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Petition Started To Keep Man Convicted Of Killing Westchester Baseball Prospect Behind Bars Petition Started To Keep Man Convicted Of Killing Westchester Baseball Prospect Behind Bars
Petition Started To Keep Man Convicted Of Killing Westchester Baseball Prospect 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…
Tournament Set To Aid Former Westchester Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation Tournament Set To Aid Former Westchester Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation
Tournament Set To Aid Former Westchester 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 …
Tournament Set To Aid Former Westchester Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation Tournament Set To Aid Former Westchester Pro Baseball Prospect's Foundation
Tournament Set To Aid Former Westchester 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'…