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• Remembering an Improbable Historic Night
Boy, how time flies. It feels like just yesterday that one of the best weeks of end-to-end NLL action concluded. Each game had its fair share of thrills and spills, but it was hard to match the excitement that emanated from the historic moments that occurred in Rochester and on Long Island on Saturday night. […]...2020
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• Lax Dad Does LaxCon
Lax Dad Does LaxCon On January 10-12, 2020, the lacrosse world descended upon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the mecca of the sport — US Lacrosse’s LaxCon. Among the fans, coaches, national champions, professional players, vendors and young players toting their gear stood one man — the Lax Dad. Journeying from Long Island with his son Zachary...2020
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• Ford Final Five Facts: Bruins Continue Long Island Domination Over Islanders
The Boston Bruins entered Saturday’s action with big time struggles in overtime, losing 11 of 13 games that went to... »...2020
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• Yankees, Nick Tropeano Agree To Minor League Deal
The Yankees and right-hander Nick Tropeano have agreed to terms on a minor league contract, MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweets. Tropeano, who is represented by the Bledsoe Agency, will be invited to Major League Spring Training. It’s something of a homecoming for the 29-year-old Tropeano — a Long Island native who has spent the past&...2020
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• Nets to waive former first-round pick Henry Ellenson
The Nets‘ series of roster moves will include waiving two-way player Henry Ellenson, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wonjarowski, who tweets that Brooklyn may use its newly-opened two-way slot to add a backcourt piece. As we relayed on Thursday, the Nets are also making changes to their 15-man roster, waiving injured swingman David Nwaba and signing G L...2020
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• GAME RECAP: Riptide Fall Short on Historic Night at NYCB Live
The New York Riptide lost its fourth consecutive game by a final score of 11-4 on a night where history was made on Saturday, December 28 at NYCB Live Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum as Box Lacrosse was brought back to Long Island for the first time since 2009 as the New York […]...2019
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• Brother of 49ers' Beathard fatally stabbed in fight
Clayton Beathard, the younger brother of the 49ers' C.J. Beathard and a quarterback at Long Island University, was one of two men who were fatally stabbed during a fight outside a bar in Nashville early Saturday....2019
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• Quickcap: Jackets shut down the Penguins
Photo by Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images Fast, furious, and fun to watch. This is always a high-intensity, high-energy game, and tonight was no different. I’ll keep it brief, for now: Atmosphere = great. Dare I say... 2019 playoff vibes in some moments? I was a little nostalgic, in a very good way. Aggression = palpable. When asked in the...2019
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Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville stresses the importance of simplifying and prioritizing their style of play after the shootout loss in Long Island....2019
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• Mariners Sign Jon Niese To Minor League Deal
The Mariners have signed left-hander Jon Niese to a minor league contract, per Long Island Ducks general manager Michael Pfaff (Twitter link). Niese had been set to open the season with the Ducks in the Atlantic League, but the Mariners purchased his contractual rights. He’ll report to Triple-A Tacoma. Niese, 32, didn’t pitch in either&...2019
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• Nets have an open spot on their 15-man roster
Tahjere McCall, who had been on a 10-day contract with the Nets, had that deal expire overnight on Thursday, and has returned to Brooklyn’s G League affiliate in Long Island, the club announced today in a press release. That means that, for now, the Nets will have an open spot on their 15-man roster. G League forward Okaro White, who has been playi...2019
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• Spencer Dinwiddie returning to Nets' lineup for next game versus Hornets
As they fight to hang onto the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference, the Nets will get some rotation reinforcements this week. According to Michael Scotto of The Athletic (via Twitter), head coach Kenny Atkinson said today that injured guard Spencer Dinwiddie is set to return to the court for Brooklyn on Friday. Dinwiddie, who last played for the N...2019
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• Report: Nets’ Caris LeVert could return before All-Star break
Nets guard Caris LeVert is on track to begin five-on-five practices soon, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, who hears there’s optimism LeVert will return before the All-Star break. It’s great news for the Nets and LeVert, who went down with a gruesome right foot injury in November. While it initially looked like he was out for the season, the...2019
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• Report: Nets to re-sign Alan Williams
After complications arose during his contract talks with a Chinese Basketball Association club, veteran NBA big man Alan Williams has decided to remain stateside, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). According to Wojnarowski, Williams will re-sign with the Nets on a two-way contract. The news comes just over a week after Brooklyn ende...2019
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• Report: Alan Williams waved by Nets, will play in China
