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Two Rockaway little league teams were at Keyspan Park on Sunday evening for a Brooklyn Cyclones game and to take the field during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner. Prior to the game, a ceremony honoring Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine was held. Pictured, Erskine speaks as Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, a Breezy Point resident, looks on. More ... The First Annual Pappy's Traveling Circus Over 40 Senior Volleyball Tournament was held Wednesday night, August 13 at Riis Park. Although the official RBVL season ended on August 9, players couldn't bear the thought of life without volleyball, so they came out one more time to play the game they love so much. More ... The final seconds are winding down to the conclusion of the popular Peace, Love and Unity Basketball Tournament at Inwood Terrace Gardens Park. But the finale played tonight will be an action packed contest that will determine first place for the upcoming playoffs. More ... The St. Francis Summer Classic completed its 24th season last Thursday night with the Women's Open B Championship. It was a house affair with Harbor Light Gold taking on Harbor Light White. The first half saw the lead change hands often, and ended with Gold holding a 17-16 lead. Maggie Allen's two three-pointers kept White close each time Gold threatened to pull away. More ... If you have lost more than four balls on any given hole, for safety reasons let your partner drive the cart. The low score for the golf action on August 13 is credited to Eileen Watson with a 61. Peg Ansbro had 63. Nancy Heffernan finished with 66. The duo of Dolores McAleer and Marie Campbell scored 66. Joanna Beck had 67 and Pam Armour finished with 69. More ... FLUSHING, NY— A blur of white came up-and-in, knocking Omar Infante to the ground. The first pitch Luis Ayala threw as a Met was a ball. But the 93 mile-perhour brush-back pitch still garnered a strong ovation from the Shea Stadium crowd. More ... D. Reggie Green stepped through the velvet ropes on Saturday night in the Five Towns Community Center, and faced his opponent across the corner of the ring with one mission in hand. Boxing is in his blood but Green hadn't put on the gloves in five years. More ... After moving to the Rockaways four years ago, Antonio Cannon Sr. didn't forget the friendships he forged when living in Lefrak City. When Cannon started his AAU basketball program there, his sons Deytwan and Antonio Jr. had formed what was thought to be a lifelong friendship with Tyshawn Bierria. More ... The season was 1955, and Indiana native Carl Erskine was a star right handed pitcher on the mound at Ebbetts Field. He was a big part of the only Brooklyn Dodgers team to win the World Series over the New York Yankees. 53 years later, Erskine is a bit older and grayer but the spark remains after being honored by the Brooklyn Cyclones last Sunday. More ... I think nothing has been more enamored in prose, poetry, film and fishing than the full moon. From Captain Ahab, who tells Starbuck in Melville's Moby Dick", "and there I'll be waiting for him the full moon in April." Larry Talbot looking overhead at the full moon as the sign of the werewolf, the pentagram appears on his hand, or Cher in Moonstruck. More ... |
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