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Petition Started To Keep Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect Killer Behind Bars Petition Started To Keep Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect Killer Behind Bars
Petition Started To Keep Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect Killer Behind Bars A petition has been started in an effort to keep a man convicted in the of killing Michael Nolan, the former Yonkers resident and Oakland Athletics baseball prospect, behind bars. Shortly after 12:30 a.m . on Sept. 18, 2015, Nolan was standing outside of his Mercedes in the parking lot at Burger King on Central Park Avenue, when six shots rang out of the Toyota Camry being driven by four men implicated in the shooting, with one of the bullets striking Nolan in the head. Nolan was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, and put into a medical coma before being declared dead on Oc…

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Tournament Set To Aid Former Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation Tournament Set To Aid Former Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation
Tournament Set To Aid Former Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation A family in Westchester is hitting the court to raise awareness of gun control and to remember a fallen family member who was gunned down in Yonkers. The third annual Michael Nolan Basketball Tournament will be held beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23 at Lincoln High School on Kneeland Avenue in Yonkers. The event is named in honor of the former Oakland Athletic’s prospect and Yonkers native, who was killed in a drive-by in 2015. The tournament will include 13 teams battling it out, with more than 700 people - including some of the people Nolan’s organs saved - expected to attend the …

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Tournament Set To Aid Former Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation Tournament Set To Aid Former Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation
Tournament Set To Aid Former Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation A family in Westchester is taking to the softball field to potentially take some guns off the street. There will be a softball tournament and family day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 21 in Cook Field in Yonkers to benefit the Michael Nolan Scholarship fund, named after the former Oakland Athletic’s prospect, and Yonkers native, who was fatally shot in a drive-by in 2015. The money raised from the tournament - which will include a DJ, barbecue, raffles and children’s entertainment - will go to benefit the scholarship fund, which celebrates eight Yonkers students each year in Nolan'…

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Bridge To Be Named For Slain Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect Bridge To Be Named For Slain Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect
Bridge To Be Named For Slain Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect City officials in Yonkers dedicated the Stockbridge Road in honor of Michael Nolan, a former city resident and Oakland Athletics baseball prospect who was shot and killed in the city in September 2015. On Thursday, May 24, on the corner of Stockbridge Road and Middleboro Drive, flanked by friends and family, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano made it official, dedicating the road and dubbing it Michael Nolan Way in honor of the top prospect who lost his life in a hit-and-run. Spano also presented a proclamation making May 26 - what would have been Nolan’s 26th birthday - as Michael Nolan Day in the ci…

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Bridge To Be Named For Slain Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect Bridge To Be Named For Slain Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect
Bridge To Be Named For Slain Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect City officials in Yonkers are set to dedicate the Stockbridge Road in honor of Michael Nolan, a former city resident and Oakland Athletics baseball prospect who was shot and killed in the city in September 2015. There will be a ceremony at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, on the corner of Stockbridge Road and Middleboro Drive, dedicating the bridge to Nolan. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano will also present a proclamation making May 26 - what would have been Nolan’s 26th birthday - as Michael Nolan Day in the city. Shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 18 last year, Nolan was standing outside of his Mer…

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by Zak Failla
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Tournament Set To Benefit Former Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation Tournament Set To Benefit Former Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation
Tournament Set To Benefit Former Yonkers Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation A memorial basketball tournament is being held in Yonkers to benefit the Michael Nolan Scholarship Fund, founded in the name of the former Oakland Athletics prospect who was fatally shot in a drive-by in 2015. The Michael Nolan Basketball Tournament will be held beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Lincoln High School on Kneeland Avenue in Yonkers. The tournament will consist of a 12 team field and dunk contest. More than 500 people are expected to attend. A softball tournament benefiting the foundation is scheduled for later this year. Shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 18, 2015, No…

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by Zak Failla