Savannah Bananas schedule 2027: Will NJ, NYC land Banana Ball?

Will Banana Ball come to New Jersey or New York City in 2027? Fans could get their answer Thursday when the Savannah Bananas reveal their 2027 World Tour schedule, announcing the cities and venues selected for next year's tour. The team has teased new MLB and NFL stadiums as part of the reveal. That has fueled speculation about whether the New York metro area could land a stop at venues such as MetLife Stadium, Yankee Stadium or Citi Field. Interest in the team has expanded beyond baseball this year, helped by national TV appearances and recent attention surrounding Bananas player Jackson Olson, who's competing on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." The Bananas previously played at Yankee Stadium and have increasingly taken Banana Ball to some of the country's biggest sports venues. When is the Savannah Bananas schedule 2027 reveal? The Savannah Bananas will reveal the 2027 Banana Ball World Tour schedule during the City Selection Show at 6 p.m. Thursday. Fans can watch on ESPN2 and the Banana Ball YouTube channel . The organization says the reveal will announce cities and venues for next year's tour. Will Savannah Bananas come to New Jersey or New York City in 2027? That's

Knicks owner James Dolan to host $10K-per-ticket MSG fundraiser for NY gov candidate Bruce Blakeman

Knicks owner James Dolan is hosting a fundraiser for GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman on Thursday at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden, The Post has learned. The gala will take place ahead of the reigning NBA champions’ preseason showdown with the Toronto Raptors. New York Knicks owner James Dolan hosts a fundraiser for Bruce Blakeman in the New York governor’s race. Blakeman for New York Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman trails Kathy Hochul in the polls by as much as 11 points. James Messerschmidt for NY Post Mike Tyson backs GOP’s Anthony Constantino in heated upstate NY congressional race Tickets to attend the event start at $10,000, jumping to $25,000 for friend level and $50,000 for patriot status, according to an invite obtained by The Post. Recent polls have Blakeman trailing Hochul by 9 to 11 points. “James Dolan knows how to build businesses, create jobs, and win championships. I’m proud to have his support and his advice—and together, we’re ready to take on Kathy Hochul and deliver another win for all New Yorkers,” Blakeman said in a statement. Gov. Kathy Hochul booed while marching in NYC’s Columbus Day parade: ‘You’re a disgrace’ Dolan has been spending hundreds

Some interesting stats from the Zona game

More subtly, look at the run defense. After two drives, the Cardinals had a 14-3 lead and had run the ball — mostly to the edges of the Giants’ defense — nine times for 81 yards (that’s 9.0 yards per carry). For the remainder of the game, they ran 17 times for 42 yards, 2.5 yards per carry. I don’t know what adjustment Wilson made, but whatever it was it worked. And it changed the trajectory of what looked like it might be an Arizona route.

Giants tickets drop to $7 as rain hits matchup with Titans

Weather could wreak havoc on Giants-Titans game

Nor’easter promising to dump a lot of rain on New Jersey and New York. The nor’easter expected to slam into the East Coast this weekend could have a major impact on Sunday’s New York Giants vs. Tennessee Titans game in East Rutherford, N.J. The National Weather Service...

LIVE UPDATES: IRONMAN cancels triathlon at Jones Beach due to nor’easter

Nassau County’s South Shore is one area on Long Island that may deal with high tides and flooding from the nor’easter. It would not be the first time those living in Point Lookout have seen flood waters. News 12’s Alex Calamia is at the Buoy Bar with the...

New York high school football team ends 28-game losing streak with only 16 players

Sometimes as a high school football team, you have to go out and face your opponent undermanned due to injuries. For one New York high school football team, however, they had to reach their state’s minimum roster requirements to even take the field, according to a NewsDay report. [ $19.99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage ] Per the outlet, Cedarhurst (N.Y.) Lawrence was able to pull together 16 total players, the amount needed to take the field per state rules, and snapped a 28-game losing streak in a 38-36 victory over Oyster Bay (N.Y.) to kickoff their 2026 high school f...

