Injuries are an all-too unfortunate reality in the game of football, and the New York Giants are well aware. With just about half the schedule left to play, the team has been dealt season-ending injuries to star wide receiver Victor Cruz and All-Pro middle linebacker Jon Beason. But in the team’s Nov. 3 loss to […]
Former NFL tight end Marco Battaglia is a 1991 graduate of St. Francis Prep and still supports his alma mater.
Praise continues to roll in for the football movie “When the Game Stands Tall,” as jersey-clad teammates are seeing the film together.
It’s been 50 years since Roger Staubach, the devout Catholic quarterback of the U.S. Naval Academy’s, Annapolis, Md., football team, won the 1963 Heisman Trophy. He and his family visited New York City for the first time that year, and former Heisman Executive Director Rudy Riska showed them around. The family enjoyed a Broadway show […]
In life, all we can ask for in any sort of venture is a fair opportunity. It is then up to us whether or not we give it our all to succeed. For Danny Abramowicz, all he needed was his fair chance. The former New Orleans Saints’ wide receiver may not have been the biggest, […]
Turn on any television news program, read any newspaper, or follow any online blog, and you’ll surely find some sort of commentary on one of the lead stories in America right now: the Miami Dolphins’ bullying scandal. Though various reports have surfaced, the main premise involves the incessant harassment and hazing of Dolphins’ offensive tackle […]
In the annals of NFL history, legendary coaches have left an indelible mark on the game of football. John Madden, Tom Landry, George Halas, Mike Ditka, Chuck Noll, Don Shula and Bill Parcells are just a handful of names that have achieved gridiron glory. But when debating which coach is the best ever, the argument […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers are off to a very uncharacteristic 0-4 start this season. A rash of injuries has made it difficult for the Steelers to find a rhythm. While panic might be taking over in Pittsburgh, a beacon of hope resonates from right here in the Brooklyn Diocese at Mary’s Nativity-St. Ann parish, Flushing. If […]
Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, graduate and former wide receiver Kevin Ogletree made his debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Sept. 8 at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J., against the New York Jets. The 26-year-old, five-year NFL veteran was targeted twice but did not record a catch in his team’s 18-17 loss in Week 1. […]
With the 141st overall selection in the fifth round of this year’s NFL Draft, the New York Jets selected Oday Aboushi, an athletic offensive tackle from the University of Virginia (UVA), Charlottesville, Va. But before Aboushi suited up for the Cavaliers, he was a stalwart along the offensive line for the Clippers of Xaverian H.S., […]
