Eight Rockland athletes joined the ranks of the immortal at the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame 40th Anniversary Induction Dinner held last most at the Pearl River Elks Club. Before the new entries were honored, Pete Scheibner, chairman of the Sports Hall of Fame, acknowledged the charter members of the Sports Hall of Fame, […]
Internet offers once rare opportunity to see Babe Ruth in feature film just before he became a national hero. Best part: the movie was made locally at Ruth’s old Haverstraw stomping grounds BY JOHN MIRABELLA Special to the Rockland County Times Growing up in Haverstraw, N.Y. I, in fact we, as a town, had heard […]
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 [email protected]. Purchase College turns to DeLorenzo Lacrosse is lifeblood to Nyack High School alumna Francesca DeLorenzo, who not […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER John Tortorella is out as head coach of the New York Rangers. Tortorella’s four and a half year reign as head coach of the Rangers ended abruptly Wednesday, a mere four days after their Stanley Cup hopes were ended by the Boston Bruins. The Rangers were thoroughly outplayed throughout the series, narrowly […]
A Banner Day for the Mets, a banner career for Edgardo Alfonzo STORY AND PHOTO BY JOE RINI When Edgardo Alfonzo returned to Citi Field to help judge the recent Banner Day festivities, Mets fans could be forgiven for wishing they could turn back the clock and insert the former All-Star infielder into the starting […]
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 [email protected]. MONAGHAN ALREADY LOOKS TO NEXT SEASON Tara Monaghan of Stony Point just can’t get lacrosse out of […]