Given that you’ll be reading this one month before the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 27, it seems only fitting to attempt a sports theme. So here goes, starting with news from Scott Blackmun, CEO of the United States Olympic Committee: “Coming off a fantastic performance by our athletes in Beijing, the U.S. team will face stiff competition from China in London. China has made sport a national priority. Unlike the U.S. team, which is funded privately with no government support, the Chinese government is investing billions of dollars in sports programs and infrastructure. To learn more about our athletes and their amazing stories, go to teamusa.org. My wife, Ann, and I will celebrate our 25th anniversary in October. Our oldest (Lauren) graduates from DePaul in June. As for classmate news, I saw Pete Roby at the Final Four in New Orleans and Tom Ryan at the World Series in St. Louis, Missouri. We will be in North Carolina with Steve Jonas in September for the marriage of Tom Ryan’s daughter Susan.” (Congratulations, Tom!)


Three-time varsity soccer letterman Rich Brown writes: “I told my wife, Maggie, that you had asked for some news. Her response was, “But our lives aren’t very exciting.” And she’s right—it’s a far cry from flying Navy jets in the 1980s, when we met (Maggie was a Navy jet pilot as well). Now we’re just typical suburban parents, ferrying our four kids to their many events and otherwise trying to coax them into being mature young adults. I wouldn’t trade it for anything! I am a partner in a law firm, mainly litigating commercial disputes involving intellectual property. I coach youth soccer and try to avoid serious injury in my very occasional forays back onto the pitch as an elder statesman.”


If beer pong was an Olympic sport, then Steve Franklin (No. 1 singles for Bones Gate!) would surely represent. Steve reports: “After graduating from Dartmouth I worked for General Reinsurance for 28 years. Five years ago I formed the reinsurance division of Arch Capital. The first 15 months were spent in court fighting a lawsuit for the alleged misappropriation of intellectual property, but the case was dismissed after the judge got to know me. My wife, Claudia, and I have a daughter in high school in Simsbury, Connecticut, and a son at Boston University.”


It was great to see Mike McCarthy and Steve O’Neill in Hanover on April 21 for the men’s lacrosse game vs. the University of Pennsylvania. Mike and Steve were on the field during a halftime ceremony honoring teams from the 1970s. Mike was a co-captain with Steve in 1979 and Steve was a four-time All-Ivy.


On a final sporting note, kudos to Carol Gieg, who ran the Healdsburg, California, Wine Country Half Marathon (a qualifying race for the Boston Marathon) last October and finished No. 1 in her age group!


Refresh, enjoy and play on!


—Stanley Weil, 14 Woodland Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549; (917) 428-0852; stanno79@gmail.com