Gil Hodges’ wife Joan passed away on Sept. 17. She was 95.
Author: Jim Mancari
Sports Round-Up Sept. 24
The fall Catholic Youth Organization sports season began recently with soccer, high school basketball, and cross-country.
How Could a Brooklyn Dodgers Fan Possibly Root for the Yankees?!
Only a handful of Dodgers fans turned to the Dark Side after their favorite team moved out west.
Sports Round-Up Sept. 17
Former Holy Cross standout Dean Marlowe now plays for the Atlanta Falcons.
St. John’s Volleyball Coach Passes Lou Carnesecca in Wins
St. John’s head volleyball coach Joanne Persico recently passed Lou Carnesecca’s win total.
Sports Round-Up Sept. 10
The Christ the King boys’ varsity basketball team has been ranked No. 16 in the nation heading into the 2022-2023 season.
Santa Rosalia Soccer Cup Makes Return to Brooklyn
The tournament made its triumphant return Aug. 14 and Aug. 28 at Dyker Beach Park after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sports Round-Up Sept. 3
Leo Keegan, a former basketball player at both St. Francis Prep, Williamsburg, and St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, passed away Aug. 22 at the age of 89.
Rockaway Hoops Tourney Named for Local Heroes
The St. Francis de Sales Summer Basketball Classic honored two late local heroes: Firefighter Timothy Klein and Clare Droesch.
Sports Round-Up Aug. 27
Aug. 31 marks the anniversary of now-Hall of Famer Gil Hodges’ four-home-run game in 1950 at Ebbets Field.