Buzz breeze in home debut

ALBANY — They never quite got the air conditioning working to full effect. You couldn’t see the stars in the sky, or hear the crickets and smell the trees. The lady with the bee-shaped inflatable pool toy was there, though. You could still get one of those monster lemonades from the Mike’s Hot Dogs concession stand. And the New York Buzz played some pretty good tennis. After 13 World TeamTennis seasons at Central Park in Schen­ectady, the Buzz and their fans experienced a match at the Washington Avenue Armory for the first time on Sunday. New York christened its new home by beating the Boston Lobsters, 23-16, to improve to 3-0. General manager Nitty Singh said they sold over 1,000 tickets, but an unofficial head count was about 500, and there were some opening-night glitches, like the sweltering conditions and TV scoreboards... [read full story]