Good News on the Doorstep

Good News at Cornell

 Lots of good things happening at Cornell University:

Ed Marinaro will be one of 8 illustrious recipients of the coveted Ivy League Football Association Achievement awards in January of next year. Our dear family friend was humbled at the last black tie extravaganza at the Waldorf in 2007 when the eloquent Jack Ford of Legal TV fame finally proclaimed what all of us know: "Ed Marinaro of Cornell University is the greatest player in Ivy League Football history!" Coming from a former Yale star, the truth brought the SRO crowd to its feet, ... even the guys from Harvard and Princeton.

Phil Cuzzi Makes Belleville, NJ Proud Again!

Belleville High grad Phil Cuzzi made many of us ol' Bellboys proud the first time he took the field as a Major League umpire a couple of years ago. But on Tuesday night, July 15, all of Phil's hometown fans were beaming and fighting off goose bumps, ... the local kid was in Yankee Stadium with the best major leaguers in the world, ... it was Yankee Stadium's All Star finale, ... and he had been selected to be on the umpiring team!

The icing on the cake for the crowd from Belleville and Nutley (where Phil now lives--he moved a couple of feet north, ... the two towns are like one to many of us, well, almost {?}) was that my daughter Tina Cervasio did the interview for MSG-NY, featuring Phil as the local guy who made it to the sacred stadium on this special night.