Category: Sports

Jonquel Jones scored 29 points Sunday as New York grabbed home-court advantage in this year’s Commissioner’s Cup championship game. Photo by Brandon Todd/New York Liberty The New York Liberty will get a chance to defend their Commissioner’s Cup championship right here in Downtown Brooklyn later this month. How sweet it is! After ruining league-leading Connecticut’s…

“The win (is) the most important thing. We have to get to Atlanta and get another one,” Liberty coach Sandy Brondello insisted following Tuesday night’s 88-75 triumph in Chicago in the opener of this three-game road trip. New York (8-2) has already matched the best 10-game start in franchise history, equaling the mark it estabished…

Atlanta Hawks general manager Landry Fields, right, and NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum pose for photos after Tatum announced that the Hawks had won the first pick in the NBA draft, during the draft lottery in Chicago, Sunday, May 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) For most of the league, it is officially NBA Mock…

Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk, left, attempts to tip in a shot against New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) during the first period of Game 4 during the Eastern Conference finals of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) For the New York Rangers,…

“We still believe in this team,” she added. “Facing some adversity now is not a bad thing for us. It will help us grow.” The Liberty (4-2), who made it to the Finals for the first time since 2002 in October, gave the ball away 14 times during last Thursday’s 90-81 home loss to Chicago…

The New York Mets announced that pitcher David Peterson will be activated from the 60-day injured list Wednesday and start for team that day against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Peterson has yet to pitch for the Mets this season after undergoing hip surgery last November. After missing the entirety of spring training to recover from…

The former 2021 WNBA Most Valuable Player as a member of the Connecticut Sun was held to a season-low four points on 1-of-5 shooting to go with six rebounds, a blocked shot and three of New York’s 18 turnovers in 28 foul trouble-plagued minutes. Jones was hung with five fouls for the second straight game…

Brooklyn-born Imani Jean is a freshman standout tennis performer at Howard University, Washington, D.C.In fact, she became the second Bison since 2005 to win the illustrious Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Rookie of the Year honor – Brittany Morgan captured it in 2010.Tennis was – and is everything – for Jean. “My mom was watching Serena…

Clarke Schmidt AP Photo/Terrance Williams Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt threw Twins’ slugger Carlos Correa a sinker on a 1-0 count Thursday night, and Trent Grisham completed the play by getting under the ball in shallow center field. That somewhat mundane play won high praise from Yankees players, who went on to a 5-0 win in a…

The FDR boys’ basketball program will host two schools from the City of Ballarat, Australia, in the 2024-25 basketball season, head coach Glenn Thomas tells Scholastic Roundup. “On Monday, December 9th we’ll host Saint Patrick’s College,” Thomas reports, “With a jayvee game tip-off at 5 pm, followed by the varsity at 6:30 pm.” FDR will…