Posts Tagged ‘Basketball’

What to Watch: Olympics 2012

Written by Rebecca Harris on July 19, 2012. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News Our Town, Our Town, West Side Spirit

With the 2012 Olympics fast approaching, America’s fastest and strongest athletes are ready to go for gold in London. In Beijing in 2008, Team USA topped the international competition with 110 medals, the most taken home by any country in the Games. This year, returning champions and bright-eyed rising stars make up a team that
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Column: Is Tony Parker Justified in Suing Soho Club Over Brown vs. Drake Brawl?

Written by NYPress on June 25, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

NBA star Tony Parker to sue the W.i.P club in New York for $20 million after bottle-smashing brawl left him with a risky eye injury. by Laurent Berstecher San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker may not be able to lead the French basketball team in London for the 2012 Summer Olympics on account of of
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An Everyday Guide to the Tribeca Film Festival

Written by NY Press on April 20, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Blog

The Tribeca Film Festival "Drive In" Movie Experience (Photo: Tribeca Film Festival)

Things you can do at the Tribeca Film Festival for the everyday moviegoer In what has become an annual rite of passage for aspiring indie filmmakers, the Tribeca Film Festival – founded by Robert Di Nero, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in an effort to re-vitalize a Tribeca community that had been shaken by
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Notes Form the Neighborhhod: A Slam Dunk For A Good Cause

Written by Megan Finnegan Bungeroth on April 4, 2012. Posted in Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit, West Side Spirit

Nathan Warszawski shoots for two points to raise funds for the Strong Kids Campaign during the Second annual Basketball Shootout Contest at the west side YMCA March 31st. Participants earned points be making baskets, with the most points winning a prize, as did the child who collected the most pledges
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One Year, Two Record-Breakers

Written by admin on March 4, 2010. Posted in Uncategorized

Inside the main gym at The Dalton School’s athletics building, there is a large banner listing the 1,000-point scorers in the school’s basketball history. The list stretches back decades and includes roughly a dozen entries. But until this year, it featured only one girl, a 2006 graduate named Mia Gliedman. This season, within a month
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Hard Times on the Hardwood

Written by admin on January 13, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

The “city game” isn’t what it used to be. The Knicks are on course for another losing season, and it has been years since a local college team has made the NCAA tournament, much less contended for a national championship. New York’s basketball picture wasn’t always so bleak. The five boroughs were once as well
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‘Heroine’ Hoopster Wraps Up College Career

Written by admin on May 21, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

Three years ago as freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, Kelly Scott took the court or showed up at practice only with a sense of reluctance. Despite her skills, she felt that she couldn’t ignore one paramount obstacle: neither the Horace Mann School nor the Upper East Side is much of a breeding ground for
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HUNTER HAWKS TAKE DOWN AUSSIE VISITORS

Written by admin on January 7, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

Twice, members of the Hunter College High School boys’ basketball team said “all the way” when talking about their hopes for the current season. First assistant coach John Valinotti used the phrase, and then junior captain Len Chenfeld did the same a few minutes later. Even for a good team, it was a bit presumptive.
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COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL CHAMPS

Written by admin on December 23, 2008. Posted in Uncategorized

The winter scholastic sports season, always unique in how it straddles the holidays and some vacation time, offers a worthy moment for reflection about a month into proceedings. For some, the results are mixed. Others are already putting together winning seasons. And for the rest, it’s probably too early to tell. For now, all eyes
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