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Joe McDonald

Tortorella Brought The Firing On Himself

When you have the nickname "The Torch" eventually you might get burned. Yesterday, John Tortorella learned just that. Two days after breakup ...

Sounds of the Game

Mets Post Game – 4-5-13

Post game interviews from the Mets loss to the Marlins, 7-3 on Friday night.

Lloyd Carroll

Sports Beat “A night for the NBA have-nots”

The NBA Draft Lottery held last week at the Disney Studios in Times Square determined the order of selection in ...

Rich Mancuso

featuredimage Have The Mets Turned the Corner?

New York- A four-game winning streak for the New York Mets and you ask, does that provide a legitimate reason ...

Joe Pietaro

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One year ago, the New York Yankees were preparing for the World Series instead of packing their bags for the ...


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Last Jackie Robinson Glove Hits Auction May 1

Jackie Robinson is all the rage this week -- the feature film 42 about his life hits theaters tomorrow, and Monday ...

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New York Mets

Have The Mets Turned the Corner?

New York- A four-game winning streak for the New York Mets and you ask, does that provide a legitimate reason of contention that they are beginning to turn things around? For the moment, especially with a win against Atlanta, and three wins over the Yankees, there is optimism. Added to the equation, the Mets go [...]

New York Yankees

Mets Win Fourth Straight; Top Yanks. 9-4 in Subway Series

Bronx, NY—On Wednesday, the scene of the Subway Series shifted to Yankee Stadium. A third consecutive pitchers’ duel did not take place as the Mets batters very quickly realized they were in a different atmosphere than at pitching friendly Citi Field. Yankees hurler David Phelps was only able to retire one of the eight batters [...]

New York Giants

Parcells Gets The Call To Canton

Bill Parcells, the first coach to lead the Giants to two Super Bowl titles finally gets the call for Canton. After a legendary career that also saw stops in New England, the Jets, Dallas and as a Front Office executive with Miami, Parcells takes his place among other legendary coaches in the Hall of Fame. [...]

New York Jets

Sports Beat “Geno and the Jets”

Jets fans, who are notorious for booing any player their team selects at the NFL Draft, broke into thunderous cheers at Radio City Music Hall Friday night upon hearing that Gang Green had chosen Smith. The reason for this euphoria was the belief that beleaguered Mark Sanchez’s days as a Jet were numbered. I hate [...]

New York Knicks

Repeat Performance: Knicks Shut Celtics Down Again for 2-0 Series Lead

NEW YORK — If the New York Knicks’ postseason continues the way it’s started, their fans will think it’s the early 1990s all over again. Actually, even the Pat Riley-led Knicks of that era didn’t shut teams down in the playoffs quite the way the current Knicks have silenced the Boston Celtics in the NBA [...]

Brooklyn Nets

Brooklyn Nets Defeat Orlando Magic, 97-77 for Eighth Straight Win at Home

Brooklyn, NY—The Brooklyn Nets (27-18) were happy to return home to their enthusiastic fans at Barclays Center on Monday night for the first of four straight home games after losing their last two games on the road. The 97-77 victory over the Orlando Magic (14-30) extended the Nets winning streak at Barclays to eight games. [...]

New York Rangers

Vigneault Is Most Logical Choice For Rangers Following Tortorella’s Departure

There isn’t a slam-dunk candidate among those vying to replace John Tortorella behind the bench as next head coach of the New York Rangers. Out of this group, former Canucks’ head coach Alain Vigneault makes the most immediate sense given his recent success in Vancouver. While a four-game sweep to the San Jose Sharks wasn’t [...]

New York Islanders

Sports Beat “Be realistic about the Isles”

It has been 30 years since the New York Islanders won their last Stanley Cup and frankly they have been abysmal for most of the years between 1983 and now. During this labor-dispute shortened National Hockey League season, the Islanders played respectably enough to earn their first playoff beth in seven years as they clinched [...]

Baseball

Last Jackie Robinson Glove Hits Auction May 1

Jackie Robinson is all the rage this week — the feature film 42 about his life hits theaters tomorrow, and Monday is “Jackie Robinson Day” across baseball, with players all donning his uniform number in a celebration of one of the most important figures in American history. For collectors, an authentic Robinson piece can be hard [...]

Football

Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Awarded National Football Foundation (NFF) Gold Medal

New York, NY—Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. was awarded most of the most prestigious prizes in the sports at the 55th Annual National football Foundation Awards Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on December 4. The 90 year old is a true American hero who has lived a life of achievement and service to others. Thus, it [...]

College Football

Syracuse Crushes West Virginia, 38-14, in the 2012 Pinstripe Bowl

Bronx, NY—The last week of December and the first week of January are the culmination of the college football season. Those are the weeks in which the final bowl games are played and the final rankings of teams are determined. Since December of 2010, Yankee Stadium in the Bronx has become a bowl venue. On [...]

Basketball

Sports Beat “A night for the NBA have-nots”

The NBA Draft Lottery held last week at the Disney Studios in Times Square determined the order of selection in the 2013 NBA Draft scheduled for June 27 at the Barclays Center. The participants were all of the NBA clubs that did not qualify for the playoffs which meant that for the first time in [...]

Hockey

Sports Beat “The puck will finally drop”

The four month-long labor dispute between the National Hockey League owners and players concluded this past Sunday. It wasn’t a surprise since both sides knew that they were reaching the point of no return for even a remotely credible 2013 season. NHL commissioner and Forest Hills native Gary Bettman did a great job selling the [...]

US Open Tennis

Red Sox Trample Yanks, 8-2, on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium

Bronx, NY—Fans of major league baseball have been waiting more than five months for their favorite sport to begin again. The stands at Yankee Stadium were filled on Monday afternoon, April 1, as the fans of the Bronx Bombers realized the announced date of Opening Day was not an April Fool’s joke. The stadium was [...]

Other Sports

Fairfield Announces Men’s Lacrosse Will Join Colonial Athletic Association

Fairfield University announced on Tuesday that the men’s lacrosse program will join the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) as an associate member.  The Stags will begin CAA competition in 2015 with the University of Delaware, Drexel University, Hofstra University, the University of Massachusetts, St. Joseph’s University, and Towson University. “The landscape of Division I lacrosse has [...]

Long Island Ducks

Clemens, Skeeters Bite Ducks, 7-1

Central Islip, NY – Koby  Clemens delivered a crushing home run in the fifth inning to lead the visiting Sugarland Skeeters (7-2) to a 7-1 victory over the Long Island Ducks (2-7) at Bethpage Ballpark on Saturday night. Clemens got his third homer of the season when he connected on a 0-1 pitch off Ducks [...]

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