Text and Photos by Jerry Del Priore As Palyte Stubbs’ high school career at Canarsie Educational Campus started to wind down in May, he grew increasingly anxious because he had not yet heard from any college football programs. “Yeah, that was going through my mind a lot, every morning and night,” Stubbs said when asked … Continue reading Former Standout Chiefs Running Back Palyte Stubbs Set To Hit College, Gridiron The Right Way
Category: Brooklyn Sports
Brooklyn Cyclones 2001 Championship Team Set to Return to MCU Park Saturday Night
By Jerry Del Priore The Brooklyn Cyclones’ 2001 inaugural team, which were NY-Penn League Co-Champions along with the Williamsport Crosscutters, will be holding a reunion Saturday night at MCU Park, marking 15 years since the title, according Joe Jiannetti, an infielder with the team who reached as high as AA Binghamton with the New York Mets. … Continue reading Brooklyn Cyclones 2001 Championship Team Set to Return to MCU Park Saturday Night
Heather Hardy Hopes To Take Next Step After Unanimous Win
By Jerry Del Priore If you ask Heather “The Heat” Hardy, she’ll be the first to tell you that she deserves her due after she defeated Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 KOs) with a unanimous decision in an eight-round Super Bantamweight bout Saturday night at the Barclays Center. It was part of the undercard of the … Continue reading Heather Hardy Hopes To Take Next Step After Unanimous Win
Cyclones Drop 20-Inning Marathon Home Opener To Staten Island
Brooklyn Cyclones’ first baseman Darryl Knight awaits pitch during home opener Friday night at MCU Park. Brooklyn Cyclones manager Tom Gamboa said his team led the New York-Penn League in extra inning tilts last season. So it was only fitting that the game went into extra innings as it reached the end of nine frames. … Continue reading Cyclones Drop 20-Inning Marathon Home Opener To Staten Island
Canarsie Baseball Opens Season With Lopsided Win And Comeback Tie
By Jerry Del Priore The Chiefs kicked off the season with a successful 1-0-1 week, with a five-inning, 12-0 mercy victory over George Westinghouse Tuesday at Canarsie/Seaview Park. Then, in an uneven performance against FDR last week, Canarsie managed to come from behind, and leave Six Diamonds Field with a 9-9 tie to open their … Continue reading Canarsie Baseball Opens Season With Lopsided Win And Comeback Tie
Carmelo Anthony Goes Nuts for Syracuse on Snap Chat
By Jerry Del Priore So, Carmelo Anthony took to snap chat to celebrate his Alma Mater's monumental comeback 68-62 victory over Virginia on Sunday to reach the Final Four, citing Syracuse’s "perseverance." Sounding like a giddy school girl, he started out by claiming that “they (whoever they are—possibly the same people who didn’t believe they … Continue reading Carmelo Anthony Goes Nuts for Syracuse on Snap Chat
Orange Wave Topples Lincoln To Claim First PSAL Hoops Title In 62 Years
By Jerry Del Priore Thomas Jefferson boys’ head basketball coach Lawrence "Bud" Pollard was growing tired of fielding championship questions from people in the school’s surrounding areas. You see, the last time the Orange Wave captured a PSAL varsity basketball title was way back in 1954, but on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, that drought finally … Continue reading Orange Wave Topples Lincoln To Claim First PSAL Hoops Title In 62 Years
Lady Vikings G0 Back-to-Back As Girls PSAL Basketball Champs
By Jerry Del Priore It was once thought by many NYC high school basketball insiders that the South Shore girls’ basketball team couldn’t win the big game after losing four previous times in the finals. The notion was dismissed last year when the Lady Vikings captured the Class "AA" PSAL Championship and further put to … Continue reading Lady Vikings G0 Back-to-Back As Girls PSAL Basketball Champs
Fast Starts Lead Brooklyn College To Win Over College of Staten Island For Back-to-Back Women’s Hoops Titles
By Jerry Del Priore Getting ahead early, to start both halves, proved to be the difference for the top-seeded Brooklyn College Women’s Basketball team en route to a 59-55 win over No. 3 College of Staten Island (CSI) Sunday at the West Quad Center. It was the Lady Bulldogs’ second consecutive Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division … Continue reading Fast Starts Lead Brooklyn College To Win Over College of Staten Island For Back-to-Back Women’s Hoops Titles
Three Top Inspirational Brooklyn Boxers
By Jerry Del Priore There’s no denying that, in order to compete in the bloodlust world of boxing, you need plenty of fire, guts and gumption, along with ample athletic talent. But when you factor in out-of-the-ring adversity, that’s when you get to see what an athlete’s really made of as their real-life mettle gets … Continue reading Three Top Inspirational Brooklyn Boxers
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