New York High School State Bronze Medalist Carina Dai Verbals To Columbia For Fall 2027

Dai's lifetime bests in the 100 fly, 200 fly, and 100 free would have qualified for the 'C' finals at the 2026 Ivy League Conference Championships. Current photo via Columbia Athletics. Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For...

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson to be honored at Tunnel to Towers gala

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson is being honored at Tunnel to Towers’ annual gala, being held later this year, for his decade-long partnership with the organization. From New York to California — 25 meaningful memorials to 9/11 Tunnel to Towers , founded in 2001 to aid 9/11 first responders, veterans, and their families, has been providing mortgage-free smart homes to disabled servicemen as well as housing for homeless veterans. Johnson’s philanthropy with Tunnel to Towers began in 2014 when he donated $1 million to the group’s Building for America’s Bravest program. Last month, Johnson and Tunnel to Towers surprised Command Sergeant Major William “Bud” McElroy with a new mortgage-free smart home. ‘I relive 9/11 every single day,’ hero custodian William Rodriguez, the last man out of WTC’s North Tower, says “Tunnel to Towers’ extraordinary work is a constant reminder of the importance of honoring the memory of the heroes who demonstrated courage and made the ultimate sacrifice for this country,” Johnson told Fox News Digital. “Over the past two decades they have channeled grief into action, and it’s a privilege to be recognized by such an honorable group.” “ Woody Johnson has been standing with our families for more

New York Sire Stakes finals drawn

Yonkers, NY – Two- and 3-year-olds are ready to compete in their $300,000 New York Sire Stakes finals as part of a stakes-laden program on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 12) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, and post positions for those events are now set. Saturday’s program, which begins at 11:50 a.m....

Giants name Hoboken's Joe Borkowski Coach of the Week

East Rutherford, NJ – The New York Giants and Gatorade have selected Mr. Joe Borkowski of the Hoboken High School Redwings (Hoboken, N.J.) as the Lou Rettino High School Coach of the Week for Week 1 of the 2026 season. Borkowski's Redwings traveled to Riggins Field in East Rutherford to play Becton Regional and walked away with a 50-28 victory, rushing 26 times for 435 yards and six touchdowns. Senior Devin McMillan accounted for 316 yards rushing and 5 touchdowns, and caught the team's only completed pass for 2 yards in the game. Borkowski took over the Hoboken football program in 2024 after the team finished the previous season 0-8. The team has improved dramatically with 3 wins in 2024 and a 9-0 regular season in 2025 that ended with a 31-28 playoff loss at Rutherford with a last-second field goal.

Low participation leads to NY high school football team canceling season opener

A New York high school football program will not be suiting up for its season opener. After pulling out of a scrimmage, Hastings decided to cancel their season-opener against Dobbs Ferry. The news was first reported by The Journal News, part of the USA TODAY Network . The program was down to 18 eligible players, which is two above the minimum required to participate in a contest. A USA TODAY analysis suggests that participation numbers in the Empire State are on the decline , as statewide participation has dropped just under 33% since 2008 — from 38,354 to 25,874 in 2024. That comes despite New York gaining roughly 400,000 in population during that same time. “We don’t even have a youth program anymore,” Hastings athletic director Drew Wendol told Lohud. “We’ve been practicing but had four players injured before the scrimmage. We’re hoping that they will be cleared and ready to go, and we may have a couple of new kids registering.” The program went 3-6 a season ago and is 9-32 since 2021. Despite the downfall in numbers, enrollment has shot up, moving the program up to Class B in New York Section 1. With 11 seniors on the

Men's Soccer Ties Yeshiva in Opener

PURCHASE, N.Y. - The SUNY Purchase men's soccer team opened up the 2026 slate with a hard-fought tie Tuesday night, as it equaled Yeshiva University at 2-all. With the result, both teams started the year 0-0-1 overall and in the Skyline Conference. The Macs scored first, finding the back of...

