It’s zero hour for the controversial health-care bill, as the Obama administration readies for a vote this week. Democrats spent last week in a frenzy of strategy sessions for the delicate operation of reconciling competing House and... Read Full Story
Check out the boys basketball playoff schedule. CHSAA CLASS AA Feb. 22 -- Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan quarterfinals @ St. Francis Prep (PREVIEW)... 3:51 AM
Check out the girls basketball playoff schedule. CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Division I Feb. 23 – Quarterfinals @ St. Francis Prep Archbishop... 2:36 AM
Since Terrel Hunt’s mother Katrina died from ovarian cancer on Jan. 31, the Christ the King boys basketball team dedicated its championship run to her memory. “After she passed away they said the whole season is for your mom, we’re going to the... 12:56 AM
He had just scored a game-high 34 points in the CHSAA Class AA intersectional title game, an instant classic that went three overtimes. Jayvaughn Pinkston ended his storied high school career on a bang, but he did so without a ring. “This was the... 12:54 AM
In the biggest, most stressful game of her high school career Nia Oden was her calmest and best. “I was very relaxed this game,” she said. “I wasn’t nervous at all.” The junior forward was the epitome of Christ the King’s success. She let the... 1:30 AM
One by one, St. Michael Academy players left the locker room with dejected looks on their faces. At this time last year, the Eagles were celebrating their first CHSAA Class AA state title. Now? They fell just one game short. St. Mike’s lost to... 12:16 AM
The CHSAA Class AA intersectional final between Christ the King and Bishop Loughlin was an instant classic and will be remembered for years to come by anyone lucky enough to be at Rose Hill Gym on Sunday. The Royals won the crown in three overtimes... 1:56 AM
Christ the King is back in Glens Falls. The Royals beat St. Michael Academy in a physical, 61-48 war Sunday afternoon at Cardinal Spellman in The Bronx to win their record 26th CHSAA state title. Nia Oden led the way with 19 points, while Jennifer... 2:03 AM
Doug Porter never thought twice. The moment the whistle blew and the referee put up three fingers, signaling the second foul on South Bronx star Dashawn Joyner just 3:28 into the PSAL Class A semifinal, Porter called his point guard over to the... 3:37 AM
When Robert Phelps took over the boys basketball program at Bedford Academy this fall, Brent Jones began looking into his past achievements. The senior guard was floored when he learned Phelps led the city in scoring at Nazareth (he is 11th all... 3:37 AM
Queens High School of Teaching already had a chip on its shoulder when it was given the third seed despite an undefeated season. The Tigers also felt they were unfairly cast as the underdog entering their semifinal matchup with Brooklyn College... 3:24 AM
Like a building before it has been developed, High School For Construction’s basketball program began with nothing more than a foundation. The roster... 3:24 AM
If it’s Wings Academy versus The World, put a mark in the win column for the girls from The Bronx. The third-seeded Lady Wings defeated No. 3 West 50th Street Campus, 55-38, in the PSAL Class A girls basketball semifinals Sunday at Hunter College... 2:00 AM
It had to be a mistake. Academy of American Studies star Crystal James had four fouls, but coach Juan Faya was putting her back in the game with two...
Brittany McDonough absolutely struggled with her jump shot Wednesday night in the quarterfinals. She couldn’t buy a 3-pointer until the fourth quarter.... 12:16 AM
Disappointment etched across his face after a loss to archrival Christ the King in the Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan title game two weeks ago, Bishop Loughlin senior Jayvaughn Pinkston made it clear that he wanted another shot at the Royals. That...
Jennifer O’Neill hobbled her way across the court to the trainer’s office at Christ the King. The McDonald’s All-American guard had turned her right ankle. She was forced to watch her St. Michael Academy girls basketball team let Bishop Ford build a...
Christ the King sophomore Sarah Shanderson made up a special graphic prior to the CHSAA state playoffs to remind her teammates of the task ahead. In yellow numbers and red and yellow letters it reads "3-3-3, three games, three days, three courts" --...
CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down the Christ the King Royals in advance of Sunday’s Class AA intersectional championship game at Fordham University’s Rose Hill Gym in The Bronx. Bishop Loughlin Nickname: Lions Head...
CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down the Christ the King Royals in advance of Sunday’s Class AA intersectional championship game at Fordham University’s Rose Hill Gym in The Bronx. Christ the King Nickname: Royals Head...
Everyone inside the Garden, everyone in the state of West Virginia, everyone rooting as hard for Georgetown as Spike Lee knew the ball was going to Da'Sean Butler. Only Jerry West and Hot Rod Hundley have scored more points in their Morgantown...
The Connecticut Lady Huskies are so good, their two-season run of dominance so complete, that the result of the NCAA Tournament appears to be a formality this year -- with none of the other elite teams having much of a chance to win the national...
Georgetown's Chris Wright went toe-to-toe with West Virginia's Da'Sean Butler down the stretch of last night's championship game of the Big East...
Da'Sean Butler's second game-winner in three days gave West Virginia its first Big East championship. The senior guard, who banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give West Virginia a quarterfinal win, scored in the lane with 4.2 seconds left and...
Bob Hurley is like any other veteran in the basketball profession — high school, college or pro — in that he’s a surefire master of coachspeak. He’s...
The double bye has been tossed around in discussions at the Garden this week about as often as Jose Reyes' thyroid issue. Coaches, fans, scribes...
The old guard smiles today. Looie, Rollie, Big John -- men who valued relationships -- will watch tonight when Georgetown goes for its record eighth...
There are fewer places more disparate than midtown and Morgantown, with the former's skyscrapers the size of the latter's mountains. But with four...
A friend of Georgetown coach John Thompson III sought him out Thursday afternoon with some advice. "There's nothing better than Friday night in New York City, other than Saturday night in New York City," the friend told him. The Hoyas will...
Xavier Henry scored 11 points in a stunning 21-2 run that broke a tight game wide open and carried No. 1 Kansas (31-2) past No. 23 Texas A&M, 79-66, in...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Evan Turner's accuracy was off, and the player widely regarded as one of the nation's best was becoming visibly frustrated in the final...
Syracuse center Arinze Onuaku, injured in a Big East quarterfinal loss to Georgetown on Thursday, is expected back at practice Monday, according to a statement released by the university. Syracuse.com revealed the statement today: "Arinze Onuaku...
Judie Lomax has left an indelible mark at Columbia in two years at the school. She became the school’s first Ivy League player of the year Thursday,...
There will be a decent atmosphere, certainly. There will be a buzz. There will be plenty of drama. After all, it's still the Big East Tournament...
Joseph Fulce is accustomed to having an authoritative figure in his face. Before the junior forward arrived at Marquette, he spent a season at...
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