St. Thomas Aquinas Sweeps Baseball All-Conference Awards

After putting together a record breaking 2012 season, the St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans swept through the ECC Baseball All-Conference major awards as voted on by the conference’s coaches. Senior shortstop, Frank Salerno (New City, N.Y.) is the Player of the Year, senior pitcher Matt Marotta (Suffern, N.Y.) takes home the Pitcher of the Year, freshman […]

Citi Field to Host the Major League All-Star Game In 2013

BY JOE RINI Major league baseball officially announced on Wednesday that Citi Field will host the 2013 All-Star game. This announcement formalizes what had been long expected since Citi Field opened its doors in 2009. Besides the actual game, there will be a number of other related events to entertain the fans, such as the […]

On the Highway to Hell

Outlook on Devils-Rangers Series BY CHAYIM TAUBER With the Eastern Conference title on the line for the first time since 1994 between these two teams, the physicality of the Rangers/Devils series should be akin to a twelve car pile-up. This series should be a nasty one, and for those who don’t like violence, there’s always […]

Mets Host Third Annual Celiac Disease Awareness Night at Citi Field

Mets Host Third Annual Celiac Disease Awareness Night at Citi Field

BY JOE RINI On Friday May 4, the New York Mets hosted their third annual Celiac Disease Awareness Night at Citi Field to benefit R.O.C.K (Raising Our Celiac Kids) Long Island. R.O.C.K is a free support group for parents, families, and friends of children on gluten free diets and it also raises funds for the […]

LOTS OF DRAMA IN NEW YORK AREA SPORTS THIS PAST WEEK

Knicks In Game 4, the Knicks finally won a playoff game against the big bad Miami Heat, after a horrific, unprecedented 13 straight playoff losses. The 13 losses set a playoff and record and was particularly rare because it required the team to be swept consecutively in many random different years. The key to the […]

JUNIOR SEAU — ANOTHER AMERICAN FOOTBALL CASUALTY

BY MICHAEL CAHILL Police in Oceanside California on Wednesday discovered the body of former Chargers and Patriots Probowl linebacker Junior Seau. According to police, Seau’s body was found at his home by his girlfriend with a single gunshot wound to the chest. Police are ruling it as a suicide. Both the New England Patriots and […]