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Benitez Blows All-Star Game as Liberty Wins, 7-5

NEWARK, NJ— Armando Benitez blew a comfortable lead during a showcase game.
Sound familiar? Benitez wasn’t even wearing a Mets uniform this time. Instead, the Newark Bears closer failed to hold a two-run ninth inning lead in the Atlantic League’s All-Star game Tuesday night, giving up four runs on five hits as the Liberty Division stormed [...]

The Game Never Gets Old For The Wizard

NEWARK, NJ— Ozzie Smith’s cleats barely left the Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium grass as he jogged out to shortstop.
No backflips accompanied Smith as he took his position during the Atlantic League’s All-Star pregame celebrity exhibition softball game. The 54-year-old said his crowd-pleasing acrobatic ways are a thing of his playing days.
“I play too much [...]

Dunkirk Looks for a Rebound

ELMONT, NY- High-priced free-agents and wide-eyed rookies aren’t the only sporting participants to struggle playing in front of huge crowds.
Even horses can endure performance anxiety and nervousness. Dunkirk posted an 11th-place Kentucky Derby finish, stumbling twice in the first 50 yards amid the 153,563 fans at Churchill Downs.
Dunkirk skipped the Preakness but still garnered favorable [...]

Zito Gves His Toughts for the Belmont

ELMONT, NY – Count Nick Zito as one of horse racing’s few human celebrities.
Zito’s name is well known to casual racing fans, a byproduct of two victories each in the Belmont Stakes and the Kentucky Derby as well as a Preakness win. The 2005 Hall of Fame inductee is a mainstay in Triple Crown competitions [...]

Borel Tries for the Record

NEW YORK – The 1 ½-mile distance at Belmont Stakes separates the race from the Triple Crown’s first two legs.
Jockey Calvin Borel will be making his debut in the “Tournament of Champions” Saturday. But Borel’s inexperience was a secondary concern for odds-makers, which made Mine That Bird a 2-1 morning-line favorite Wednesday.
Borel will be going [...]

Garcia Ready For the Belmont

NEW YORK – Charitable Man shares a similarity with every other entry running in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes in that the horse will not capture the Triple Crown title.
The gelding didn’t even enter the Kentucky Derby or Preakness. But both Charitable Man and jockey Alan Garcia established a comfort level in Elmont last year, which could [...]

Raines Comes Down in Newark

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY- Specks of gray hair dot the manager’s beard as he stands just a few steps from the visiting dugout railing. The facial hair is about the only indicator the man wearing a black-and-white Newark Bears pullover and cap is not a player.
Tim Raines still looks like he can run to first base, [...]

Giroux Making Most of Playoffs

UNIONDALE ,NY- Coaches usually send nothing but platitudes to a team’s prized prospect in training camp. A poor start can be attributed to a lack of experience while solid play is sold as a harbinger of greatness to come. But Flyers coach John Stevens delivered a not-so-subtle message to Claude Giroux in the summer, instructing [...]

Hofstra Gets Double Overtime Win Over JMU

HEMPSTEAD, NY – Sophomore guard Charles Jenkins (Queens, NY) scored a game-high 32 points and set a career-high with 13 assists while senior forward Zygis Sestokas (Vilnius, Lithuania) knocked down a trio of three-pointers in the second overtime session on his way to a career-high 19 points as the Hofstra Men’s Basketball team pulled out [...]

Saying Goodbye to the Old Girl of Broad Street

PHILADELPHIA – Three other modern venues elicit attention when entering Broad Street after exiting the Walt Whitman Bridge. It isn’t until you scan the literal quadrant of stadiums and arenas that the smaller building catches the eye amidst the modern sporting palaces that comprises the landscape. Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Eagles, is the [...]

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