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.
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CHSAA Pulls Off Sweep of Mayor’s Cup Games (with slideshow)
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.
Nazareth Forward Chooses College
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 BCBA Bantam Team Wins Championship
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, […]
CYO Basketball Champions Crowned
Congratulations to all CYO Boys Basketball teams on a wonderful season! Special congratulations to the diocesan champions and tournament champions: Pee Wee A St. Clare Pee Wee B Blessed Trinity Novice A Divine Mercy Novice B Our Lady of Mount Carmel Bantam A Divine Mercy Bantam B Sacred Heart (Bayside) Rookie A Divine Mercy Rookie B St. Pancras Intermediate A Divine Mercy Intermediate B St. […]
Christ the King Wins Consecutive State Federation Titles
The Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, boys’ varsity basketball team captured its second straight N.Y.S. Federation title March 22 with a 58-52 win over Long Island Lutheran.
Sacred Heart 6th Grade Boys Win Bantam ‘B’ Diocesan Championship
The Sacred Heart, Bayside, sixth grade boys’ basketball bantam ‘B’ division are CYO diocesan champions. The team finished its season with an undefeated record, both in the regular season and in the playoffs, en route to facing Resurrection Ascension, Rego Park, in the championship game on Sunday, March 16 at Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst. The […]
State Senator Golden Honors Bishop Kearney’s Varsity Basketball Team as Part of Women’s History Month
On Thursday, March 13 as part of Women’s History Month, the Bishop Kearney High School Varsity Basketball Team was honored by State Sen. Marty Golden. Sen. Golden held an awards ceremony at Kearney to honor Brooklyn women’s groups whose actions have inspired others and who have improved Brooklyn’s quality of […]
4 CYO Hoops Championships for Divine Mercy
At the Catholic Youth Organization boys basketball championships on March 16, the Divine Mercy, Williamsburg, hoops program had quite the showing. The teams captured four diocesan titles: one each on the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade levels. Below are the four championship teams:
CTK’s Sierra Calhoun named Gatorade NY Basketball Player of the Year
CHICAGO (March 13, 2014) — In its 29th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Sierra Calhoun of Christ the King High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Calhoun is the seventh Gatorade […]