SPORTS SPOTLIGHT by Marc Maturo

SPORTS SPOTLIGHT by Marc Maturo

Midnight Madness to usher in a new era at RCC The administration at Rockland Community College apparently is making a new commitment to its menโ€™s and womenโ€™s basketball programs, with new coaches having been appointed and by introducing something that has been commonplace at the Division I level across the nation. In other words, โ€œMidnight […]

Marc My Words!

Marc My Words!

Sports columnistย Marcย Maturo’s official column Haverstraw all-stars enjoy ride to the finish It was a great season, and a great season to celebrate despite two losses on Long Island in a bid for the state championship. โ€œThey didnโ€™t win the state (title), but they had a fantastic run. We were there (Long Island), we followed them […]

Marc My Words!

Marc My Words!

Sports columnist Marc Maturoโ€™s official column Step aside Father Time, these guys wonโ€™t be denied  Youth must be served, except when it comes to pickup basketball or โ€œhoops.โ€ There are many Over-30 basketball leagues throughout the county, half-court games for those so inclined, and other organized leagues but pickup or โ€œopenโ€ hoops still manages to […]

Marc My Words!

Marc My Words!

Sports columnist Marc Maturoโ€™s official column BASEBALL LIFER KEEPS HIS HAND AND MIND IN THE GAME John Verwoert of New City, a self-described โ€œbaseball lifer,โ€ is not just blowing smoke into the wind. The retired New York City policeman, who was the assistant baseball coach at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for 22 years, […]

COLLEGE SPORTS NOTEBOOK 4/4/13

COLLEGE SPORTS NOTEBOOK 4/4/13

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 tomarcmaturo@aol.com. Baerga has big day at plate as Spartans sparkle It was not an April Foolโ€™s Day joke […]