazing women been in decades past? They were there, in our midst, the whole time. If you look back decades, or generations, they were there. Our mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, aunts, sisters, great aunts. Just picture them in a jersey – rugby, hockey, basketball, soccer, bobsled, skiing, you name it. They could have done what these modern warriors are doing, if they had the chance. They simply lacked access. Opportunity.

Nixon did a lot wrong (Watergate). But he got one thing right: Title IX.

Signed in 1972, it legislated equal access to athletic opportunities in schools. It has taken over 50 years for cultural expectations to evolve and organizational change to happen, to build an environment where women’s sports can flourish. At last!

Sports Calendar:

RUGBY:

May 9-10 - NERFU tournament in Newport, RI.

May 10, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at Chicago Tempest, on the Illinois Benedictine University campus in Lisle, IL. Kick-off time is 6:00 PM EDT.

May 16, 2026 – Next Boston Banshees HOME GAME vs. Denver Onyx, at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium in Quincy, MA. Kick-off is at 5:00 PM EDT.

This should be a competitive match, as the Banshees will be going up against the current reigning champion. Denver Onyx took the Legacy Cup last spring, outscoring the NY Exiles 53 to 13 in the final last June.

May 30, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at Twin City Gemini. 6:00 PM EDT.

May 31 - Rosie's Ruck 7s in Canton, MA.

June 7, 2026 – Boston Banshees HOME GAME vs. Bay City Breakers. Kick-off is at 6:00 PM EDT.

June 11 - MA High School rugby state championship in Quincy, MA.

June 13, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at Denver Onyx. 7:00 PM EDT.

June 21, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at Bay City Breakers. 8:00 PM EDT.

July 11, 2026 – Boston Banshees HOME GAME vs. Twin City Gemini. Kick-off is at 3:00 PM EDT.

July 18, 2026 – Boston Banshees HOME GAME vs. Chicago Tempest. Kick-off is at 5:00 PM EDT.

July 25, 2026 – Boston Banshees play away at NY Exiles. 5:00 PM EDT.

HOCKEY:

Games are being streamed on PWHL YouTube: https://www.thepwhl.com/en/

May 7– Montreal vs. Minnesota, Game 3, 7:00 PM EDT.

May 8 - Boston Fleet vs. Ottawa Charge, Game 3, 7:00 PM EDT.

May 8– Montreal vs. Minnesota, Game 4, 8:30 PM EDT.

May 10 - Boston Fleet vs. Ottawa Charge, Game 4, 3:00 PM EDT.

May 11– Montreal vs. Minnesota, Game 5, 7:00 PM EDT.

May 12 - Boston Fleet vs. Ottawa Charge, Game 5, 7:00 PM EDT.

BOSTON LEGACY FC (SOCCER):

May 9 - At NY Gotham FC.

May 12 – Orlando Pride, 7:00 PM EDT, at Gillette.

May 15 – At Bay FC.

May 22 – Seattle Reign FC, at Centreville Bank Stadium. This is a super-nice stadium, and located just outside Providence, RI.

May 30 – At KC Current.

Books:

If anyone wants copies of my books, they’re both on Amazon, but for the rugby book, just reach out in a comment, and I’ll send you a copy. It will be simpler.

The Happy Clam can be ordered directly through the printer/distributor (IngramSparks), cutting out all the middle-people:

https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=H5CEjLsCLxp0QjPdNOPvntbgUAZdvqWRZoms9HXVnCO

SubStack – Also, thanks and welcome to all the new followers on SubStack! A simple and convenient way to get each new post delivered directly to your in box.

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