BY MICHAEL OSACKY New York is the home of many great sports’ franchises both past and present. Whether you are eating a sandwich at the Carnegie Deli or watching a play on Broadway, the person next to you is always willing to talk about the hometown team. Many great Hall of Famers called New York […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column STAC women, Dominican men claim hoop crowns The St. Thomas Aquinas College women’s basketball team and the Dominican College men’s basketball team each lifted their respective records to 3-0 with tournament victories at the Chargers’ Hennessy Center in Orangeburg. The Lady Spartans won the championship in the inaugural Regina Rivera […]
Marc Maturo’s official sports column It’s that time of year again: Halls of Fame It’s time to be honored. The Tappan Zee High School Hall of Fame induction dinner is scheduled Nov. 17 at the Colonial Inn in Norwood, N.J., while the Albertus Mangus HS Hall of Fame function is set for Nov. 23 at […]
4FROM BOWL.COM With one appearance at the Qubica AMF World Cupunder their belts, Team USA’s John Szczerbinski of North Tonawanda, N.Y., and Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y., hope to put their experience to good use next week. Szczerbinski and McEwan will travel to the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, to compete in the 49th […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER The Giants have now won two straight (against third-string quarterbacks). The Giants are right back in the playoff hunt (in the most underachieving, awful division in football). The Giants defense has shutout opponents (the aforementioned third string quarterbacks) for 10 straight quarters (during which time their offense has scored three, two of […]
Sports columnist Marc Maturo’s official column Hip hip hooray for Red Raider cheerleaders Cheerleading, which is a varsity interscholastic sport, has been something of a passion for North Rockland High School coach Lauren Gould. What started as a pastime while playing varsity sports for the Red Raiders quickly became something more for Gould, now into […]