December 2001
Knicks Zone In On Education
by Tom Kertes
For this one, you had to be there.
Kurt Thomas, the New York Knicks 6-9 enforcer–a player
famous for his take-no-prisoner tactics, a tough guy whose
mere glare strikes panic in the hearts of most NBA opponents–lay
down on the carpet. He did that so that a bunch of considerably
closer-to-the-floor 10 and 11 year-olds could play with
the hair on his head. READ
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November 2001
A Cyclone Over Brooklyn
by Tom Kertes
A scant few months back, when the Cyclones were not even
born yet, everyone who’s anyone in (and outside
of) baseball was already predicting a sorrowfully brief
lifespan for Brooklyn’s
novice baseball team. “Minor league baseball is
nothing,” the
theory went. “Especially after what the Dodgers
did–leaving
Brooklyn high and dry 44 years ago–Brooklyn deserves
a major league team.” READ
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October 2001
To Play Or Not To Play,
That Was The Question
by Tom Kertes
After the terrorist attacks on September 11th, all three
active sports leagues took swift action, canceling their
games. Their actions, at first glance, were clearly the
only thing to do. READ
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September 2001
Croquet: A Gentle Lawn Game
by Tom Kertes
“There are only three resorts in the entire United States
right now that teach croquet,” said Jerry Stark,
who teaches this unique sport at the Meadowood Resort
in California’s
Napa Valley. “It’s a great sport but it has
never achieved widespread popularity till this day.” READ
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Leading into The Future
through Hoops
by Tom Kertes
The Hoops and Leaders Basketball Camp (HLBC), a unique program
that’s only in its first season, brings together 32
boys from all over New York City—of age 14-16—and
32 professional men to get to know each other and to, hopefully,
establish a mentoring relationship long into the future. READ
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August 2001
Gymnastics at Chelsea Piers Raises
The BarChelsea Piers Gymnastics is New York State’s
largest, best-equipped and best-staffed gymnastics training
center. READ
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Knight Commission
Has No Chance
by TOM KERTES & M.C. COHEN
If you are, like many critics of college sports, sick of student-“athletes” rarely,
if ever, attending class, you will be riled up about the Knight
Commission’s recommendations for cleaning up college
sports.
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July 2001
Leaving School for the NBA
by
M.C. Cohen
Will this year’s NBA talent extravaganza be the Taj McDavid/Korleone
Young draft, or the Kevin Garnett/Kobe Bryant draft?
If you’re
not sure, stay in school. READ
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June 2001
Title
IX and America’s
Schools
by Sybil Maimin
There is good news and bad news regarding the status
of women’s
sports in schools since passage of Title IX, the
portion of the 1972 Education Amendments that prohibits
sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive
federal funds. READ MORE
Waterproofing Kids at Asphalt Green
by M.C. Cohen
Led by the charismatic, triple gold-medal Olympic swimming
champion, Rowdy Gaines, and the entertaining MC-ing of Bill
Evans, an ABC News meteorologist, the Sixth Annual Big Swim
was a “splashing” success. READ
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May 2001
Playing Catch and Beyond
by M.C. Cohen
Betsy, a bright seven-year old had been diagnosed with
a learning disability by her school. Her disability not
only affects her as a student, but also on the playground,
as students who have trouble with reading and other academic
subjects can also be clumsy. READ
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April 2001
Ruben Boumtje Boumtje: Big East Scholar-Athlete
of
the Year
by M.C. Cohen
After a great regular season, Georgetown was not supposed
to lose in the first round of the Big East Tournament.
But a tough 58-40 loss to Seton Hall at Madison Square
Garden abruptly ended their quest for the title. READ
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