At this year’s Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival on Dec. 6, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) honored four legendary figures in intercollegiate athletics with lifetime achievement awards. One of those was St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, standout basketball star Dennis McDermott.
St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, hosted its 20th annual Tip-Off Tournament; The LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, Lady Red Hawks women’s basketball team ran a free basketball clinic
Of course the ties to St. John’s are present, but for the five-time NBA All-Star and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, the ties to the entire Diocese of Brooklyn make this coaching homecoming that much more special.
In anticipation of his first season leading the St. John’s University, Jamaica, men’s basketball team, Brooklyn’s own Chris Mullin has been busy filling out his coaching staff.
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.
When St. Joseph’s College opened its state-of-the-art gym in December, a space was carved out for the school’s athletic Hall of Fame. That space has now been filled.
The living legends of New York City basketball came together for the 56th annual Basketball Old-Timers of America dinner and Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Diocese of Brooklyn basketball legend Chris Mullin has been named the 20th head coach of the St. John’s University, Jamaica, men’s basketball team, replacing Steve Lavin.
The men’s and women’s basketball teams from St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, took home plenty of postseason honors after successful campaigns.
Just a few months after Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers, Levi Bough became the first black basketball player at St. Francis.