Athlos cancels October meet at N.Y.’s Icahn Stadium

Athlos, the women’s-only track league founded in 2024, has announced “the cancellation of its Oct. 2 meet at Icahn Stadium in Manhattan.” The first international Athlos meet is “scheduled to go ahead as planned” in London on Sept. 18. Team Athlos said its goal is for Athlos events to be “aligned with the global athletics calendar” starting in 2027. The challenges of existing as an end-of-season meet “have been compounded by the introduction of the World Athletics Ultimate Championships,” for which the inaugural competition takes place in Budapest in mid-September. Athletes there are all “guaranteed to take home a cut” of the $10M prize pot. Founder Alexis Ohanian, in a video posted to X, said that “this was his decision.” He explained, “We built ATHLOS at the very end of the season to give athletes one more go at peak performance. … To ask you to do it one more time in New York was a step too far.” Ohanian added that “planning for ATHLOS to return to New York in 2027 has started, in addition to ‘other events’” (THE ATHLETIC, 8/29).

Match Report: Red Bull New York 1 – 3 Philadelphia Union

The New York Red Bulls came into tonight looking to reverse their slide, while the Union entered the match looking for another win and to prove that their streak was not just a new manager “bounce.” It was a tight, physical match, but the Union showed fight and talent against a strong Red Bull side and have probably put the rest of the league on notice that this team is for real.

Report finds FIFA revenue exceeded $3.3B projection

FIFA's impact continues as part of Gov. Hochul's $5M NY Kicks program that builds soccer infrastructure in disadvantaged communities. — ALBANY | Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that the FIFA World Cup 2026™ generated $3.5 billion in total economic impact across New York and New Jersey, exceeding the region’s original projected impact of $3.3 billion. The Economic and Fiscal Impact of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the New York and New Jersey Region report, conducted by Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, demonstrates the extraordinary scale of economic activity created by hosting the world’s largest sporting event.

N.Y. Mayor Mamdani launches 1,000 discounted U.S. Open tickets for residents

N.Y. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has secured 1,000 “affordable” tickets for the U.S. Open, which will be “distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to local residents” in response to “public concern over surging” ticket prices, according to Adam Crafton of THE ATHLETIC. Mamdani on Tuesday will announce that N.Y. residents “will be able to buy $100 tickets for main-draw matches taking place between Aug. 30 and through Sept. 8,” which would “appear to give New Yorkers the chance to buy tickets until the quarterfinal stage of the competition.” The tickets made available will “include seats in the two biggest show courts, Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium, as well as grounds passes.” Tickets to Arthur Ashe Stadium will also “grant spectators access to general admission seating on Armstrong and all other courts.” Tickets to Louis Armstrong Stadium will also “grant spectators access to general admission seating on all other courts except Arthur Ashe Stadium,” which is fully ticketed. The tickets will be available starting at 10am ET on Wednesday. In order to be eligible, buyers “must have a certified NYC zip code.” The tickets “will not be eligible for resale through Ticketmaster.” Sources said that any difference in price between Mamdani’s $100 tickets and the actual value is “being absorbed by USTA” (THE ATHLETIC, 8/25).

Governor Hochul Announces $3.5 Billion In Regional Economic Impact From FIFA World Cup 2026

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the FIFA World Cup 2026™ generated $3.5 billion in total economic impact across New York and New Jersey, exceeding the region’s original projected impact of $3.3 billion. The Economic and Fiscal Impact of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the New York and New Jersey Region report, conducted by Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, demonstrates the extraordinary scale of economic activity created by hosting the world’s largest sporting event.

Red Onions Place Third at NYS Championship

The Spencerport Red Onions Drill Team brought home a third-place finish at the 2026 NYS Championship Drill in Hempstead on August 15. Firematic racing combines teamwork, athleticism, and precision firematic skill as teams race against the clock in high-energy events, pushing themselves and their equipment to the limit in pursuit of victory.

Athletic Brewing non-alcoholic beer signs agreement with MetLife Stadium

Athletic Brewing Company, a non-alcoholic beer brewer with breweries in Connecticut and California, announced Aug. 18 a multi-year agreement with MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. Under the agreement, Athletic Brewing will become a Proud Non-Alcoholic Beer Partner of MetLife Stadium, the New York Giants and the New York Jets. The...