St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, always has parents assist with parish sports. But one parent has quite the baseball past.
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Field of Dreams at St. A’s (with video)
The St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, sports program opened a brand new youth baseball field earlier this summer at the parish’s athletic complex.
Another Cyclones’ Team Represents Brooklyn (with video)
Just like the Mets’ farm club takes the borough of Kings by storm each summer, another Brooklyn Cyclones’ team has garnered the attention of the local softball world.
Carbone Steps Down as Coach to Be Full-Time AD
Frank Carbone, the athletic director and longtime women’s basketball and softball coach at St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, has announced that he will step down from coaching duties starting this upcoming season.
There Is Crying in Baseball, After All
Tears of despair have evolved into tears of joy for New York Met Wilmer Flores in recent weeks as he’s become a sort of folk hero, making the most of what seems like a second chance in N.Y.
Sweeney in Royals’ Hall of Fame
Former Kansas City Royals team captain Mike Sweeney, a practicing Roman Catholic ballplayer, was inducted Aug. 15 into the Royals’ Hall of Fame.
Coaches and Rosaries Bring Students Closer to Christ
More than 350 teenage boys clad in different-colored football jerseys sat on the grass at Cincinnati’s Mount St. Mary’s Seminary with rosaries in hand for a SportsLeader Rosary Rally, a unique event that brings high school football players from different teams together to pray before the Blessed Sacrament.
St. Patrick’s, Bay Ridge, Plays for Borough Cup (with video)
For the second straight summer, the New York City All-Star Sports Group hosted the Borough Cup baseball tournament featuring youth teams from all over the five boroughs.
US Coaches Promote Peace With Basketball in Holy Land
Jerusalem is hot, especially in the gym of the Max Rayne Hand in Hand Bilingual School for Jewish Arab Education. Jerusalem is tense, too, with jolting violence this summer over dismantled settlement homes, gay rights and a brutal attack on a Palestinian family.
Mets’ Draftee Decides to Stay in School
The New York Mets drafted St. John’s and former Archbishop Molloy star Tom Hackimer, but he has chosen to return to school to wrap up his degree.