Men’s match at Seward Park, July 20, 2024 ( Brian Berger) New York Mini “9-Man” Chinese Volleyball Tournament Brings Mega Action—& Many Women’s Matches Too— to LES A screaming comes across the sky. It’s a red, white and blue volleyball and over the weekend of July 20 and 21— the dates... News 22 Jul 2024 | 09:09
Bud Harrelson and Pete Rose scuffled after a the Reds left fielder took out the Mets shortstop trying to break up a double play in the third game of the National League Championship series at Shea Stadium in 1973, igniting the most famous benches clearing brawl in MLB history. Photo: Pintrest Farewell to Bud Harrelson, A Classy Leader on NY Mets Mets shortstop Buddy Harrelson, who just passed away at the age of 79, was my idol. As a 10-year-old in the New York area... Voices 15 Jan 2024 | 12:52
Giants QB Daniel Jones (left) engineered a dramatic come from behind victory in Week 2 while Jets QB Zach Wilson tossed three interceptions in the fourth quarter. Photos: Wikimedia Commons After Week 2, Jets and Giants Both Sport 1-1 Records But QBs Moving in Opposite Directions In the second week of the 2023 NFL season, Daniel Jones saved the Giants’ season, in a scintillating, 31-28 comeback win.... News 17 Sep 2023 | 11:47
There have been four other winners of the Triple Crown in horse racing since Secretariat accomplished the feat by winning the Belmont Stakes 50 years ago. But no horse has replaced the chestnut mare in the minds of sports fans, who still hail him as the greatest thoroughbred of all time. Photo: Time magazine Why 50 Years Later We Still Love Secretariat, the Greatest Racehorse of All Time Fifty years after Secretariat won horse racing’s triple crown, we still revere him as the greatest horse in the history of... News 11 Jun 2023 | 03:33
Marty Appel, who rose from a summer intern in the Yankee mailroom to its chief PR spokesman during the infamous Bronx Zoo years, relaxes at Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. Photo: Appelpr.com ( Marty Appel on appelpr.com) Marty Appel Is Still A Diehard’s Diehard Yankee Fan Marty Appel is the consummate New York Yankees insider. He ran their PR operation in the 1970s after attending SUNY Oneonta,... News 12 May 2023 | 02:21
Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen delivers some good news on teammate Damar Hamlin whose heart stopped in first quarter of now cancelled game vs Bengals. Photo: ESPN Twitter feed ESPN Gets It Right After Hamlin Goes into Cardiac Arrest on Field As soon as Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin tumbled to the turf during Monday night’s game, everything changed for the ESPN... News 06 Jan 2023 | 02:12
A vision impaired student learns how to throw a baseball. Photo: Kay Bontempo NYC’s Vision Impaired Teens Play Adaptive Baseball A group of visually impaired teenagers tried a new activity on the Upper West Side on Saturday: adaptive blind baseball. News 25 Apr 2022 | 02:37
Dr. Brett Toresdahl of Hospital for Special Surgery. Photo courtesy of Hospital for Special Surgery Doctor, Runner, Healer Growing up in Montana, Brett Toresdahl got injured “quite a bit” while mountain biking and snowboarding. Little did he know... News 01 Nov 2021 | 10:01
Derek Jeter bats against the Mets at Citi Field in May 2014. Photo by Matthew D. Britt, via Flickr Always a Yankee Legend How time plays tricks on us all, eh? After all, it seems like only yesterday when a skinny, 20-year-old shortstop from Kalamazoo,... Voices 29 Aug 2021 | 12:27
Photo: Friendly NYC Ultimate, via meetup.com Ultimate Frisbee for All Step into any NYC park in the middle of summer and you’re almost certain to see a frisbee whizzing by as people casually... News 10 Aug 2021 | 05:58
Author Ed Plumacher (second from left) at Pico Mountain in Vermont with guide Frank Kelly, who volunteers with Vermont Adaptive. The other two skiers are also volunteers, who ski in front of them and off to one side to help them avoid close contact with sighted skiers. From the annual event sponsored by United States Association of Blind Athletes. Sports and Exercise Tips for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired People who are blind or visually impaired can live a sporting life and enjoy a full range of activities. Whether it’s bowling... News 05 May 2021 | 10:47
Muhammad Ali 1971 press photo after his loss against Joe Frazier. Photo: AP Wirephoto, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Ali-Frazier Fight of the Century 50 Years Ago Undoubtedly, the most momentous sporting event in New York City history took place roughly 50 years ago to the day that you’ll... News 03 Mar 2021 | 11:20
Alyse LaHue, Sky Blue FC general manager, after a match last season at Red Bull Arena. ( Photo: Sky Blue FC photographer Jesse Louie ) Welcome Home, Sky Blue FC Come springtime, New York City will have another professional sports team to call its own. After years of playing at Rutgers... News 13 Jan 2020 | 10:29
NYC Marathon star Girma Bekele Gebre (left) with Bill Staab (center) of the West Side Runners' Club Runners after a workout at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx on Nov. 26, 2019. ( Photo: AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Running for the American Dream A no-name entrant at this month's New York City Marathon - literally, he didn't even qualify to have his name printed on... News 01 Dec 2019 | 05:01
When the Miracle Mets Taught a Lesson “Do the Mets have a chance?” I anxiously asked Mom. “I don’t think so,” she answered, deflating my hopes. It was late August... News 27 Sep 2019 | 01:53
