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Portia Williams, Cydney Scott, Melissa June & Niamani Morrison won gold in the 800 meter relay CYO Ragazzo Track Meet Runs Through Brooklyn
Over the weekend family and friends filled the ARC Wellness and Recreation Center in Brooklyn for the annual CYO Ragazzo track meet. The gym was filled with youngsters who were beaming from ea...
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St. John's crushes Connecticut Huskies 73-51 in Big East Tournament Opening Round
A team effort by St. John’s dominated the court and sent the Huskies packing, ending their Big East tournament run and a chance for an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament. Despite facing an op...
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Miles Davis, Richard Williams, Lucius Benson, and Allen Winston pose for a picture during a Golden Gloves match at Elmcor Elmcor's Lou Benson touches lives in and out of the ring
February 23rd’s Daily News Golden Gloves event at Elmcor Recreation Center in Queens was filled with family, friends and fans of the fighters. As people filed through the gym, many stopped t...
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Corey Edwards scored the game winning basket with 30 seconds left Christ the King Royals rally to defeat Bishop Loughlin 66-61, claim second consecutive CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Championship
JayVaughn Pinkston might have received top billing heading into the CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Championship game, but Corey Edwards finished on top. Edwards scored 14 points, including the go-ahead b...
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John Sikiric (left) and Kirk Liddelow (right) Maspeth's John Sikiric has jersey number retired by Queens College
Sikiric, who played for Queens from 2001-05, led the Knights to the 2004-05 New York Collegiate Athletic Conference championship.
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CYO Girls' Basketball Championship Photos
The CYO’s girl’s championships were held this past sunday at St. John’s Prep and Martin Luther High School, and there was plenty of championship hardware to go around. Click the ...
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St. Joseph's Men's & Women's Basketball Teams Win Hudson Valley Athletic Conference Championships
St. Joseph’s (Women) 56, Albany Pharmacy 53 With 0:33 left and St. Joseph’s trailing by one, Ashley McQuillan (Brooklyn, NY/St. Francis Prep) hit two free throws to put the Lady Bears up for...
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St. Sebastian Boys Swimming Rules the Pool
Congratulations to the boys on their undefeated season! They worked hard and it paid off. During the boys dual meet season, they won all of their meets against the teams in Queens. They then ha...
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Caleb being awarded his trip to the UK by City Parks Foundation s Director of Sports Mike Silverman Caleb Williamson: One to Watch
Williamson is a 14-year-old rising star on the tennis court
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Hillcrest High School tennis team gearing up for another PSAL championship run
HILLCREST H.S. WINNING TENNIS TEAM PREPARING FOR 2010 SEASON : In 2009 the Hillcrest H.S. Tennis played in the PSAL Division “B” Finals. With 6 of the 7 players returning this year ...
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Angle of the Week: Golden Gloves Invade Brookyln
Shirrod Victoria from Universal BC throws a punch at Femi Guri from John’s Gym during a Daily News Golden Gloves match Friday at the Ridgewood Masonic Temple in Bushwick. Victoria won the ma...
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Marcel Esonwune: Athlete of the Week
Esonwune just completed a week that was off the charts.
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Justin Gist scored 25 points and grabbed five rebounds St. Joseph’s Men's Basketball Rallies to Top CCNY in Double Overtime
BROOKLYN , NY – The St. Joseph’s College men’s basketball team led for less than a minute in regulation and needed two last second three-pointers at the end of regulation and overtime to extend t...
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Jessica Vazquez: One to Watch
Vazquez, a native of Brooklyn, decided to reach for the stars in November when she tried out of the New York Sharks.
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Fire Norm Now is an anti-Roberts website. Frustrated St. John’s Red Storm fans set sights on head coach Norm Roberts
They say nice guys finish last, and unfortunately for Norm Roberts, the saying might be true.
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Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard (AP)

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP OF NJME107 OF MARCH 11, 2010 ** This 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in Buena, N.J. The FBI confirmed Thursday, March 11, 2010, that the agency is looking into the case of Mobley, who grew up in Buena and is an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. (AP Photo/Roman Castro) NO SALESAP - An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said Saturday. He then killed a guard who laid down his weapon as he went ahead at prayer time.


Sat Mar 13 15:05:22 -0600 2010
Senate, Obama spar over health plan's pet projects (AP)

Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, looks on as Gina Owens hugs her grandson, Marcelas Owens from Seattle, Wash., whose mother, Tiffany Owens died after losing her job and health care, Thursday, March 11, 2010, during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.


Sat Mar 13 15:00:31 -0600 2010
Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die (AP)

Map locates Kandahar and Kandahar province, Afghanistan where multiple explosions have been reportedAP - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.


Sat Mar 13 15:00:26 -0600 2010