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Title For Ty: Ex-Westchester HS Star Comes Up Big In Final As UVa Takes First NCAA Championship Title For Ty: Ex-Westchester HS Star Comes Up Big In Final As UVa Takes First NCAA Championship
Title For Ty: Ex-Westchester HS Star Comes Up Big In Final As UVa Takes First NCAA Championship A former area high school basketball star went from worst to first, helping to lead the University of Virginia to its first NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. Iona Prep graduate Ty Jerome had one shining moment, then a second shining moment, and several more en route to leading the top-seeded Cavaliers to the title, taking down the third-seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders 85-77 in an overtime thriller Monday night at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. A year ago, Jerome and his teammates became the first top seed to lose to a 16-seed in the NCAA Tournament. On Monday, they cut do…

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by Zak Failla
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Rape Claim Against Former Knicks Star Under Investigation Rape Claim Against Former Knicks Star Under Investigation
Rape Claim Against Former Knicks Star Under Investigation Former New York Knicks big man Kristaps Porziņģis is being investigated for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in his Manhattan penthouse shortly after suffering a season-ending injury last year. The 23-year-old center is being investigated by the NYPD after reports surfaced that a woman claimed that she was assaulted at approximately 2 a.m. on Feb. 7 last year in their shared apartment complex. The alleged incident - which was first reported by the New York Post - happened hours after he received a diagnosis that his ACL had been torn in a game. Reports state that the woman is claiming …

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by Zak Failla
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Ossining's McManus Named Marist's Center For Sports Communication Director Ossining's McManus Named Marist's Center For Sports Communication Director
Ossining's McManus Named Marist's Center For Sports Communication Director A face familiar to sports enthusiasts has accepted a prestigious job at an area college. Following a national search, Marist College in Poughkeepsie has named sports journalist Jane McManus as the Director of the College’s Center for Sports Communication, effective as of Dec. 1. McManus, a longtime Ossining resident who was a reporter and broadcaster for ESPN, has been covering sports in New York for two decades, including 18 U.S. Opens, five Super Bowls, two NCAA Final Fours, and the inaugural season of the New York Liberty WNBA team. She had previously served as an adjunct professor at th…

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by Zak Failla
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Fairfield, Iona Meet In MAAC Men's Basketball Title Game Fairfield, Iona Meet In MAAC Men's Basketball Title Game
Fairfield, Iona Meet In MAAC Men's Basketball Title Game A pair of local teams are set to duke it out for a chance to see which squad will have their chance at one shining moment live on national television. Iona College will face Fairfield University will face off at the Times Union Center in Albany for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship and the automatic bid into this year’s NCAA Tournament, which is set to begin next week. Iona makes their way to the championship game after overcoming a 10-point halftime deficit to Saint Peter’s to claim a 65-62 victory. They’ll vie for their third straight MAAC title. Fairfield upended Quinni…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester's Joe Girardi, Ex-Yankees Manager, Gets A New Job Westchester's Joe Girardi, Ex-Yankees Manager, Gets A New Job
Westchester's Joe Girardi, Ex-Yankees Manager, Gets A New Job Westchester resident Joe Girardi and New York Yankee Manager Aaron Boone are swapping places. Now that his time in the Yankee’s dugout has concluded, Girardi has announced that he will be taking his talents into the studio as an analyst for MLB Network, while Boone goes from an announcing gig at ESPN to the helm of the Bronx Bombers. Although it’s been a slow offseason for many players, coaches and teams, Girardi, who lives in Purchase, began his new gig this week, working on “MLB Tonight” as a studio analyst alongside Bill Ripken, Mike Lowell and Greg Amsinger. Girardi became available af…

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by Zak Failla
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Area Native, 16, Making Splash On Tennis Scene, TV, Social Media Area Native, 16, Making Splash On Tennis Scene, TV, Social Media
Area Native, 16, Making Splash On Tennis Scene, TV, Social Media Accomplished tennis player.  Founder of an online media company. TV analyst. Twitter and Instagram accounts with nearly 600,000 followers. Fairfield County native Will Weinbach is all those things. He's also just 16 years old. His meteoric rise started after he instantly fell in love with tennis when he was introduced to it at the age of 4 at Fairfield Indoor Tennis.  At age 10 Weinbach found himself ranked Top 20 in New England for the boys 12-and-under division. The first taste of accomplishment sparked his lifelong passion for the sport of tennis. Two years later, Weinbach and fami…

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by Joe Lombardi