A breakfast treat: Dunkin' Donuts franchisees presented a
check for $30,000 Tuesday to ADs to support 30 high school sports programs throughout the Albany area, the Berkshires and western Vermont.
The money came from the chain's first high school sports day in the Albany market, which was held last month. Dunkin' Donuts said franchisees in the region have donated more than $90,000 to area high school athletic programs since March 2005.
No ordinary kid: Michelle Wie is skipping her high school graduation in Hawaii on Saturday in order to play a golf tournament in South Carolina.
My first reaction was that it's just one more cherished memory that she'll never have.
Upon further reflection, though, Wie hasn't had a normal life these last few years. Between playing and practicing golf at home and traveling the world for tournaments, she's spent relatively little time with her classmates.
And let's be realistic. She may not go through life with very many memories of her school days, but she's already seen and done more than anything that 99 percent of the planet will ever experience.
Extra points: Uruguay native Brayan Martinez, a 5-foot-9 senior midfielder for West Orange, N.J., High School, has been selected as Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Martinez, who had 21 goals and 21 assists in just 17 games, is the fourth New Jersey player to win the honor, which began in 1985. No New Yorker has ever won the national award.
