The week before Christmas last year saw the grand-opening of the $74 million LeFrak Center at Lakeside. During its opening first month alone over 40,000 skaters came to enjoy the beautiful new facility, which consists of 26 acres and 2 separate ice rinks. Unfortunately it has not been smooth skating at the center. One of the rinks...
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As New York City gears up for one of its most exciting celebrations, one of the hottest topics is how far to go to insure the safety of participants and bystanders to the Marathon, due to take place next month. It has been seven months since the tragic events of April 15, 2013 when two bombs exploded near the finish line of the...
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The big move is coming for the Long Island-based hockey team, the New York Islanders. The team is planning its move from Nassau County to Kings after the 2014-2015 season is completed, making their new home at the mega event location, Barclays Center, in the heart of Brooklyn. According to CEO of Barclays, Brett Yormark, and...
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Jason Kidd is coming into coaching on the laurels of his superstardom as a 10-time All Star, six-season Net, and driving force behind the Brooklyn Nets’ two times as participants in the NBA finals in 2002 and 2003, with no previous coaching background. Kidd leads the roster for the Nets as the team’s leader in assists, steals,...
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The 33rd annual Brooklyn Half Marathon had a record number of participants this past Saturday. Beginning at the Brooklyn Museum the 20,000 runners blazed a path through Prospect Park, Ocean Parkway and down south until they reached the finish line in Coney Island. Only seven months since the unprecedented damage caused by Hurricane...
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Lia Neal, who is the second African-American woman to ever swim on the US Olympic team, and at 17 years-old the youngest, was part or the US women’s relay team that captured third place in this coveted Olympic event. Neal, who is also half Chinese, was part of the four-woman, 4X100-meter freestyle relay team also consisting of...
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