A Real Main Event For Villarreal
Ismael Villarreal sustained his first loss in early February. The 10-round split decision and world wide exposure on SHOWBOX was a minor setback but the 26-year old super welterweight from the Bronx would not hide. The first loss for a fighter does have an impact, though to Villarreal (13-1-0, 9 K0’s) an advantage of gaining experience […]
The Fighting Gatti Brothers: Thunder And Lightning
“Joe and Arturo’s careers, and lives, would take two entirely different paths. The brother’s careers were, in essence, a study on professional boxing.” So says the author Joe Botti and chronicled with “Thunder & Lightning” the compelling and behind the scene stories of two brothers, Arturo and Joe of Jersey City, pro fighters and the world champion […]
Bronx Rivalry Revisited And It was All Rams
This was once an intense rivalry in the Bronx when the basketball teams from Fordham and Manhattan tipped off at Rose Hill or for the short distance ride to Riverdale. Borough rivalry or supremacy? Call it what you want but the rivalry has changed. What hasn’t changed is a Division I college basketball game that […]
Halfway for the New York Rangers
The New York Rangers have hit the end of 2023 calendar year, and the first half of the 2023-2024 season has been nothing but successful for the Blueshirts with an outstanding record of 24-8-1, and while they are 1-1 after the Christmas break, there is a lot more to be happy about with these Rangers. […]
Bader And Severino Better Than Nothing
Luis Severino and Harrison Bader, the former cross-town Yankees with their familiarity to fans and New York City is better than nothing. They have been key components of a Mets offseason strategy of signing players to limited and short-term deals. Can both have an impact on the Mets strategy to stay competitive this year and […]
Reform Needed To Unify Titles
Boxing needs to unify the alphabet soup titles and last year we saw a few in the four-belt title era, though Devin Haney would unify the lightweight division and vacate the belts to move up in weight. Canelo Alvarez is in control and the so-called face of boxing can do what he wants as the […]
Their Numbers Will Rise Over Citi
I was a rookie reporter on the Mets beat when Darryl Strawberry and Dwight “Doc” Gooden electrified Shea Stadium. I can still hear the epic roars from fans in the upper deck to the lower bowels of the ballpark. The press box shook when Strawberry hit another home run, and when Gooden with an electric […]
Yanks Pivot to Stroman
The Yankees had to make that pivot after losing out in their quest to sign Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell was offered much less and they made that pivot signing Marcus Stroman for two-years at $37 million. Is this the proper move to boost a pitching rotation that is guided with […]
This Is Where It Begins In Combat Sports
“Every fight, you learn every time.” A quote heard often in combat sports and from all spectrums of kickboxing, grappling, Muay Thai, MMA, pro boxing. I leave pro wrestling out of the equation because that is entertainment and a script determines the outcome, though they also learn every time. Brandon Quinn provided me with that quote, […]
Stream And Stream: We Are Here
Allow me to say the days of going up the stream are here. Streaming networks, as I said years ago would take over sports. Last week Netflix continued their dominance purchasing rights to WWE programming with a 10-year, $5 billion dollar deal to stream Monday Night RAW and premium live events. Netflix, the leading entertainment […]