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Citi Field gets 2013 All-Star Game
May 17, 2012 at 11:03 am
Jason Pafundi
At an announcement at City Hall on Wednesday, Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan “Bud” Selig named Citi Field the host for the 2013 MLB All-Star Game. Selig was joined by New York Mets chairman and CEO Fred Wilpon, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, and, of course, Mr. Met for the event. “Next year’s All-Star Game is going [...]
Queens native makes fencing history
April 26, 2012 at 11:32 am
Jason Pafundi
Queens native Benjamin Bratton probably did not expect to see his name in the same sentence as Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe and Tiger Woods, but after what he just accomplished, that is exactly what is happening. Bratton made history as the first African-American to win team gold as the U.S. Men’s Epee Fencing team because [...]
Olympic athletes tell their tales
April 19, 2012 at 10:52 am
Jason Pafundi
Long Island City played host to two world-class athletes as Citi, one of the U.S. Olympic Team’s major sponsors, marked the 100-day countdown to the London 2012 Summer Games with an event at their campus in Court Square. Bronx-born Cullen Jones, a gold medal-winning swimmer in Beijing in 2008, and Kari Miller, a 2008 silver [...]
Mets honor Carter on Opening Day
April 5, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Jason Pafundi
The New York Mets open the 2012 season without one of the most beloved members of the franchise’s family – Gary Carter. The Hall of Fame catcher died on Feb. 16 after a 10-month battle with brain cancer. Carter’s family — wife Sandy, son D.J. and daughters Kimmy and Christy and their families — will [...]
What has Boeheim done lately?
March 15, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Jason Pafundi
Jim Boeheim has been behind the bench at Syracuse since 1976 and since then, he has led the Orange to four Final Fours and a national championship. The team has had 40 consecutive winning seasons and is one of the storied programs in college basketball history. But in this society and culture, the past is [...]
