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Great Save: NY's Own Bob Costas Saves Diner's Life Using Heimlich, Report Says
A famed NBC sports broadcaster, born and raised in New York, is being called a hero after he apparently saved a restaurant-goer’s life, according to a new report.
Long Island native Bob Costas, the legendary commentator and Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee from Commack, became a hero when he performed the Heimlich maneuver on a fellow diner at a restaurant, an exclusive report by Page Six claims.
It has not been revealed where Costas was dining at the time of the incident, but the magazine reported that when another patron at the eatery, who was not seated with the broadcaster, b…
Covid-19: Two Brooklyn Nets Games Postponed With 10 Players Placed In Safety Protocol
Kyrie Irving is now unofficially the least of the Brooklyn Nets’ COVID-19 concerns.
With nearly a dozen players placed in the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols, the league announced that the Nets’ games on Sunday, Dec. 19 against the Denver Nuggets and Tuesday, Dec. 21 against the Washington Wizards were to be postponed.
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Currently, the Nets have 10 players in the league's health and safety protocols, including their “big three” stars Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Irving, who has declined to get v…
Ex-Area Resident Scott Kiernan, Syracuse University, NFL Player, Dies At 43
A former NFL player from the area who was a team captain at Syracuse University has died at age 43.
Scott Weston Kiernan, who grew up in Greenwich, died suddenly on Thursday, Jan. 4 in Clermont, Florida. A cause of death was not released.
A former Syracuse football offensive lineman, Kiernan, was well known as the player who co-captained the 1998 Big East champions, before moving on to play for the NFL, first with the New York Giants and the Carolina Panthers.
The son of Gordon A. Kiernan, Jr. of Darien, and Kay Kiernan Brix of Newtown, Kiernan was born in Grosse Pointe, Mich., and grew up…
