Jose Alvarado played on the NBA Sophomores team during the 2023 Jordan Rising Stars game of the NBA’s All-Star Weekend.
pro sports
Parents vs. Kids Hoops Game Honors Legend Kobe Bryant
St. Michael/St. Malachy hosted a Parents vs. Kids Basketball Game to honor the memory of Kobe and Gianna Bryant around the third anniversary of their tragic deaths.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 4
Nine boys and girls from Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Park Slope, were named local champions of the 2023 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championships.
Clyde Frazier Hosts Hoops Clinic for St. Kevin’s Youth
New York Knicks legend Walt “Clyde” Frazier hosted a basketball clinic and signed autographs for the youth of St. Kevin’s parish in Flushing.
Sports Round-Up Jan. 21
Anthony Iapoce, a 1991 graduate and former baseball star at Msgr. McClancy H.S., is now the manager of the Toledo Mud Hens.
Sports Round-Up Dec. 24
Dan Wiatre, head varsity boys’ basketball coach at St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay, won his 200th career game.
Sports Round-Up Dec. 17
Don Kent, former head varsity boys’ basketball coach at Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, and Christ the King H.S., Middle Village, is celebrating 12 years cancer free.
Sports Round-Up Dec. 10
At the first-ever Tom Konchalski Classic in late November, the legacy of the late longtime local basketball scout Tom Konchalski was celebrated at the historic Rose Hill Gymnasium at Fordham University, the Bronx.
Sports Round-Up Dec. 3
Two local baseball lifers were inducted Nov. 13 into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame.
Nets’ Brooklyn Tenure Mired by Headaches and Heartaches
The Nets have been in Brooklyn for 10 years, and it’s been 10 years of frustration for fans.