People in Sports

Sports Editor Emeritus

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Family and friends surround the culture of sports

Dave Frederick
1 day ago
Arm bars - Two young girls, arms locked, skipped past my camera during Saturday’s Cape at...

Taking care of fitness every day

Dave Frederick
5 days ago
Taking care of fitness - The first time I saw 27-year-old rookie Ichiro Suzuki was like every time...

A busman’s holiday taking my camera to a middle...

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
Rastling relatives - I am the grandfather of Mikey, who was a wrestler for Cape, and I’ve been...

Sports officials always have the last word

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
Clarify but don’t question - Coach Chris Mattioni, a 30-year veteran who’s always composed but...

Connecting the dot matrix of sports histories

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Yell it and spell - My cellphone rang at the end of the Houston Texans’ victory over the Los...

The Sounds of Silence honored Sweetness Walter Payton

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Sweet Silence - Jeff Pearlman wrote the definitive biography of the late Chicago Bears running back...

Patrick Donahue pins way to War on Shore title

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Pins and tech falls - Wrestlers from 43 teams competed in 14 weight classes across eight mats over...

Seven hundred racers throw down over New Year’s...

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Boardwalk racers - Tuesday, Dec. 31, the Seashore Striders welcomed 381 runners for the Race Into...

Your sports mom’s a proton, always positive in an...

Dave Frederick
4 weeks ago
Your mom’s a proton - Let’s split the atom of sports and only write about the positive aspects of...

A nomination for an award is its own reward minus...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Team of the Year - Two teams I covered this past calendar year are the Cape girls’ lacrosse and...

Legacy is just a Subaru; meet me at the tailgate

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Tailgating - A metabolic frolic where pregame meal meets happy hour before a football game. Some...

Fred Shed: a comfort zone of coziness, come get...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
The Fred Shed - The Fred Thomas gym has an old-school feel to it. A comfort zone of coziness, a...

Best way to determine a 100-meter time is to run it

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Bits and bytes - There used to be information in printed newspapers called agate, which were...

Values skewed as athletics are burying academics

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Awakenings - I was on the academic spectrum as a college student and athlete. I was as smart as I...

Go-getters and goal setters: 2,800 runners jump on it

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Go-getters and goal setters - A candy cane sky at first light at the Rehoboth Boardwalk with an air...

Wimpy and Cheeseburger are part of local muppet matrix

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Burger Kings - Opening day at the Fred Thomas gym, the Freds hosted the Georgetown Middle Golden...

Former UD coach KC Keeler heads to Temple

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
KC D3 - KC Keeler moved from Rowan to Delaware then Sam Houston State, and now he will be the head...

Longevity: Today was yesterday and yesterday is today

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Longevity and loyalty - I am the last man standing – not to mention ambulating – in a lot of...

Pay-to-play sports are not about the price of eggs

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Pay-to-play sports - There was a cartoon in the New Yorker 25 years ago of a guy jogging. He was...

I shot two deer at sundown in a fallow field

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Doe-eyed - I shot two deer at sundown Tuesday afternoon – a doe and a menacing buck in rut intent...

Tunnel to Towers event brings out the best in people...

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Chattahoochie - Allen Jackson gets claimed by so many people as cousin in the 684 that I’ve started...

A slice of life sports offer improbable images and...

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Slice of life - There is a premise in psychology that if the mind sees something that is against...

Don’t lose your marbles on championship game day

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Championship Saturday - I woke up early on state championship Saturday, and I was in game-day mode...

Cape Region is a running mecca that goes back 50 years

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Meep meep - Cape kids have been running the roads of the greater Lewes area for 55 years, so it’s...

Kill the radio and ditch the AirPods

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Car rides - Kill the radio and ditch the AirPods; just tell sports stories. I met coach Dan...

Coach Dan Rigby interacts with Cape athletes at...

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Morgan's Message - Coach Kate Austin invited me to a Morgan's Message 45-minute assembly last week...

Runners dial up their inner beast at Sea Witch Half...

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Release inner beast - Lauren Pollock, 21, of Middletown, was the overall women’s winner at...

Inspirational stories from the back of the pack

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Better angels - Sometimes the best stories and most inspirational efforts in a cross country race...

Max Coveleski wins Tommy C 5K, saying ‘I hate running’

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Tommy C 5K Run - The 11th annual race was won by Max Coveleski, 34, nephew of the late Tom...

Connecting dots through sports supports Sussex culture

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Can you not do it? Connecting people to each other in Sussex County has always been a way of life...

Dogfish to Darby Dash is like Great Dane to a teacup...

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Dogfish to Darby Dash - About 1,500 runners and walkers circled the town of Milton Sept. 29,...

Sports columns are quirky observations reflecting...

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Jumping the shark - Most coaches are cautious and don’t want to be bitten by arrogance or...

