The St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn women’s basketball team appeared in the Skyline Conference championship game for the first time in program history.
Author: Jim Mancari
Sign-Stealing Scandal Casts Cloud over MLB Season
The start of the 2020 MLB season instead has been clouded by the Astros sign-stealing scandal.
Sports Round-Up March 7
Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, and Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, were the sites of the annual Catholic Youth Organization girls’ basketball diocesan championships.
Remembering St. John’s Basketball Great Lloyd ‘Sonny’ Dove
It’s been 37 years since the untimely death of former St. John’s basketball standout Lloyd “Sonny” Dove.”
Sports Round-Up Feb. 29
Shemar Latty, a senior guard on the St. Edmund Prep H.S. boys’ varsity basketball team, became the all-time leading scorer in school history on Feb. 18.
‘Miracle on Ice’ Still Inspires 40 Years Later
Feb. 22 marks the 40th anniversary of the memorable “Miracle on Ice,” when the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 22
John Woods, who coached varsity basketball and baseball at Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, for 38 years, died on Feb. 1 at the age of 84. He was a member of the Xaverian and CHSAA Halls of Fame.
St. Francis Terriers Retire No. 19 Jersey of Al Inniss
The St. Francis College men’s basketball team honored the great Al Inniss by retiring his No. 19 jersey during halftime of a game earlier this season.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 15
St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, recently recognized 76 student-athletes who achieved a 3.5 or better grade point average during either the spring or fall semester of 2019.
Longtime St. John’s Baseball Coach to Lead Brooklyn Cyclones
After 24 seasons, Ed Blankmeyer resigned as the St. John’s baseball coach to manage the Brooklyn Cyclones