It’s a game that’s all about gridiron bragging rights between the top seniors in New York City and...
Read OnSummer time is when we high school reporters turn from collectors of stats, times and point totals...
Read OnStaten Island native Jamie O’Hare, who will be one of the top seniors in New York City next season,...
Read OnOver the last week, I lived the life of a college basketball coach, taking in three events during...
Read OnGary Ervin spent the early part of this week honoring coach Sid Jones. Monday the former Robeson and Arkansas guard spent two hours at J. Foster Phillips funeral home in Jamaica,...
Justin Brownlee helped make a name for himself and St. John’s University for many different reasons last season. The 6-foot-7 forward was the team’s second leading scorer and...
Leon Martinez’s career wasn’t being played under the brightest lights and on the biggest stages. The 5-foot-11 guard starred at Cardinal Spellman in the CHSAA Class B league and...
Two years ago, Anthony (Africa) Pimble was hoping for an opportunity to play overseas. The Bronx native was trying to shed the label of just being a dunker and not someone who can...
Curtis Kelly is ready to move forward. He just isn’t sure where that is yet. The former Rice star is coming off a frustrating final season at Kansas State after a stellar junior...
At this time last year, Corey Williams was telling everyone he was done. The man known simply as Homicide in streetball circles is speaking a very different tune these days. “I’m...
Adris (2Hard2Guard) DeLeon was loose in the open court, his home away from home, speeding toward what seemed to be an easy basket. United Brooklyn’s double-digit lead was just...
It was nearly past midnight when Team Nike finished holding off a game JTA team, but it was even later for guard Keydren (Kee Kee) Clark. To him it felt like 6 a.m. “I am tired,”...
The smile on Iman Shumpert’s face was wide and as bright as the lights illuminating Monsignor Kett Park. The Knicks first round draft pick was taking in his first taste of New...
Jeremy Hazell is completely healthy. It’s something he hasn’t been recently. Former Seton Hall star spent last season battling injury and even a gunshot wound, while trying to be...
Move over Chad Ochocinco, another professional sports star has grabbed America’s attention with an off-the-wall name change. It’s Queensbridge’s own Ron Artest – who would like to...
Queensbridge had all the star power Tuesday night at Nike Pro City, from high-flying Ryan (Special FX) Williams to Steve Burtt Jr. and Ron (Metta World Peace) Artest. Primetime,...
It wasn’t the path to professional basketball Kojo Mensah envisioned. The Brooklyn native struggled just to transfer from Siena to Duquesne after his sophomore season. Later that...
Sitting in a mostly empty locker room at Baruch College, his sweat-stained jersey draped over his shoulder, Andre Barrett solemnly shook his head. The former Rice and Seton Hall...
Bingo Cole was trying to convince one of streetball’s best players not to play for him. Nike approached the famed streetball coach about taking the helm of a new Team Nike club...
Gary Forbes’ team trailed by 14 points midway through the fourth quarter, the atmosphere in the gym had gone flat and nobody would’ve faulted the Denver Nuggets swingman if he...
Benjamin Cardozo again reigned over the girls track and field world in New York City. The Judges welcomed back Claudia Francis after losing star Ahtyana Johnson to aplastic anemia...
The boys season was filled with close finishes, fierce competition and an unlikely champion. There was plenty of depth and variety, starting with Columbus’ Strymar Livingston...
Riverdale’s journey to the top was finally completed in a year that included many firsts in girls lacrosse. The Falcons have been one of the city’s best lacrosse programs, but...
A new PSAL champion was crowned, but the city was still owned by St. Francis Prep. The Terriers won a 12th straight Mayor’s Cup and extended their match winning streak to 189. It...
This has been a slow but steady process, but this spring it became a reality: Beacon owns boys tennis in New York City. The Blue Demons won a fourth straight PSAL Class A title...
Poly Prep was the year’s biggest story. The Blue Devils didn’t end the regular season particularly well, but shook that and past postseason failures aside during the postseason...
Eddie Owens has accomplished plenty of significant marks this year and throughout his career. But this weekend the Packer Collegiate star can claim a special and elusive honor...
Ahtyana Johnson has finally been able to enjoy the things she fought so hard to regain. Just six months ago she couldn’t partake in her passions of running and dancing. Life...
It was a championship-winning blast that just a few months ago wouldn’t have been possible. Back in December, Abrar Zafar wasn’t even at FDR, let alone living in the state of New...
An all-boys Catholic high school since 1956, Monsignor McClancy will be a co-ed school beginning in the Fall of 2012, it was announced last month. But athletic director Gerry...