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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Next Level Flag Football League held superbowl games at St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School in Annadale on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. The 6/7 Clemson Tigers came out on top over the Panthers with a final score of 8-6, while the girls 7/8 Gladiators defeated the Giants 20-6. The 4th grade Warriors defeated the Jets with a touchdown just before the clock ran out, with a final score of 14-12.

It’s been a Hall of Fame kind of year for Frank Cambria. The current Little League District 24 Administrator and longtime Great Kills Little League President was inducted into the Greater New York Sandlot Alliance Hall of Fame with 10 others in a gala ceremony at Russo’s on the Bay on Nov. 16.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. —The Department of Youth and Community Development’s (DYCD) “Saturday Night Lights” program unveiled its new volleyball equipment Saturday evening at the Staten Island Broadway YMCA. The program, which showcases both basketball and volleyball, is run through the DYCD and hosted at the YMCA.

Today is the day Rutgers fans have been waiting to experience for a long time. The team’s bowl destination for the postseason will be revealed. Rutgers is 6-6 and earned bowl eligibility for the first time since the 2014 season. Rutgers played in the 2021 Taxslayer Gator Bowl but that was as a replacement team for Texas A&M because the Aggies were dealing with COVID issues.

NEWARK, N.J. (12/2/23) – Brandon Upshaw finished with 17 points, four assists and four steals as clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch lifted the Kean University men's basketball team (3-3, 2-1 NJAC) to a 59-53 victory over Rutgers-Newark (4-4, 1-2) at the Golden Dome on Saturday evening. HOW IT...

Kenny Maira scored a career-high 25 points to lead Monsignor Farrell to its first win of the season via a 63-45 CHSAA A division victory over host Cardinal Spellman Saturday in the Bronx. The Lions not only improved to 1-1 overall and in league play, but they gave long-time coach...

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons (4-3) take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-2) on December 6, 2023. In its previous game, Wake Forest beat Florida on Wednesday, 82-71. Hunter Sallis scored a team-high 24 points (and chipped in four assists and four boards). Rutgers dropped its previous game to Illinois, 76-58, on Saturday. Austin Williams led the way with nine points, plus four boards and three assists.

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. A bus load of friends and family drove up to New York City’s Apollo Theater to cheer on Philadelphia teen Nathanael Barlow, a contestant at the recently concluded “Child Star of Tomorrow” competition at the 89th Amateur Night at the Apollo in late November.

Michael Rayner juggles a bowling ball and a hatchet before tossing pillows into a basketball hoop without looking.

Before the start of the season, Rutgers coach Coquese Washington had a talk with sophomore Antonia Bates. The 6-foot-3 guard/forward was asked to step up as a defensive stalwart. Her efforts on both ends of the floor fueled the Scarlet Knights (5-5) in a 69-48 win over Lafayette on Friday...

On Saturday night, December 16th, Boxing Insider Promotions, presents its second annual holiday event, Fight Night 2. The six fight card will be held at Sony Hall on 246 W 46th street. Doors open at 6:30, with the first fight at 8:00. Tsendbaatar Erdenebat (7-0-0), the Mongolian Olympian Champion faces...