NBA basketball player Jason Collins announced in a Sports Illustrated cover story this week that he’s a member of the LGBT community. Although statistical probability indicates there are several dozen gay athletes in United States major team sports leagues, Collins is the first to make it known to the world. It took the 34-year-old third […]
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]. Stephens leaps to school record at Big Red meet Joining 19 teammates in reaching East Coast Athletic […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Rockland Boulders management says we will see a lot of new players on the CanAm League on opening day May 16 at Provident Bank Ball Park. Under the watch of new manager Jamie Keefe, the team has been upgraded in an attempt to knock off the 4-time defending league champions, the […]
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]. Freshman nugget Monaghan sparkles at SUNY Cortland The nationally ranked SUNY Cortland women’s lacrosse team continues to […]
JAMIE KEMPTON Matthew Bach of Jersey City, N.J., captured his second title in three years and Christina Ferencevych of Old Tappan, N.J., won the women’s division in the 24th annual George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon and 5K run, held Sunday, April 21 at Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain. The race, sponsored by the Rockland […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The First Annual BoulderDash 5k Run has been scheduled at Provident Bank Ballbark by the Rockland Boulders Sunday morning June 23 as part of a Health Fair sponsored by Active International and supporting sponsor Stop and Shop. Proceeds of the event will benefit the Active International Cardiovascular Unit at Good Samaritan […]