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 the way Vigneault wished to depart the stage, his résumé makes the most sense given the qualities that GM Glen Sather is looking for. During his 20-minute press conference, Sather stressed that the goal of the Rangers’ organization is nothing short of delivering the Stanley ...
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 he faced in the first inning. Three singles, a double, two walks and an error by third sacker Jayson Nix accounted for five runs and an early shower for Phelps. Reliever Preston Claiborne ended the carnage by retiring the next two batters. Mets skipper Terry Collins told reporters ...
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 for a four-game series sweep, or two consecutive two game sweeps tomorrow night in the Bronx. Then, it is three games down in Miami with the Marlins, a team that continues to tumble with the second worst record in baseball. The mood in the visitor’s clubhouse Wednesday ...
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 in Greenburgh, Rangers general manager Glen Sather gave his coach the walking papers, even after some success on the ice. "I won’t speculate or criticize what happened with Torts or give reasons on why," Sather said on a conference call. "After the work we did after the year trying to improve the team, it’s a decision that I made, it was consulted with a few people, but removing anyone from the coaching role is a difficult decision. It was a tough ...
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 years neither the Knicks or Nets were involved. Nevertheless there were a number Queens-related stories. Ernie Grunfeld, the greatest basketball player in Forest Hills High School history, was at the Lottery representing the Washington Wizards as its president. Ernie has the unique perspective of having been ...
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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 ...
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Have The Mets Turned the Corner?
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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 [...]
