Wasn't really worried too much about the Giants' three game losing streak heading into last Sunday's game against San Diego. Despite the skid, they were still just a game behind Dallas and Philadelphia with divisional matchups with each remaining on the schedule. While the defense had been suffering ever since Safety Kenny Phillips was lost for the season, talented pass rushers like Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora were certainly talented enough
Coming off its first winning season since going to the NCAA Tournament 11 years ago, the Long Island University men’s basketball team was all set to enter this campaign as a strong co-favorite for the Northeast Conference championship.
Then, reality set in.
Eighth-year coach Jim Ferry, expecting to have three starters and 10 letter-winners returning from a team that went 16-14 and finished second in the NEC a year ago, instead had to deal with an off-season filled with disappointing
The St. Francis College women’s bowling team revealed this week that it had raised over $6,000 for Breast Cancer research during last month’s Bowl-a-Thon.
“This great achievement would not have been possible without our student-athletes, friends and family,” said Terriers head coach Dawn Gugliaro. “We are extremely grateful and very appreciative of all of the support and generosity of the people that have donated their time and financial backing.”
The Terriers bowled and raised money in the names of all the women
New Jersey Nets players Josh Boone and Sean Williams, along with Nets mascot Sly and National Grid representatives, will join with 75 students of P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School and M.S. 352 Ebbets Field School to unveil a newly refurbished {read more...}
by Associated Press (), published online 11-06-2009
Both Book-Smart and Street-Smart
By Dave Skretta
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The most powerful man in boxing is a Brooklyn-born, Harvard-educated tax lawyer and a street-savvy businessman, a Talmudic scholar with a penchant for four-letter expletives.
He’s been called generous and charming, ruthless and conniving, yet he’s universally respected for spending the better part of five decades atop a pitiless sport.
“Bob Arum is one of the 10 smartest people I’ve ever met, not one of the 10 smartest boxing people I’ve met,”
It took Justin Newton only one year to earn the trust of St. Francis men’s basketball coach Brian Nash.
Now, the Brooklyn native and former Poly Prep Country Day School standout will have to live up to the responsibility of being the Terriers’ floor leader as they once again try to defy the odds and earn the Franciscan college’s first-ever Northeast Conference championship and NCAA Tournament berth.
“Right now, it looks like Justin Newton is going to start at the point,” Nash said during Wednesday’s preseason NEC coaches teleconference.
“He’s lost 20 pounds and has really matured as a player. He’s one of the toughest defensive players that we have. It’s great to have a point guard that can
While the World Series title serves as the ultimate vindication for Yankees manager Joe Girardi, I’m still amused by all of the flack he caught in the media for starting A.J. Burnett on short rest in Game 4. What, exactly, were his options? Those who pointed to
Despite going AWOL following a winless weekend three days earlier, our boy Gil Lock of Ryno Rife Sports Handicappers still managed to be the impetus for a positive contribution to the family
Two perfect regular seasons in a row do not a dynasty make.
Especially not when your team’s ultimate goal is a third P.S.A.L. championship this decade.
That’s the mission statement for coach Vincent Laino’s Fort Hamilton Tigers as the city’s Championship Division playoffs begin this weekend.
“It really is a rallying cry and a motivational factor,” Laino told the Eagle yesterday while prepping his team for the championship chase. “We have a lot of seniors returning, and they’ve been talking since
Brooklyn Friends School junior Kieran Newcombe finished second on the hill-filled Van Cortlandt Park 4k course during the Athletic Conference of Independent Schools Championships last month, running his way to a spot in this week’s state title round.
The third-year sensation, who took fourth in the coveted run for the Mayor’s Cup on Oct. 4, helped the Blue Pride finish third overall in the ACIS playoffs – it’s best finish ever.
“The team is getting bigger and more successful each year,” said BFS coach Peter Prince, who cites the contributions of sophomores Larry Nieves and Alan Hagins for the team’s
Women’s Soccer Club Qualifies for NEC Tournament with Shutout Win
By John Torenli
Jessica Roelant’s noggin provided the difference between the Long Island University women’s soccer team being sent home for the winter or continuing in its quest for the Northeast Conference championship.
The sophomore’s first-half header provided the lone tally Friday night at Downtown Brooklyn’s LIU Field as the Blackbirds posted their third consecutive shutout win and grabbed the final spot in the upcoming NEC Tournament with a clutch 1-0 triumph over Bryant.
At 9-7-1, the Blackbirds will be the No. 4 seed in the tournament and will take on top-ranked
“Fancy Francie” leads a group of runners Sunday as they race up Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue (that’s the F train’s Fourth Avenue station in the background). The route started in Staten Island, went over the Verrazano Bridge and through western Brooklyn, went into Long Island City and then over the Queensborough Bridge, proceeded up the East Side of Manhattan into the South Bronx, then doubled back into Manhattan to the finish line. For the first time in 27 years, an American {read more...}
It was a strange week in the Lock household as husband Gil struggled not only with his own ineptitude but his wife, Jill’s, continued success. We tried on numerous occasions to contact Gil and get his selections for this week but he just wasn’t talking. After a number
Ever catch the Brooklyn mom with the double-jogging stroller running around Prospect Park?
Well, her name is Dorothy McPhee, and come Sunday morning she will be one of the thousands of runners from all over the world competing in, and hopefully completing, the grueling 26.2-mile trek through the five boroughs called the ING New York City Marathon.
“I’m definitely excited, but definitely nervous,” McPhee admitted yesterday as she continued making final preparations for
Fort Hamilton head football coach Vincent Laino has watched his team reel off 22 consecutive regular-season victories since 2007.
But like most winning coaches, Laino isn’t one to dwell on the past, especially when the present and near future hold so much promise for his red-hot Tigers.
“I’m sure if you asked our kids [about the winning streak], they wouldn’t have any clue what that was about,” Laino told the Eagle yesterday from his office at the Bay Ridge school.
“All
