the St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) baseball team boasts the national player of the week as senior Joe Mendez (Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell) was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) NCAA Division III National Hitter of the Week.
NBA referee Dick Bavetta, born and raised in Park Slope, will work his 2,633 consecutive game tonight at Madison Square Garden when the New York Knicks host the Brooklyn Nets.
On March 29 at the Nat Holman Gymnasium of City College in Manhattan, all that talent was in the same place at the same time at the annual N.Y.C. Mayor’s Cup games.
When new Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) director Rob Caldera took over in July, 2013, one of his main goals was to establish a CYO Hall of Fame. That vision has become a reality, and the CYO’s inaugural Hall of Fame dinner dance will take place Friday, May 16 at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. The […]
The Nassau County Aquatic Center at Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, L.I., was the site of this year’s Catholic Youth Organization girls swimming championships on Saturday March, 29. Here are the results of the meet: A Division: 1st Place St. Sebastian 384 Points […]
Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush, varsity basketball forward Ammad Alkhulaidi, a 2014 Tablet All-Star, will play basketball next fall at the College of Mount St. Vincent, the Bronx. Congratulations to Ammad for a job well done!
St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, sixth grade bantam boys basketball team won the BCBA championship over St. Columba, Marine Park, 39-20 on Saturday, March 22. Below is a photo of the St. Athanasius team with its head coach George Firingos and assistant coach Joe Orlando. The members of the championship winning team are as follows: Nicholas Firingos, […]
It’s no surprise then that Msgr. Peter Kain, pastor of St. Ephrem’s Church, Dyker Heights, has excelled on both the altar and the mound. It may have been a while ago, but Msgr. Kain still has plenty of fond memories from his days on the baseball diamond.
Citi Field, Flushing, will be celebrating its sixth Opening Day on March 31, but it turns out that the first at-bat was recorded by a member of the St. John’s University, Jamaica, Red Storm baseball team. The Johnnies took on Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in the first-ever game played on the new field on March […]
The Catholic Youth Organization of the Diocese of Brooklyn will host “CYO Day” at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx on Sunday, May 4 as the Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays. CYO baseball players and their families are encouraged to attend and wear their baseball jerseys. A portion of each ticket sold will benefit […]
