Hofstra Follows Suit to Third Straight Win

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – When a team is struggling, a coach might try almost anything to change his squad’s luck. Or, in the case of head coach Mo Cassara’s game night wardrobe choice, it’s sometimes better to change nothing at all. The Hofstra Pride may be a mediocre 6-7 so far this season, but Cassara’s suit [...]

Hofstra Wins OT Thriller, Sets Up First-Place Showdown at VCU

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The overachieving Hofstra Pride men’s basketball team has even surprised itself, as the squad led by senior Charles Jenkins (Springfield Gardens, NY) and first-year head coach Mo Cassara unexpectedly sits atop the conference standings at the halfway point of the Colonial Athletic Association standings. Yet, even for a team which has become [...]

Jenkins, Young Forward Duo Rally Hofstra Past Wagner

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – As a Hofstra alum, yours truly has attended many Hofstra University basketball games over the past two decades, whether as a Hofstra student, a returning alum with season tickets, or in more recent years, with a media credential (the latter been tough, since rooting isn’t tolerated at press row). There have of [...]

#24 Tennessee, #7 Villanova Advance to NIT Season Tip-Off Finals

Tennessee 77, Virginia Commonwealth 72 NEW YORK – For at least a while, the Virginia Commonwealth Rams (3-1) had plenty of reasons to be thankful on Thanksgiving eve night in New York City. VCU, which entered the evening averaging 86 points per game on 49 percent field goal shooting, was held to just 22 fist-half [...]

Confidence Score Picks – NFL Week

Each week throughout the 2010 NFL season, Jon Wagner (Sr. Writer At-Large for Football Reporters Online, Senior Columnist for Pro Football NYC, and writer for NY Sports Day), picks the full weekly NFL slate of games based on confidence scores, going from highest (most confident) to lowest (least confident) that a certain team will win. [...]

Confidence Score Results – NFL Week 1

Each week throughout the NFL season, Jon Wagner, NYSD reporter, will be picking the full weekly NFL slate of games based on confidence scores, going from highest (most confident) to lowest (least confident) that a certain team will win. Submit your own picks in the comments section here at FRO, and see if you can [...]

Week 1 Confidence Ratings

Each week throughout the NFL season, Jon Wagner, FRO’s Sr. Writer At-Large, will be picking the full weekly NFL slate of games based on confidence scores, going from highest (most confident) to lowest (least confident) that a certain team will win. Submit your own picks in the comments section here at FRO, and see if [...]

ESPN: The Entertainment Sellout for Profit Network

It was bad enough that on July 8th, ESPN facilitated one of the most ridiculous, self-centered events any professional athlete ever perpetuated on the sports public by airing LeBron James’ prime time special, all in the name of ratings and money. That was tough enough for New York Knicks fans to take (although not nearly [...]

MLB Needs an All-Star Overhaul

Major League Baseball prepares to showcase the 81st version of its mid-summer classic from Anaheim, California on Tuesday night, and while there is still much that’s good with the MLB all-star game and its accompanying festivities, the current setup also leaves a lot of room for improvement. Thus, in the dream world of a writer [...]

Extra Special! Late Goal Advances USA in World Cup

Better late then never. That phrase couldn’t have applied more to the United States men’s soccer team on Wednesday afternoon in Pretoria, South Africa, where a single goal meant moving on in the 2010 World Cup, and a lack of one meant going home. Through 90 minutes of regulation time, the Americans had failed to [...]

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