Holy Scooter! Rizzuto Dies at 89

Written by Jason Singer on August 14, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

Hall-of-Fame shortstop Phil Rizzuto, who played his entire career with the New York Yankees and then went on to popularized the phrase “Holy Cow!” as one of the great Yankee broadcasters, died this morning at 89 at a nursing home in West Orange, NJ. “The Scooter” played 12 years for the Bronx Bombers in their
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Wrestling With Mortality

Written by Jason Singer on August 14, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

The World Wrestling Entertainment is giving Iraq a run for its money. Yesterday morning, Brian Adams (right), a former professional wrestling champion who intermittently participated in the WWE from 1990 through 2001, died after being found unconscious in his Tampa Bay home around 11 a.m. He was 44. Adams, known to the wrestling world as
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Jet Lag

Written by Jason Singer on August 14, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

The New York Jets’ star running back Thomas Jones, who they acquired in the offseason from the Chicago Bears, will miss an unspecified amount of time after suffering a strained right calf muscle during Sunday’s practice. Although Jones has never been the lone featured running back in any offense, the former Bear has come to
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Bronx Bliss

Written by Jason Singer on August 14, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

Everything seems to be going the New York Yankees’ way these days. On a night when Mariano Rivera blew his first save since April 20, the Bronx Bombers needed just a little roller off the inside off Derek Jeter’s bat to beat the Baltimore Orioles. Jeter (pictured), who came to the plate with runners on
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Backups Star In Jets Opener

Written by Jason Singer on August 13, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

On a rainy, cold night in the Meadowlands on Friday, a couple of backups might have warmed the hearts and homes of hardcore Jets fans everywhere. Second-string running back Leon Washington and second-string quarterback Kellen Clemens shone in the Jets’ 31-16 victory over the Atlanta Falcons—the first preseason contest for both teams. Washington, a second-year
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Giant Questions

Written by Jason Singer on August 13, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

Although the final score didn’t matter—the New York Giants lost to the Carolina Panthers, 24-21—the only thing large about the Giants following Saturday night’s first preseason game were the question marks that still surround the team heading into the final three weeks of training camp. Without Michael Strahan (pictured)—who mulled retirement somewhere far away from
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Choked Up: Mets Blowing Lead

Written by Jason Singer on August 13, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

The New York Mets’ bullpen apparently thinks it’s the holiday season, because game after game they give gifts to both their opponents and Atlanta and Philadelphia—the two teams chasing them in the NL East division. On Friday, closer Billy Wagner (pictured) gave his biggest present to Florida shortstop Hanley Ramirez, tossing a fastball right down
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Sweeping Success

Written by Jason Singer on August 13, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

After fattening up on bottom-of-the-food-chain fodder since the All-Streak break, the New York Yankees marched into Jacobs Field this weekend with something to prove: That they belonged with the big boys. The AL Central-leading Cleveland Indians—embroiled in both a divisional and Wild Card race—needed to make a statement in the series as well. What would
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Fan Toys With Keeping Ball

Written by Matt Elzweig on August 10, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

The Queens man who caught Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run on August 8, is now thinking about holding on to it rather than selling it. The ball is valued at $500,000, but the sentimental value may be worth more to the college student who was on his way to Australia when he attended the game.
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Tomahawk Chopped

Written by Jason Singer on August 8, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

You might not know it from the national media, but they did actually play baseball games last night outside of San Francisco; in Queens, they actually played a rather important one. The first-place New York Mets and second-place Atlanta Braves began a series to establish NL East supremacy last night, and the Braves drew first
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