Knicks role-player Steve Novak, a deadly long-range shooter, and benchwarmer James White, a champion of international dunk tournaments, will be featured this weekend in the NBA’s Three-Point and Slam Dunk competitions respectively. The events take place Saturday night and both players are considered strong candidates to win their tournaments. In the regular All-Star game on […]
The College Sports Notebook is compiled by veteran sports writer and columnist Marc Maturo, a lifetime member of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). The notebook will be published every Thursday. Please send items of interest to marcmaturo@aol.com. Gutenberger gone, but Jaspers pin hopes on other vets, newcomers Last year’s leading scorer Chrissy Gutenberger […]
But team can boast of three-game winning streak against tough competition BY CHAYIM TAUBER There may not be another Jekyll and Hyde team in the entire NHL quite like the New York Rangers. Case in point, the Rangers are on a three game win streak; the last of which was a shootout victory over the […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER Honestly, how many of you would have predicted the Knicks would be here at the halfway mark of the season? A record of 32-18 atop the Atlantic Division and second in the East, not far behind Miami. The fourth seed, the fifth seed; those were predictions well within the realm of possibility […]
BY AARON SCHULDINER Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds that, upon other fields, on other days, will bear the fruits of victory –Douglas MacArthur, USMA Class of 1903 It’s a brisk January afternoon in West Point, NY, but it’s like a sauna inside Christl Arena. Despite it being a holiday weekend on […]
The College Sports Notebook is compiled by veteran sports writer and columnist Marc Maturo, a lifetime member of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). The notebook will be published every Thursday. Please send items of interest to marcmaturo@aol.com. These Rockland CC teams are bound for glory            Playoff-bound; bound for glory; or perhaps even better […]