July 2010
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Fun With Flavors
Sports and ice cream are among my favorite things. (And NOT Dippin’ Dots… clearly NOT the “ice cream of the future.”) They didn’t have “Last Licks” ice cream shops when I was growing up, but I suspect that if they did, I might have frequented them.
“Last Licks,” termed the “Sports Bar for Kids,” has four locations, including one...
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Quarter-Price Tickets in New York Boost World...
It’s not often that the tickets to a playoff matchup cost less than those of the regular season — especially for a first-place team coming off a near-sellout in its final match. But World TeamTennis has been breaking convention and providing family-friendly entertainment for 35 years, the brainchild of none other than Billie Jean King. So maybe it’s not such a surprise that the...
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Two-A-Days Put Undergrads Through Sports Media...
For more than a decade, the Fordham University Sports Communication Institute has helped prep students looking for careers in the sports media industry. The two-week, two-session-a-day course, which includes guest lectures by such luminaries as the TV voice of the N.Y. Knicks and NBA ESPN play-by-play man Mike Breen (pictured); Clifton Brown of The Sporting News, Brandon Steiner, founder of...
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Guest Column: Mixed Martial Arts Legislation in NY...
by Alexia Krause
With the New York state deficit hitting $8 billion, steps need to be taken in order to right the ship that is the state’s budget. Recently New York Gov. David Paterson stated that the projected deficit for the upcoming fiscal year has grown by an additional $750 million. There’s no doubting that the Empire State is in dire straits trying to fix their deficit. It is...
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Figurine 'Versus' Figurine
The popular Round 5 UFC collectibles took another step forward with today’s release of images of the new “Versus” line, described as “pairs of distinctly new figures highlighting battle scenes from great UFC matchups.” The first set is from historic UFC bouts between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Wanderlei Silva (UFC 92), 2008; Forrest Griffin and Jackson (“The...
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New Tennis Mascot Stirs Up The Fans While Reaching...
The sport of tennis is known more for its unique characters on the court than ones roaming the seating areas. But World TeamTennis is a different animal, so to speak. That’s where “Tennis the Menace” comes in. And for college senior and aspiring astronomer Joel Peralta of New York, climbing into the furry green bear-like mascot of the New York Sportimes has been a new experience.
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Five New Inductees to Irish Baseball Hall of Fame
The Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2010: New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman, veteran TV analyst and former player Tim McCarver, longtime New York Mets announcer Bob Murphy, famed statistician and Boston Red Sox executive Bill James, and Mike “King” Kelly, baseball’s first superstar. The honorees will be inducted on Friday, August 6 at Noon, when their plaques...