Sports guy Michael Randazzo moves courtside for this recap of St Francis hoops. A common sports adage is that good offense starts with great defense. If that’s true, then the St. Francis Brooklyn men’s basketball team is on its way to a memorable … [Read entire story]
By Michael Randazzo Beginning tomorrow night in Brooklyn Heights, one of college basketball’s best rivalries will be renewed as St. Francis Brooklyn men’s and women’s teams will face their cross-borough rivals from LIU Brooklyn in annual Battle of … [Read entire story]
Round one of the annual Battle of Brooklyn rivalry between the LIU Brooklyn and St. Francis Brooklyn men’s and women’s basketball teams is over. With two decisive wins, the Terriers registered a double knockout. On Thursday night at the Pope Athletic … [Read entire story]
Freshman Wayne Martin may be a newcomer to St. Francis Brooklyn’s basketball rivalry with Wagner, but based on his clutch performance in Saturday night’s thrilling 73-72 overtime win against the Seahawks, it looks like he’s grown quite comfortable in … [Read entire story]
On the eve of its biggest game in years, the St. Francis men’s basketball team found itself unexpectedly short-handed on Saturday for their match-up with Robert Morris, the top team in the Northeast Conference (NEC). Junior Brent Jones, St. Francis’ … [Read entire story]
In an apparently unrelated but parallel development to the ongoing investigation of four St. Francis Brooklyn men’s basketball players, it was reported Tuesday by Cormac Gordon of the Staten Island Examiner that Wagner College junior Jay Harris, the … [Read entire story]
On Friday, Mark Morales of the Daily News reported that St. Francis Brooklyn men’s basketball player Anthony White was arrested recently by the New York Police Department in response to domestic violence charges. White, 19, a sophomore guard for the … [Read entire story]
On Tuesday night at the Pope Center in downtown Brooklyn, with new allegations of criminal activity by one of their players plaguing the squad, the St. Francis Brooklyn’s men’s basketball team dropped a heart-breaking 73-71 decision to Central … [Read entire story]
Despite yesterday’s dispiriting 71-70 overtime loss to Robert Morris in Moon Township, PA, St. Francis Brooklyn head coach Glenn Braica was surprisingly upbeat. “I can’t tell you how proud I am of our guys effort and resiliency,” said Braica, … [Read entire story]
The New York Cosmos Training and Development Program has entered into partnership with Play Study Win Metro Soccer NY to provide soccer training for kids ages seven through twelve at Pier 5, Brooklyn Bridge Park this spring. According to Big Apple … [Read entire story]
Beginning this weekend, a clear indicator of spring’s approach will appear at Van Vorhees Park on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront: the Brooklyn Heights Athletic Club opens their 20th season of adult co-ed softball play. Appealing to adults distracted … [Read entire story]
With the Mets’ and Yankees’ seasons in full swing, and thousands of Brooklyn children experiencing the joys of Little League, this Saturday—and again on May 10—Gotham SideWalks will present Bike Brooklyn Baseball Tour, an intimate journey through the … [Read entire story]
While the Pier 4 beach (photo) and Pier 2, with its athletic facilities (see photo after the jump) have been accessible to the public for several days now, they will both be officially opened this Thursday (May 22) afternoon. From Brooklyn Bridge … [Read entire story]
When host Brazil faced off yesterday against an upstart Croatia team in Sao Paulo, it was the opening match in professional sport’s grandest spectacle. Every four years the World Cup pits the thirty-two best (or perhaps most geographically fortunate) … [Read entire story]
On a balmy Monday night a jam-packed Brooklyn Heights crowd watching the United States World Cup opener on the big screens at The Custom House was treated to a number of US firsts: fifth fastest Cup goal in history (but the fastest in US World Cup … [Read entire story]
To the surprise and delight of casual players everywhere, you can get paid to throw a frisbee, and New York’s own team—the aptly named Empire—want to show you how! The Empire, members of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL)—one of two … [Read entire story]
Coney Island’s Lance Stephenson will cash in on a career-best season in 2013-14 as he has signed a three-year deal worth $27 million to play for the Charlotte Hornets, according to multiple reports. Stephenson, 24 in September, averaged 14.1 … [Read entire story]
Here is a quick highlight reel of Markel Brown, whom the Nets drafted in the second round with the 44th overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft out of Oklahoma State. Brown is 6-foot-3 and 185-pounds. He averaged 17.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists … [Read entire story]
The Brooklyn Nets were without a draft pick this offseason, but that changed when they purchased the 44th overall pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves for cash. They went with Markel Brown, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior out of Oklahoma State . Brown, … [Read entire story]
Here are some highlights of Xavier Thames‘ senior year at San Diego State University. Thames, a 23-year-old, 6-foot-3, 187-pound point guard, averaged 17.6 points with 3.2 assists and 2.9 rebounds and shot 41.1 percent overall and 37.4 percent … [Read entire story]
The Brooklyn Nets continued to buy draft picks when they purchased the 59th overall pick from the Toronto Raptors and used it to select Xavier Thames out of San Diego State University. Thames, 23, is a 6-foot-3, 187-pound point guard. Thames averaged … [Read entire story]
To cap off draft night, the Brooklyn Nets purchased a third pick, this time the 60th overall pick from the San Antonio Spurs. They used that pick to select Cory Jefferson, a 6-foot-9 and 218-pound power forward out of Baylor University. Jefferson … [Read entire story]
With their third pick in the draft, this one, the 60th overall pick, was purchased from the San Antonio Spurs, the Brooklyn Nets selected an athletic big man Cory Jefferson out of Baylor University. Brown is already 23-years-old and is 6-foot-9 and … [Read entire story]
; Jason Kidd made a big splash earlier this offseason when he made a power-play for the Brooklyn Nets’ general manager position, that is currently held by Billy King, before he took off for the Milwaukee Bucks. Nobody really trashed Kidd for … [Read entire story]