Bishop-elect Kevin Sweeney loves baseball, especially the New York Yankees.
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Sports Round-Up April 4
Dean Marlowe, a former football standout at Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, signed a one-year contract to return the Buffalo Bills for the 2020 season.
Sports World Temporarily On Hold Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The coronavirus has canceled all levels of sports nationwide in an effort to contain the pandemic.
Sports Round-Up March 21
The Pee-Wee boys’ CYO basketball team from St. Andrew Avellino completed an undefeated season by winning this year’s diocesan championship.
Sign-Stealing Scandal Casts Cloud over MLB Season
The start of the 2020 MLB season instead has been clouded by the Astros sign-stealing scandal.
Remembering St. John’s Basketball Great Lloyd ‘Sonny’ Dove
It’s been 37 years since the untimely death of former St. John’s basketball standout Lloyd “Sonny” Dove.”
‘Miracle on Ice’ Still Inspires 40 Years Later
Feb. 22 marks the 40th anniversary of the memorable “Miracle on Ice,” when the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 22
John Woods, who coached varsity basketball and baseball at Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, for 38 years, died on Feb. 1 at the age of 84. He was a member of the Xaverian and CHSAA Halls of Fame.
Longtime St. John’s Baseball Coach to Lead Brooklyn Cyclones
After 24 seasons, Ed Blankmeyer resigned as the St. John’s baseball coach to manage the Brooklyn Cyclones
Sports Round-Up Feb. 8
St. John’s University, Jamaica, baseball product Joe Panik signed a minor-league deal this offseason with the Toronto Blue Jays.
