HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The recent stench emanating from the Hofstra University men’s basketball team was a strong one, both figuratively and literally.
After losing five straight to close out the first half of a conference schedule which included only two Colonial Athletic Association wins, both against last-place Towson (4-16, 1-9 CAA), the Pride (10-12, 3-7) was [...]

The Fordham Rams men’s basketball team (2-14, 0-4) was in the spotlight during the past week. On Wednesday night, Fordham played its first game at the “Mecca” of basketball since 2002. The Dayton Flyers (13-3, 2-0) defeated the Rams, 74-58. On Saturday afternoon, Fordham played its first home game since December 8. The homecoming, televised [...]

It’s not just the end of an era-it’s the end of my youth. When the New Jersey sports and exposition authority opened Giants Stadium on October 10th 1976, I was in my youthful teen years, both in life and in football. The New York Giants would not become a decent team again for about five [...]

UNIONDALE, NY— Martin Biron is not a starting pitcher despite needing a glove for his job. Yet the Islanders goalie could be forgiven if he sometimes feels like a hurler who receives little run support.
Biron is winless in his last six starts and 2-10-2 overall in his first season since signing as a free agent. [...]

At 5-0, New York was buzzing. Are the Giants really that good? Could they beat the Saints in New Orleans and be in the driver’s seat for the NFC playoffs to get back to another Super Bowl?
At 5-1, after getting pummeled in New Orleans, the doubts crept in, but there was no huge [...]

Make no mistake about it, Thurman Munson was the “balls” of the New York Yankees during the 1970s.
Reggie Jackson may have been the “straw that stirs the drink” during his playing days in the Big Apple; but Munson was the soldier who stood on that wall, carrying on the legacy of the Pinstripes.
I was a [...]

UNIONDALE, NY- Center ice still featured the big Islanders emblem and matching NHL logos at Nassau Coliseum Friday night. Kyle Okposo, the team’s leading scorer in 2008-09, was also in uniform and garnered some of the loudest cheers during the pregame skate.
A plethora of empty seats stood as the backdrop, giving the venue the feeling [...]

NEW YORK – The New York Rangers are in the playoffs. The Blueshirts qualified for the postseason on the penultimate gameday by defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 at Madison Square Garden Thursday night. The team will conclude the regular season at Philadelphia Sunday before starting the playoffs as either a 7 or 8 seed in [...]

UNIONDALE, NY- Wednesday will mark another community outreach meeting to elicit support for Charles Wang Lighthouse’s initiative that includes the long-discussed refurbished Nassau Coliseum.
While the project’s future is uncertain, the Islanders are starting to secure its spot at the bottom of the NHL’s standings, which received another boost with a 6-2 home loss to Minnesota [...]

NEWARK, NJ – Home cooking is not sitting well with the New Jersey Devils.
In what could only be described as a “chippy” game, with six penalties in the first 10 minutes, the Devils lost to the Los Angeles Kings, 3-1, for the second home game in a row.
Head coach Brent Sutter was cryptic after the [...]