We are all cousins; the connections transcend time...

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Mormon melding - I have no clue as to the foundations of the Mormon religion or how it relates to...

Pete Rose has a statue in Cincinnati and Wall of...

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Dirt Bag - I see an image of Pete Rose sliding into home plate on his stomach obscured by more dirt...

Pale ale runners saunter around Milton for Dogfish...

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Dogfish Dash - Running with friends is good for what ales you; other exercises pale by comparison...

Free and overpriced is how I roll through grandpa life

Dave Frederick
4 months ago
Afterschool special - “Keep it on the down low or everybody will know.” – Teddy Thompson...

Linemen for Life move into the world always knowing...

Dave Frederick
4 months ago
Old King Cole - It was the working ranch on Cave Neck Road rolling into Milton. I’m pretty sure...

Five-year-old Everleigh flies high for Vikings Pop...

Dave Frederick
4 months ago
Therapy Freddogg - A few years ago, former student Mandie Manship was a substitute secretary at...

Goats and goalies travel in pairs, are better together

Dave Frederick
4 months ago
Goats and goalies - Katie Kulhlman, a former Cape track star who is now running cross country at...

Sandhill Fields has a free-to-fly vibe

Dave Frederick
4 months ago
Sandhill Fields - I see a gazebo and I know it's there as an open-air outdoor gathering place for...

Bottle & Cork race is a 40-year tradition of late...

4 months ago
Forty years and 40 minutes - Sharyn Slick, 77, a name not easily forgotten, with her husband Bob...

Game with giant goals and a big ol’ ball ends in...

Dave Frederick
4 months ago
Kick ball - I can go hovering drone in my mind (some go to Carolina) looking down at a...

Running is No. 1 at Sesame Street by the Sea

Dave Frederick
4 months ago
Running mecca - The No. 1 local sport here at Sesame Street by the Sea – when you factor in athlete...

Gifted bacon and melon balls make me a one-armed...

Dave Frederick
5 months ago
Kitchen guy - I was waiting for runners to return to the finish line at Saturday morning’s Outlet...

Reflections on Rainbow Demolition, sports and politics

Dave Frederick
5 months ago
Connections: politics and sports - Susan and I were in the stands about 1992 at Maryland as the...

False start for kids’ race is funny if you’re a 50...

Dave Frederick
5 months ago
No-class clown - A bunch of youngsters lined up on Rehoboth Avenue at 7:50 a.m. Aug. 18 for the two...

Taylor the composite Cape kid leaves the pitch too...

Dave Frederick
5 months ago
Sad Songs - “If you don’t know me by now you will never never know me.” – Harold Melvin and the...

Odie Davis, 62, is coaching girls’ basketball in...

Dave Frederick
5 months ago
Flash forward - Coach George Pepper and I ran a resource room together back in 1980 under the...

There are no birthday breaks or cupcakes at Cape...

Dave Frederick
5 months ago
Birthday 52 - Tuesday was the B-52 birthday celebration of Cape coach Mike Frederick, but out at...

Bulldogs Junior and Chunk roll past Dewey Beach...

Dave Frederick
5 months ago
Schmidt’s Malt Liquor bulldogs - Rescues Junior and Chunk are on the wagon rolling past Dewey Beach...

Perks Pacers inspire runners at Penn State College...

Dave Frederick
5 months ago
Perks Pacers - Perks Pacers is a group that runs as a team at the Penn State College Day 5K in...

Runners are friendly and gracious, but racing is...

Dave Frederick
5 months ago
Me too, me first - I was taking photos at the finish line at the Dam Mill 5K in Millsboro July 28...

Alia and Evan are a couple of kids connecting at...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Friends Central - Evan Chubb is a rising third-grader, the third of four children of Katie and Josh...

Mr. Field Hockey is an inside joke working outside...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Inside joke - “They call me Mr. Field Hockey.” That was started by the zen master of Cape girls’...

Earth stands still on Cape campus with news of...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Full stop! - The earth spins at 1,000 miles per hour, yet there is no sense of speed. On Tuesday...

Billbow Dunning a rock-hard, humble hero, an athlete...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Fast and rock-hard humble - William Billbow Dunning died July 13, felled by a heart attack or...

Runner’s high is crystal-clear sobriety for early...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Dewey never sleeps - Dewey isn’t the town that never sleeps, but the town that sleeps in shifts. At...

Summer open fields and gyms are optional, but best...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Home opener - There is a closing-time joke, “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.”...

A string of four-letter words tying together stories...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Four-letter words - The words are Cape, Emma, Anna and Maci. Three young athletes, all of whom...

Legendary field hockey coach Carolyn Ivins turns 85,...

Dave Frederick
7 months ago
Get off my lawn - Cape field hockey coach Carolyn Ivins (1969-79) won the school's first state...