Author: Jim Mancari

Hoops Old-Timers Delight in Memories of the Game

May 12, 2016

The Basketball Old-Timers of America hosted its 57th annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony and dinner May 6 at Sirico’s Caterers in Dyker Heights. Nine new members were enshrined for their basketball accomplishments.

Sports Round-Up

May 12, 2016

The Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, varsity softball team hosted its second annual Autism Awareness Tournament ; and Brian Nash, a former all-city basketball player at Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope, has been named the new director of basketball at IMG Academy

Local Schools Net New Girls’ Lacrosse League

May 4, 2016

The number of local diocesan girls’ lacrosse teams increased three-fold. So far, the new league has provided a learning experience for the TMLA, St. Edmund Prep and Bishop Kearney teams to understand a new sport.

Sports Round-Up, May 7

May 3, 2016

Here’s a look at the ongoings in sports this week in the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Faith Helps New Met Adjust to ‘Big Apple’

April 20, 2016

It all just seems like the perfect Cinderella story, right? But that all changed this past December with one phone call. Neil Walker went from being the hometown baseball star in Pittsburgh to being the newest member of the New York Mets. And his faith has helped with that transition.

Local Pitcher Tosses No-Hitter in Florida

April 19, 2016

Bernard Witek, a native of Rego Park and a parishioner at Holy Cross Church, Maspeth, threw a no-hitter for Loyola School, Manhattan, in a pre-season baseball tournament in St. Petersburg, Fla.

St. Joseph’s Hurler Reaches 100 K’s

April 19, 2016

St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, junior pitcher Mitch Brigando became the fifth member of the school’s 100-strikeout club on April 10 against Yeshiva University, Manhattan.