Category: Sports

Mandatory Credit: Lucas Boland-USA TODAY Sports New York Giants rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers said there is “no doubt,” that he will be ready for Week 1 of the 2024 season after suffering a left ankle injury on Sunday. After sitting out of Monday’s practice at training camp, the LSU product was seen stretching with…

Mike Eilenberg. Photo courtesy of Tammara Eilenberg Call it fate. Perhaps destiny. Or just luck. Maybe all three – but perhaps Mike Eilenberg was meant to move to “Sin City.” “I’ve been [in Las Vegas] 40 years,” the 79-year-old former New Utrecht High School basketball star told the Brooklyn Eagle. “I always rolled the dice,…

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past an NBA logo at an NBA exhibition in Beijing, China October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo Warner Bros Discovery and its sports division, Turner Broadcasting System, filed a lawsuit on Friday against the National Basketball Association in New York over the league’s rejection of its matching bid for media…

Then-Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, center and, from left, Hammer Harrison, Handles Franklin, Paul ‘Tiny’ Sturgess, TNT Maddox and Cheese Chisholm of the Harlem Globetrotters pose after crossing the Brooklyn Bridge using pink basketballs to show their support for National Breast Cancer Awareness on Oct. 3, 2012. Photo by Bryan Bedder/Invision for Harlem Globetrotters/AP Images…

Jul 29, 2024; Paris, France; (From left to right) Stephen Nedoroscik, Frederick Richard, Brody Malone, Paul Juda, and Asher Hong hold their bronze medals after the men’s team final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Bercy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports For the first time in 16 years, Team USA has…

Nets coach Jordi Fernandez will lead Team Canada into the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Canadians will take on Greece Sunday in their opening game. AP Photo by Steve Marcus Newly hired Nets coach Jordi Fernandez keeps getting held up from assuming his full duties here in Downtown Brooklyn. But at least he’s still competing in…

Jun 25, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets left fielder Brandon Nimmo (9) reacts after hitting a two run home run against the New York Yankees during the fourth inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports The 2024 Subway Series shifts to the Bronx as the Yankees host…

Brooklyn Dodgers’ pitcher Ed Roebuck is seen at the Dodgers’ spring training camp at Vero Beach, Fla., March 1956. AP Photo/Jim Kerlin Ever throw a ball or a stone up in the air and try to hit it with a stick on its way down? Difficult, no? Well, there was a kid in the small…

Sabrina Ionescu shoots her shot against the Indiana Fever during the New York Liberty’s home opener at Barclays Center. On Thursday night, the guard helped lead the team to victory in front of a record-breaking Brooklyn crowd. Photo by Brandon Todd/New York Liberty In front of the biggest crowd ever to watch the WNBA at…

This is an undated photo showing Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine. AP Photo/File Jerry West. Willie Mays. The Baby Bull — Orlando Cepeda. It has been a rough couple of weeks for Baby Boomers and the stars they idolized when they were growing up, as the list has been shrinking with each passing. And, Carl…