Marc Maturo’s official sports column Jaspers turn the page, hope for better days This year is next year for the Manhattan College women’s lacrosse team. The Jaspers went 4-13 overall last season, going just 1-5 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). So, like the dedicated Brooklyn Dodgers fans of yore, Jaspers supporters could only […]
The great Derek Jeter, Yankees shortstop for the past 19 seasons, announced that the 2014 season will be his last on Wednesday. Jeter is a five-time World Series champion and the all-time Yankees leader in hits, currently at 3,316, stolen bases, with 348, and games played, with 2602. With 1,876 runs scored he is 12 […]
Tappan Zee Senior Basketball player Kristen McLaughlin became only the third girl in TZ history to score her 1000th point. She did it on February 4 in the game against Nanuet at Tappan Zee.
Marc Maturo’s official sports column Kivlehan keeps baseball close to his heart Valentine’s Day can mean many things to many people. Consider 24-year-old Pat Kivlehan of West Nyack. “I’m leaving Valentine’s Day, going to Peoria, Arizona, for spring training,” the Rutgers University alum said on the cusp of his second full season playing professional […]
A former St. Joseph’s and Nyack High School basketball standout was arrested last week on sex abuse charges. Terrence McNair, 18, of Valley Cottage was arrested for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a girl under 15 years of age “sometime between October 2012 and June 2013,” according to Clarkstown PD. The sexual acts […]
BY MARC MATURO The passing of Hall of Fame player and broadcaster Ralph Kiner erases the last public voice to the original 1962 Mets, when Kiner joined Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy in both the radio and TV booths. “Whaddaya say, Ralphie Boy,” was often my gracious, energetic greeting, and the big guy most often […]