BY BOB BAIRD Back in 1993, when I was a Suffern Little League board member, it was my honor to be among a group of dedicated people who organized Rockland’s Challenger Little League for children with disabilities. For many of the players, Challenger was their first opportunity to play baseball. For the teary-eyed parents and […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column Boulders swing away, roll into postseason play The Rockland Boulders, who have brought the area an entertaining and reasonably priced professional baseball team, have now brought their loyal fans a chance to see postseason competition in the Can-Am League. The Boulders, led by veteran skipper Jamie Keefe, and Can-Am League […]
East Coast Drive Athletics shifts into high gear Nothing ventured, nothing gained. This idiom might well be applied to 28-year-old sports entrepreneur Natalie Traina, who was a standout in softball at North Rockland High School, then in college and finally one summer in Italy playing for AIST or American International Softball Team. While playing, Traina […]
BY JOE RINI For third baseman David Wright, captain of the New York Mets, there will always be demands on his time beyond playing the game. Whether it’s signing autographs during batting practice for young fans whose faces are lit with excitement when they see him or standing before a throng of reporters after a […]
BY BRANDON GUBITOSA John Starks was back in Rockland County this week as Cablevision’s Optimum and Madison Square Garden teamed up for the eighth annual Knicks Summer reading event at the Bronx House Day Camp in Pearl River. Former Knicks all-star Starks and New York State Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj were in attendance as they […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column Kivlehan, Prosciaworking their way closer to Big Leagues A star in the making — perhaps two — are Rockland County baseball standouts Pat Kivlehan of West Nyack and Steven Proscia of Suffern Kivlehan, a former two-sport standout at Rutgers University who is playing in the Seattle Mariners organization, is reportedly […]