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NBA Hall of Famer Dick McGuire Passes Away

Published: February 8, 2010

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On Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks handily defeated the Washington Wizards, 107-85. The rare victory was accomplished by the New Yorkers crushing the visitors by 26 points (66-40) during the second half. It would be nice to believe that the current team raised its normal level of play to pay tribute to [...]


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GUARD OFFERS HOPE FOR RAMS

Published: January 31, 2010

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NEW YORK -  Rayner Moquete was in his dorm room Tuesday evening on the south lawn at Rose University on Rose Hill.  The freshman guard from Santo Domingo joined the Rams roster on December 26th got a call from interim head coach Jared Grasso. He would getting the start Wednesday evening when Fordham hosted [...]


Lopez and Gamboa shine in Knockout wins

Published: January 26, 2010

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Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa took one more step to a future big money showdown between the two kings of the featherweight division.
“JuanMa” Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) totally dominated and outmatched the skilled Steven Luevano to take away his WBO featherweight title in fantastic style. Lopez knocked out Luevano with a crushing right-left combo [...]


Pacquiao vs. Clottey To Take Place in Big D

Published: January 22, 2010

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Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey concluded their two-day, two-city press conference earlier today in New York at Madison Square Garden. Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs), boxing’s No.1 pound for pound fighter, will make the first defense of his WBO welterweight title when he faces off against the WBO’s number 1 contender, Joshua Clottey(35-3, 20 KOs).
The fight [...]


HBO’s Boxing After Dark makes it first broadcast of 2010 with a very exciting doubleheader.

Published: January 22, 2010

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For the second time in three months, two of boxing’s brightest young stars will headline a card at the Wamu Theatre in Madison Square Garden. Juan Manuel Lopez and Yurikois Gamboa look to take one last step toward a possible collision course between the two if they are victorious. It would be the most exciting [...]


A Big East Win St. John’s Needed at the Garden

Published: January 14, 2010

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When Dwight Hardy, the St. John’s junior guard made the tying and winning shots at the line with second remaining at Madison Square Garden Wednesday evening against Cincinnati there was a message sent to the Big East Conference.  Perhaps St. John’s will have more of these games in the month ahead.
“Every time you win at [...]


SEC and Big East Clash at MSG

Published: December 13, 2009

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The major conferences in the NCAA have entered into rivalries/partnerships within the last decade. The Big Ten and ACC, the Big 12 and the PAC 10 and the Big East and SEC have scheduled interesting matchups. The last of the three groupings scheduled a doubleheader at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday evening.
The opening contest featured [...]


NIT Tip-Off Was All for Duke and UConn

Published: November 28, 2009

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New York – Bring two of the premiere college basketball programs to New York City, Duke and UConn and put them on the floor at Madison Square Garden. At the end of November it looks almost like April and the last two standing at the NCAA Men’s Championship. LSU and Arizona State, the other finalist [...]


No Fooling Around: Lebron Wants to Be A Knick

Published: November 11, 2009

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While the New York Yankees had their victory parade at City Hall  LeBron James had to wonder to himself “Wow, this could very well be me in a few years!”
It was very obvious the moment King James set foot on the Madison Square Garden for his first and only visit this year, MSG is really [...]


Goodbye Captain Lou

Published: October 20, 2009

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Last week a pro wrestling icon passed away, “Captain” Lou Albano who was more known for rubber bands on his face, a stomach protruding with an open colorful shirt from Hawaii, and of course his way of words. Albano, a WWE Hall of Fame member was 76 years of age and died of natural causes [...]


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