Tag: basketball

St. John’s reveling in Big East regular season title despite pressure ramping up

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For Rick Pitino, the pressure that his St. John’s men’s basketball team had felt the last two games was the utmost of privileges.  In no way was Wednesday’s six point win over Butler and Saturday’s 71-61 triumph over Seton Hall — two of the bottom four teams in the Big East — but St.…

NYPD defeats FDNY in fundraising basketball game in Maspeth

May. 5, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann FDNY firefighters from Engine 286/Ladder 135 — also known as the Myrtle Turtles — and NYPD officers from the 104th Precinct laced up their basketball sneakers for a friendly game of hoops in front of a sold-out crowd at Martin Luther School in Maspeth on April 28. The Myrtle…
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