October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means the St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, community is “digging pink.” Since 2016, the school’s girls’ volleyball program has hosted the “Dig Pink” movement, a monthlong series of events that raises funds for breast cancer research.
Don Cooper, a 1974 graduate of Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, who went on to play and coach professional baseball, died on Sept. 22 in Brentwood, Tennessee, at the age of 70.
David Nurnberg started as Molloy’s new athletic director in August. He takes over for Mike McCleary, who held the position for 28 years.
Before Mike Piazza’s unforgettable home run helped lift New York’s spirits, the Mets and Braves offered another lasting image from baseball’s return after 9/11: a gesture of unity, humanity, and support for a grieving city.
When we think of Catholic values in sports, inclusion rises to the very top: Everyone should have a chance to play. Of course, when we think of summer in the Rockaways, the beach may come to mind first, but the annual St. Francis de Sales Summer Basketball Classic is right up there as a community staple.
After nearly 50 years, Ray Nash has announced his retirement as the Brooklyn/Queens boys’ Catholic league’s president — a position that he held longer than any CHSAA past president.
The Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) of the Diocese of Brooklyn hosted its ninth Hall of Fame induction ceremony on June 8 at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach.
On July 26, Carlos Beltrán will become just the third player in the more than 60-year history of the New York Mets to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
After another competitive season of CHSAA varsity softball action, here’s a look at The Tablet’s 2026 diocesan All-Star team. A special thanks goes out to the league’s coaches for providing nominations.
As New York celebrates the Knicks’ first NBA championship in more than 50 years, priests, religious sisters, and faithful from the Diocese of Brooklyn reflect on the team’s improbable playoff run — and the lessons of perseverance, unity, and hope they see in the victory.
