Friday, April 25, 2025

RJ Luis Wins Haggerty Award For Outstanding Season At St. John's

 

RJ Luis Jr. burying a fadeaway jumper against UConn on February 24th. Photo by Jason Schott.


St. John's star RJ Luis Jr. was honored on Thursday by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers' Association as the winner of the Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Met Player of the Year.

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Books: "Propaganda Girls" By Lisa Rogak, On An Unknown Part of World War II

 



Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS

By Lisa Rogak

St. Martin's Press; hardcover, 240 pages; $29.00

Lisa Rogak is the author of numerous books including And Nothing But the Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) of Stephen Colbert, and Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart, and she was the editor of Barack Obama in His Own Words, which was a New York Times bestseller.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Another Day, Another Signing For St. John's

 

Provided by St. John's.


St. John's announced on Wednesday that is has signed forward Dillon Mitchell, the third big addition to their roster in as many days and sixth this off-season.

Pitino & 5 Players Honored By MBWA

 

Zuby Ejiofor lays one in during St. John's win over Creighton on February 16. Photo by Jason Schott.


The Metropolitan Basketball Writers' Association honored the most successful team in the New York region, the Big East Champion St. John's Red Storm, when they announced their awards on Wednesday morning.

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

St. John's Signed Suljanovic, Fifth Big Addition For Big East Champs


Provided by St. John's.


The St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team made another addition to their Big East Championship roster, as they signed Imram Suljanovic, a 6-8 wing from Austria, on Tuesday.

Monday, April 21, 2025

Jackson Joins Johnnies, NYC Native Comes Home


Provided by St. John's.


The remodeling of the St. John's Red Storm men's basketball roster took another big leap on Monday, as the team announced that they signed one of the top prospects in the transfer portal.

Books: "Sweet Nothings" By Sarah Perry

 




Sweet Nothings: Confessions of a Candy Lover

By Sarah Perry

Mariner Books; hardcover, 304 pages; $29.99

Sarah Perry is the author of the memoir After the Eclipse, which was honored as a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a Poets & Writers Notable Nonfiction Debut, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. She is a recipient of the 2018 Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award, and was nominated for the 2024 MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation.