by Warren Rosenberg, MetroSports Magazine March 25, 2024 Everyone is going to have a different path, everyone's going to have a different situation. Daniel Jones, New York Giants quarterback   NY Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and several teammates were on hand as a new path has opened for girls to pursue varsity high school football in the New York metropolitan area and across New York State. Above: NY Giants QB Daniel Jones with members of the Yonkers Flag team, Photo courtesy of Yonkers Flag With the approval of Title IX in 1972, the availability of competitive sports participation f ..read more

by Warren Rosenberg, MetroSports Magazine March 19, 2024 ---------------- “Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.” Muhammad Ali, boxer “There is always going to be a reason why you can’t do something; your job is to constantly look for the reasons why you can.” —Shannon Miller, gymnast --------------- March has been a busy month for Scarsdale based Able Athletics, part of a banner year for this four-year old non-profit organization. And, with March being designated as National Developmental Disabilities Month, this makes eminent sense. Able ..read more

by Warren Rosenberg, MetroSports Magazine March 12, 2024  “With a little ambition just what we can become here , as the father pass the story down to his son’s ears”. Jay-Z – lyrics from ‘Forever Young’   The New York metro area’s multitude of outdoor basketball courts and indoor high school courts have served as breeding ground for generations of talented basketball players. This includes such notables as NBA players Nate ‘Tiny’ Archibald, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe, Richard ‘Pee Wee’ Kirkland, and undrafted standouts playing in the NBA G-League and overs ..read more

By John Chuhran, MetroSports Magazine March 2024   It was a phrase heard for almost a century – “just once before I die.” Those words were muttered by literally thousands of New Englanders after October 1918 and for the next 86 years as they watched baseball’s Boston Red Sox find more new ways to lose than most people thought were possible. Finally, in 2004, the Fenway Faithful exorcised the Curse of the Bambino by claiming another World Series Championship. That is the fate of the athlete and, by extension, the sports fan – invest countless hours on getting bigger, stronger, faster and b ..read more

by Warren Rosenberg, MetroSports Magazine - March 5, 2024 Will an N.Y.U. Athletic team be cutting down the net this year? It is tradition in NCAA basketball for the winner of the annual National Championship to cut down the net of the basket. The NYU Women’s Basketball team which currently holds an undefeated record of 27-0 this year is headed to the NCAA Division 3 Sweet 16 with hopes of reaching the finals and securing an NCAA D-III Championship. The National Sweet 16 will be held in NYC this coming weekend, March 8th and 9th, hosted by NYU with the winner heading on to the Final Four a ..read more

The National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association, NCATA, is working to bring the sport of Acrobatics and Tumbling through the NCAA emerging sports status toward becoming a fully sanctioned NCAA sport. Acrobatics and Tumbling is one of six emerging women’s sports being considered by the NCAA with others being Rugby, Wrestling, Triathlon, Equestrian, and Stunt. An emerging sport is a women’s sport recognized by the NCAA that is intended to help schools provide more athletics opportunities for women and more sport-sponsorship options for institutions, while helping that sport achieve ..read more

by Warren Rosenberg, MetroSports Magazine - February 5, 2024 The New York State Women’s Artistic Gymnastics competition season is well underway with State Qualifying events taking place across the Empire State. On the weekend of February 2-4, gymnasts from Westchester, Putnam, and NYC gathered at Dynamic Gymnastics in Mohegan Lake, NY, for the annual Spirit of America State Qualifier which brought together over 450 gymnasts representing 14 regional training gyms. In addition to the competitive gymnasts ranked in levels 1 through 9 and who may advance toward becoming members of the Team USA and ..read more

by Warren Rosenberg, MetroSports Magazine - January 6, 2024 As had many before him - Cassius Clay in 1962, Patrick Ewing in 1985, and Conor McGregor in 2016 – the elite athlete,Twisted Steel, made his Madison Square Garden debut this past Friday evening, January 5, 2024, as part of the Round 1 action at the Professional Bull Riders opening night of Unleash the Beast’s Monster Energy Buck-Off at The Garden. Twisted steel is, indeed, a beast weighing in at 1,400 pounds. Above, Twisted Steel entering the MSG Arena after arriving at the 33rd Street service entrance Twisted Steel is one of the ran ..read more

by Warren Rosenberg, MetroSports Magazine - January 4, 2024 They arrived in Westchester County, NY, after a six hour drive from Montreal, Canada. Traveling in a caravan of three cars were eight young athletes from the Réflexe Table Tennis Club in the city of Laval. Accompanying them were five parents and their coach, coming to compete in the Westchester Table Tennis Center’s December 2023 Open. They joined over 200 other athletes in what has become one of North America's premier table tennis competitions. It's the only monthly 4-star USATT-sanctioned tournament and awards more money ($8,000 a ..read more

by Clark Thompson and Warren Rosenberg, MetroSports Magazine - December 21, 2023 The holiday season literally kicked off on December 13th at The Jump in Goshen, New York, with the Fire Storm Roller Derby’s “Seasons Beating” event, closing out their 2023 season.   Above: Fire Storm Roller Derby members "kicking off" the Seasons Beating mixer. Photo credit - ClarkThompson In a sport largely comprised of separate men’s and women’s teams, the Hudson Valley’s Fire Storm Roller Derby was originally conceived as a coed team back in August of 2015 and now proudly promotes itself as one of t ..read more