Sunday, November 10, 2024

College Football: FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll - Week 11

 


In the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll for Week 11 of the 2024 college football season, Oregon claimed the top spot for the fourth straight week, after they beat Maryland, 39-18.

Saturday, November 9, 2024

NYCFC Outlasts Cincinnati To Set Up Date With Destiny

 

Alonso Martinez looks for position against FC Cincinnati. @NYCFC.


New York came awfully close to having a Subway Series, and instead it will get a first-of-its-kind meeting of a rivalry that is just as fierce.

St. John’s Surges Late To Roll Past Quinnipiac


Simeon Wilcher finishing off a layup at the 17:34 mark of the second half. Photo by Jason Schott.




The St. John's Red Storm went from being stunned early to putting together a stunning 61-point second half on their way to a 96-73 win over the Quinnipiac Bobcats on Saturday afternoon at Carnesecca Arena.

Friday, November 8, 2024

Boone Will Be Back After Taking Yankees To World Series

 

Yankees Manager Aaron Boone. Photo by Jason Schott.

The Yankees announced on Friday morning that they exercised their 2025 option on Manager Aaron Boone, after he led them to win the American League pennant this season.

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Yankees Pitcher Luis Gil Named Baseball Digest AL Rookie of the Year

 

Luis Gil pitching to Alex Bregman of the Houston Astros on May 7. Photo by Jason Schott.




Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil won the Baseball Digest American League Rookie of the Year Award. Pittsburgh Pirates starter Paul Skenes was selected in the National League.

Monday, November 4, 2024

St. John’s Flies By Fordham On Festive Opening Night

 

Brady Dunlap buries a baseline jumper six minutes into the second half that put St. John's up 17 points. Photo by Jason Schott.


The St. John's Red Storm opened one of their most anticipated seasons in recent memory with a resounding 92-60 win over New York City rival Fordham, on Monday night in front of a sellout crowd of 5,602 at Carnesecca Arena.

Books: "REAGAN: His Life and Legend" By Max Boot

 


REAGAN: His Life and Legend

By Max Boot

Liveright; hardcover, 880 pages; $45 

Max Boot is a historian and foreign-policy analyst who is a senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a columnist for the Washington Post. He is the author of The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam, a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography.