The St. Francis Prep Lady Terriers softball team began this season with high expectations. As the season winds down, they are looking to bring home a Brooklyn/Queens title. Danielle Cervasio has been on the team all four years, leading off the line-up and starting at shortstop. She has led her team to four winning seasons. [...]
With a strong starting rotation and a solid bullpen, St. Francis Prep is eyeing its first baseball championship since 2007. Senior captain Nick LoPrinzi has been a major asset to the Terriers. LoPrinzi, a four-year varsity standout, has played behind the plate, on the mound and at first base in his young career. This season [...]
The US Tennis Association (USTA) has agreed to give up some of its rented land in exchange for 0.68 acres the organization has eyed for expanding the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in an effort to placate critics of the project. Two pieces of land make up the 1.56 acres that USTA will give [...]
A Bayside bicyclist toured the city on wheels for the first time, thanks to help from a local club. Jason Yi, 26, hit the brakes on plans to pedal through the city’s 36th annual TD Bank 5 Boro Bike Tour when he saw all individual registration slots were filled in April. “Like any other cyclist [...]
It’s a land-for-land deal. The U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) has agreed to give up some of its rented land in exchange for the 0.68 acres the organization needs to expand the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Two pieces of land make up the 1.56 acres that USTA will give back to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, [...]
BY CHARLES OSBORN There was a lot of hand-holding in Flushing this past weekend, but not for the reason you may think. The New York Arm Wrestling Association (NYAWA) hosted the 36th Annual NYC Big Apple Grapple International Arm Wrestling Championships at Flushing watering hole Cheap Shots on Saturday, April 27. It was the first [...]
Queens may yet get its own pro soccer team. The New York Times has reported Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, whose private group owns England’s Manchester City soccer team, is in talks with Major League Soccer (MLS). Bin Zayed is a member of Abu Dhabi’s royal family. MLS Commissioner Don Garber reportedly wants a $100 million expansion fee from the potential owner. [...]
A big fight for an increasingly popular sport is underway. Mixed martial arts (MMA) could become legal in New York later this year, but there are still a few jabs advocates have to block. Nine Queens assemblymembers sponsored a bill that would make the sport legal. The bill, sponsored by two legislators from Queens, passed [...]
The 2013 MLB All-Star Game, at Citi Field on July 16, will feature a slew of events throughout the city in the week leading up and will be spread throughout the borough. Citi Field was cited as a potential venue for the mid-summer classic since opening in 2009, with the rumor becoming official last May. [...]
It looks like Citi Field has been “shut out” from an outdoor NHL game next season. The Sports Network (TSN) reported the league plans five outdoor games on top of the traditional Bridgestone Winter Classic – slated between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs on New Year’s Day, 2014. NHL officials first have [...]