The Nets have requested waivers on veteran big man Alan Williams, the team announced Wednesday in a press release. Williams, a two-way player with Brooklyn, has a deal lined up with a team in China, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via Twitter). Williams, who will turn 26 later this month, spent parts of three seasons with the Suns after making h...2019
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• Yankees, Nick Tropeano Agree To Minor League Deal
The Yankees and right-hander Nick Tropeano have agreed to terms on a minor league contract, MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweets. Tropeano, who is represented by the Bledsoe Agency, will be invited to Major League Spring Training. It’s something of a homecoming for the 29-year-old Tropeano — a Long Island native who has spent the past&...2020
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• Nets to waive former first-round pick Henry Ellenson
The Nets‘ series of roster moves will include waiving two-way player Henry Ellenson, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wonjarowski, who tweets that Brooklyn may use its newly-opened two-way slot to add a backcourt piece. As we relayed on Thursday, the Nets are also making changes to their 15-man roster, waiving injured swingman David Nwaba and signing G L...2020
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• Mariners Sign Jon Niese To Minor League Deal
The Mariners have signed left-hander Jon Niese to a minor league contract, per Long Island Ducks general manager Michael Pfaff (Twitter link). Niese had been set to open the season with the Ducks in the Atlantic League, but the Mariners purchased his contractual rights. He’ll report to Triple-A Tacoma. Niese, 32, didn’t pitch in either&...2019
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The Brooklyn Nets have converted two-way guard Theo Pinson’s contract into a standard deal on the final day of the regular season, Michael Scotto of The Athletic tweets. Pinsons has contributed on and off for the Nets, bouncing between the big league club in Brooklyn and their G League affiliate in Long Island. Pinson will […] The post...2019
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The Brooklyn Nets have converted two-way guard Theo Pinson’s contract into a standard deal on the final day of the regular season, Michael Scotto of The Athletic tweets. Pinsons has contributed on and off for the Nets, bouncing between the big league club in Brooklyn and their G League affiliate in Long Island. Pinson will […] The post...2019
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John Tavares scores game-winner against Islanders in (second) return to Long Island
Coincidentally, it was a little quieter in this second visit...2019
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• Shaun Church: From Southside Queens to College Lacrosse Coach
This article, as told to Matt Hamilton, appears in the April edition of US Lacrosse Magazine, which includes a special 12-page section featuring faces and voices of the black lacrosse community. Don’t get the mag? Join US Lacrosse today to start your subscription. I grew up in Southside Queens. The only other person that you know from there is 50 C...2018
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• Apuzzo's 'Unorthodox Dominance' Leads Undefeated Boston College
Sam Apuzzo is at her best when she feels comfortable, yet she’s having her best season when she’s been made somewhat uncomfortable. This year, the quiet Boston College junior attacker was asked by head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein to transform into a more vocal leader. “Coming in this year, I’m not going to lie, I’m pretty shy and pretty soft-spok...2018
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• Needham Joins Final Nike/USL HSG Top 25 With Upset of Longmeadow
In the final in-season update of the Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls Top 25, three teams found new spots at the bottom of the pack. Thanks to Needham (Mass.) upsetting previously-ranked Longmeadow (Mass.) in the Division 1 state championship game to jump in at No. 22, Archbishop Carroll (Pa.), the PIAA 3A champion, moved up two spots, while Bayp...2017
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• Garden City Claimed 14th State Title to Stay Near Top of Nike/USL HSG Top 25
Longmeadow (Mass.), which knocked out previously ranked Franklin (Mass.) in the Division I state semifinals Monday to advance to the title game, and Fayetteville-Manlius (N.Y.), the Class B runner-up, join the Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls Top 25 this week, but at the top still sits McDonogh (Md.), Garden City (N.Y.) and Glenelg (Md.). Skip to...2017
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• Unruly fan at Mets game threatens man, family, pulls down pants
A man attending Tuesday’s game between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field was arrested after he allegedly threatened a man at the ballpark with his young family before dropping his pants and exposing himself in front of the children. Police indicated Thursday that Richard Patrylo, 20, asked if he could use the man’s phone dur...2019
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• Time To Fly: Only an NCAA Title Will Do for Boston College
Acacia Walker-Weinstein has a cold. It’s bad enough that Walker-Weinstein is headed home for the day, even though it’s barely noon. These are not the normal working hours of a Division I head coach chasing a third straight national championship game. Long days, late nights and lost weekends are more the norm. But it’s only mid-November, and Boston ...2019
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• Season of Giving: Dom Starsia on the Phenomenon of Community
Whenever I am presented with an opportunity to speak with younger lacrosse players, I always talk about the sense of community within our game. It is a very real phenomenon not readily found within the foundation of many other similarly diverse organizations. I truly believe it has to do with the Native American roots of the game and the spirituali...2018
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• U.S. Army Capt. Ben Harrow Refused to Let Go
