News for Harlem and the Harlems of the World
By Jason Leach If you come visit Harlem, one of the places you have to visit is Rucker Park. Harlemities and people with a love of basketball know all about Rucker Park and its tradition. Rucker Park was named after a Harlem teacher playground director Holcombe L. Rucker. Rucker started basketball tournaments back in the […]
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By Jason Leach The tone for the Giants 2013 season was set at the beginning of training camp when General Manager Jerry Reese said making the playoffs once in the past four seasons in not acceptable. With the Super Bowl being played in their home stadium in February, the Giants are set to become the
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By Jason Leach 2013 will be the 5th year of the Rex Ryan and Mark Sanchez era, and if it’s anything like the past two seasons, this will be their last year as members of the Jets organization. Here are the top 5 questions for the Jets for this upcoming season. 1. WILL GENO SMITH
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Last month LeBron won his 2nd NBA title and Finals MVP award. He is well on his way to turning the Miami Heat into the next great NBA dynasty. As LeBron continues to accumulate accolades and championships, the comparisons between him and Michael Jordan will get even deeper. So the questions are, can he catch
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In defeating Maria Sharapova in the finals of the French Open, Serena Williams captured her 16th singles Grand Slam Title. It was the first time in 11 years since she won the French Open. Serena was so dominate during the tournament that she only lost one set in seven matches. With her win over Sharapova,
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Coming into the season the Yankees would need to rely on Robinson Cano to continue to be one of baseball’s biggest stars. With Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Mark Texeria, and Alex Rodriquez all on the disable list to start the season, all eyes were on Cano. Some feared Cano might be distracted coming into this
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When the Indiana Pacers eliminated the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals it marked the 40th consecutive season that the Knicks failed to bring home a championship. Throughout this season there were reasons to be optimistic that this would be the year the Knicks got it done. Whether it was the Knicks beginning
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The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY has been open less than a year, but it has already showcased some of the brightest stars in boxing. Fight fans in the New York/New Jersey area have been hoping to have more fights in this area for years. In the mid to late 80’s the boxing scene was
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Dennis Rodman, the pierced and pugnacious former Chicago Bulls star, says he’s excited to hang out with his new best friend Kim Jong-Un when he heads back to Pyongyang this summer. Wearing a white fedora on his head and a drag queen on his arm, the athlete told the press about his plans during a
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The win streak’s over. Bigger goals remain in play. All the New York Knicks could do was shrug off this one. Nate Robinson scored a season-high 35 points and the Chicago Bulls stopped another lengthy winning streak, rallying to beat New York 118-111 in overtime Thursday night and end the Knicks’ 13-game run. “It’s over
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