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There's a Trans And Nonbinary Swim Night in Crown Heights
The Brooklyn Community Pride Center hosts a trans and gender non-conforming swim night at the pool in the Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community Center, the Gothamist reported. About three dozen people were crowded into the shallow end of the indoor pool, blasting music and playing with pool toys,...
This former Mets pitcher talks life beyond the mound at Valley Stream District 24
Before former Mets pitcher Nelson Figueroa finished smacking wiffle balls around the playing field at Robert W. Carbonaro June 13, he visited a fifth-grade class at to talk to students about the importance of dedication, perseverance, teamwork, and hard work. Valley Stream 24 School District Superintendent Unal Karakas attended the...
Senior Chika Akazi earns track championship titles
Senior Chika Akazi ended her stellar track career at Uniondale High School with a bang, including winning the 100-meter hurdles at the New York State Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 8. She finished the race with a time of 14.07 seconds. “It was truly a blessing from God,...
Punching Up: Meet Trans Boxing, a Class in Brooklyn for All
The oldest boxing gym in the United States, Gleason’s, age 87, isn’t as stuffy as you might assume. Well, the actual air in the Brooklyn gym—heavy with the sweat of 50 or so boxers and their coaches during a Tuesday evening training—is a bit stifling. But the vibe of the gym is surprisingly open. It’s a place where greats like Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Mike Tyson have all trained, and in more recent history, Nolan Hanson has been coaching students through his Trans Boxing club five days a week.
The New York Knockout’s season ends with a hard-fought 13-7 double-overtime loss to Maine
The New York Knockout’s season ends with a heart-breaking 13-7 double overtime loss to Maine. The New York knockout, a women’s tackle football team, hosted the Maine Mayhem Saturday night for the first round of the Women’s Football Alliance playoffs. The Knockout entered the postseason ranked first...
2024 Softball Year in review
First and foremost thank you to all the coaches and parents who make this league run. This is an all volunteer league and nothing happens without everyone pitching in!. Our enrollment again this year was solid with over 95 young ladies participating on one of our 8 teams. This year we had 2 Farms Teams (Rossano & Scarola), 3 Minors Teams (Voyer, Corbo, McHugh) and three Majors teams (Scarola, Bory, Walls/Bacchioni). The coaches all did a magnificant job with the girls since we started the winter workouts in January. That seriously is a ton of time and effort so make sure and thank your coaches if you have not done so already!
Cardinal Hayes QB Rich Belin announces commitment to Syracuse
NEW YORK - Rich Belin, the New York State Player of the Year and quarterback for Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx announced that he has verbally committed to play college football at Syracuse University. Belin is a dual-threat quarterback who led the Cardinal Hayes Cardinals to the New...
Little League District 24 All-Star 12s softball: Great Kills, South Shore will meet for crown Saturday
Great Kills and South Shore played an epic nine-inning battle in the opening game of pool play during the Little League District 24 All-Star 12-year-old softball tournament, with GK prevailing 11-10 two weeks ago. Since then, the two rivals have been on a collision course to meet for the District...
Brooklyn Fencing Ace Bound for Paris Olympics
The Paris Summer Olympics begins in July - and one of Brooklyn's own will compete there!. Bensonhurst native Anne Cebula is a first-time U.S. Olympic Fencing team member. The rising senior at Barnard College has been dreaming of this moment since she first saw a fencing match on TV at age 10.
Day 3: Order of events at the 2024 Jamaica Olympic Trials
The 2024 Jamaica Olympic Trials are heating up as Day 3 unfolds in Kingston, promising another thrilling lineup of events that will keep spectators on the edge of their seats. You can watch live streaming coverage on 1Spotmedia.com. The television broadcast is on TVJ Sports, with radio coverage on Hitz92 FM.
Update On When AEW Grand Slam 2024 May Take Place
Ticketmaster revealed that AEW will hold their Grand Slam episode of Dynamite on Wednesday, September 25th from Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York. It was also mentioned that this event will feature a live Dynamite episode as well as a television taping for that week’s Collision, but it wasn’t noted when tickets will be available. The article has since been removed.
Injured Olympic champ Thompson-Herah of Jamaica will miss chance at 3rd straight title in 100, 200
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Elaine Thompson-Herah, the two-time reigning Olympic champion at 100 and 200 meters, will miss the Paris Games because of what she said is a small tear in her Achilles tendon. Thompson-Herah went down at the New York Grand Prix this month and had to be...
Mets Daily Prospect Report, 6/28/24: Starting pitching goes well, everything else is inconsistent
BUFFALO 5, SYRACUSE 1 (BOX) Syracuse had a rather ho-hum loss in this one, never leading and never getting within one run of even tying the game. Buffalo hit a pair of two run home runs — one in the second and one in the fourth — and Syracuse’s offense did not do much of anything. They only amassed three hits and their lone run came in the ninth, when Rylan Bannon hit a garbage time RBI double.
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