This article, a profile of U.S. Army Capt. Ben Harrow, first appeared in the December 2016 edition of US Lacrosse Magazine. We’re reposting it today in observance of Veterans Day and in recognition of all members of the lacrosse community who have served or currently serve our country in the armed forces. Army Capt. Ben Harrow trotted onto the fiel...2018
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• Lacrosse Saved My Life: A Story of Friendship and Survival
This article appears in the September/October edition of US Lacrosse Magazine. It contains graphic content intended for a mature audience. The story relates to the subject of mental illness and one lacrosse official’s specific experiences with attempted suicide — as well as the roles the sport and various people within it have played in his reco...2018
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• Finding Lamar Odom: Tracking Down the Elusive and Recently Embattled Former Star
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• Amar'e Stoudemire, Knicks Agree to Buyout: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• As NBA Schedule-Maker Departs, He Takes with Him an Era League Won't See Again
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• Carmelo Anthony Discusses Recruitment of Kevin Durant
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• Brother of 49ers' Beathard fatally stabbed in fight
2019
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• Long Island Hometown Gives Steven Matz the Sandwich Treatment
Among the sedate suburban blocks of Stony Brook, N.Y., pitcher Steven Matz, who is scheduled to start for the Mets on Saturday night, is a local boy made good....2015
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• Beckham's catch big hit at autograph signing
After the New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.'s amazing catch on Sunday night in a loss to the Dallas Cowboys, fans rearranged their Monday night schedules to see Beckham in person at an autograph signing on Long Island....2014
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• Reports: Islanders set for move next to Belmont
The Islanders will move back to Long Island in a new arena to be built next to Belmont Park...2017
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• Islanders win bid to return to Long Island with new arena at Belmont Park
The team will finally return to Nassua Country with clarity regarding their home arena...2017
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• David Tyree surprises ESPN's Linda Cohn
DAVID TYREE SURPRISES ESPN'S LINDA COHN BY MATT COHEN Way back in 1992, Long Island native Linda Cohn joined ESPN to work on “SportsCenter” as an anchor. Twenty-four years later, she achieved......2016
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• Quickcap: Jackets shut down the Penguins
2019
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• McDonogh (Md.) Back on Top of Nike/USL High School Girls' National Top 25
McDonogh (Md.) did not stay subdued very long. The Eagles, whose epic 198-game winning streak ended in last year’s IAAM-A Conference championship game, are back in the top spot of the Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girl’s National Top 25 after narrowly defeating previous No. 1 Manhasset (N.Y.) 8-7 in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown Saturday on Long Island...2019
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• Calvert Hall (Md.) Retains No. 1 Ranking in Nike/USL High School Boys' National Top 25
Two-time defending MIAA-A Conference champion Calvert Hall (Md.) has raced to an 8-1 start — its lone loss coming against the Canadian powerhouse Hill Academy (Ontario) — and has retained its No. 1 ranking in the Nike/US Lacrosse High School Boys’ National Top 25. Right behind the Cardinals are unbeaten Ward Melville (N.Y.) and St. Anthony’s (N.Y.)...2019
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• Photo Gallery: Chaminade (N.Y.) vs Salesianum (Del.) (HS Boys)
In an early-season matchup between Long Island power Chaminade and 10-time Delaware state champion Salesianum, Chaminade posted a 13-6 victory at Cabrini College on Saturday. Photos by Kevin P. Tucker. ...2019
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• Spencer Dinwiddie returning to Nets' lineup for next game versus Hornets
2019
Long Island rumors, scandals
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• Time To Fly: Only an NCAA Title Will Do for Boston College
2019
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• Lacrosse Saved My Life: A Story of Friendship and Survival
2018
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• The Ultimate Underdog: James Madison Seniors Redefine Culture During Championship Run
When the right moment presents itself, a quiet leader will become a catalyst. In the fall, senior Haley Warden saw the potential in her James Madison women’s lacrosse team. Warden, a quiet leader by nature and a workhorse at heart, cried as she shared that belief with her teammates. “I voiced how confident I was in our team making the national cha...2018
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• Inside the May/June 2018 Edition of US Lacrosse Magazine
Digital Edition Redemption is the buzz word as the U.S. men’s national team embarks on a journey to the Middle East in its quest to recapture the world championship. The U.S., which lost to Canada in the 2014 FIL Men’s World Championship final on home soil in Denver, will compete among 48 countries July 21-28, when the quadrennial event comes to th...2018
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• Jamesville-DeWitt Extends Win Streak to Rise in Nike/US Lacrosse HSB Top 25
With No. 1 Landon's season finished, the focus shifted to the Northeast, where the New York state playoffs continued last week. Jamesville-DeWitt (N.Y.) just keeps winning, extending its streak to 17 games with wins over Johnson City (N.Y.) in the Class C play-in game and Canton (N.Y.) in the state quarterfinals. As a result, it moved from No. 12 t...2017