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Yankee Fan Who Ripped Ball From Dodger Outfielder's Glove Said He Planned It: Report
Update: The Yankees said that Austin Capobianco and the other man ejected from Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday, Oct. 29, will be barred from attending the contest on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The team did not say if Capobianco would have his season tickets revoked. Original: The New York Yankees fan who ripped the ball from a Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder's glove when it went over the right field wall in Game 4 of the World Series in the Bronx told reporters he'd planned to do it, according to The Athletic. Connecticut resident Austin Capobianco, age 38, of Branford i…
Real Estate
Dodgers Co-Owner Lists Mansion Near LI Sound For $19M, Includes Batting Cage, Bowling Alley
While Todd Boehly, co-owner of the Dodgers, cheers on his team in Los Angeles in Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees on Friday, Oct. 25, real estate agents on the other side of the country will be working to sell his Fairfield County estate near the Long Island Sound. The 51-year-old billionaire investor and media mogul has put his 10,000-square-foot Darien mansion on the market for $19 million, and the nearly 90-year-old home comes with all of the modern-day amenities you'd expect from a sports lover. Related: Former New Canaan Home Of Paul Simon, Richard…
Sports
Basketball Hall Of Famer, Former NJ Net Dikembe Mutombo Dies At 58
Basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo, who played for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks as part of a Hall of Fame career, died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced on Monday, Sept. 30. We share our condolences with his wife, Rose, the entire Mutombo family, and their loved ones. RIP. pic.twitter.com/3j7M1ONqxJ — Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) September 30, 2024 Mutombo, who also played for the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks and Houston Rockets, was known for his signature shot block, which he would follow up by wagging his finger and yelling, "No No No!…
Sports
Best Restaurants To Try If You're Going To Jets Or Giants Game
Watched the New York Jets and New York Giants in Week 1 and already having second thoughts about buying a ticket to see them play at MetLife Stadium this year? Well, there are plenty of restaurants and bars around the stadium if you're planning to see the Giants attempt to rebound from their dismal 2023 season or see if Gang Green can live up to the hype. And who knows, pick the right spot and you might see Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a Cedar Grove resident, celebrating what Jets fans hope will be many home victories this season. Marcus Live! Bar & Grille in American D…
Obituaries
Chappaqua's Ronald Tumpowsky, 49, Founded
Nyc-b
ased Monolith Marketing
Ronald Seth Tumpowsky, beloved husband, father, and friend, died at the age of 49 on Friday, July 19, 2024. He is survived by his wife Jennifer Powell Tumpowsky and two sons, Robert Henry Tumpowsky and Harrison Powell Tumpowsky of Chappaqua, his brother Paul Adam Tumpowsky of New York City, and his father Roy Stuart Tumpowsky of Delray Beach, FL. Ron was born and raised in Rye Brook, NY and completed a Bachelor of Arts and Economics from Colgate University. A natural athlete and teammate, Ron competed at an elite level in both basketball and soccer throughout high school, and was a go…
News
Westchester Eighth-Grade Student Dies Suddenly In Fall From Parking Garage: 'Amazing Young Man'
A beloved middle school student from Westchester who had already met plenty of success as a wrestler is being remembered by his community following his sudden death. New, updated report - Update: Services Set For 13-Year-Old Star Athlete From Harrison Killed In 5-Story Fall Mark Anthony Giordano, a 13-year-old eighth-grade student at Harrison's Louis M. Klein Middle School, was killed after falling from the parking garage on Sunday evening, June 9 next to the Harrison Metro-North train station, according to MTA officials and Harrison Central School District Superintendent Lo…
Obituaries
Beloved Father, Dart Team Captain From Westchester Dies At Age 49
A dart team captain from Westchester is being remembered for his love of music and his devotion to his family. Mamaroneck resident John Flynn died on Wednesday, July 5 at the age of 49, according to his obituary. A loving husband to Elsalee Jay, Flynn was dedicated to both his wife and daughter, Abigail, who he shared a deep passion for music with. In addition to music, Flynn was also a huge sports fan and closely followed the New York Yankees, New York Jets, and Buffalo Sabres. A customer service worker for many years, in his free time, Flynn could often be f…
Sports
Former Westchester HS Standout To Make Major League Debut
There's a brand-new major leaguer from the Hudson Valley. Northern Westchester native Henry Davis, an alum of Fox Lane High School in Bedford, is set to make his Major League debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 23-year-old Davis, a right-hand hitting catcher, was called up by the Pirates on Sunday, June 18 from Triple-A affiliate Indianapolis. The Pirates host the Chicago Cubs in the first of a three-game series at 7:05 p.m. Monday, June 19. Davis, a resident of Bedford, began the season with Double-A Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he batted .284 with 10 home runs before b…
Obituaries
Hudson Valley HS Junior Who Died Suddenly At Age 16 Remembered For 'His Everlasting Smile'
A Hudson Valley teen is being remembered for his "everlasting smile" after his sudden death. Dutchess County resident Jack Aidan Strehl, age 16, of Arlington, died on Friday, Oct. 14. A cause of death was not provided. Known as a hardworking member of the maintenance crews at The Links at Union Vale, Jack always impressed coworkers with his work ethic for such a young man, his obituary said. In July of 2017, at the age of 11, Jack earned his Blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do at Telesco’s Martial Arts after only five years of training. "We are proud that Jack’s name was always said with excitement …
Sports
At
Steer
, It All Starts In The Mind
We all fall into the same trap. We take our mindset for granted when we develop academic, physical, or personal goals. And yet, the way we approach a plan mentally dictates how successful that plan can be. STEER for Student-Athletes emphasizes the connection between mindset and performance. Over the past ten years, STEER has collaborated with Peak Mental Game (PMG). Together, we educate students and improve their mental skills, on and off the field. STEER's student-athletes receive mental performance education, personal support, and personalized programming. PMG introduces students to the …
Obituaries
Westchester Man Known As 'Free Spirit, Avid Athlete' Dies At Age 44
A Westchester County resident known for his love of sports and adventurous spirit has died at the age of 44. John Theodore Grandefeld, of Eastchester, died unexpectedly on Saturday, Sept. 24, according to his obituary. He was born in New Rochelle and spent summers in his childhood at the Larchmont Shore Club. "John was a free spirit and an avid athlete," his obituary reads. "During high school he played soccer, hockey and tennis and always took advantage of all life’s experiences. He loved traveling, hiking, fishing, camping - which was his favorite - and on occasion gold mining in Alaska.…
Schools
Can Sports Save the World?
Steer
for Student Athletes Says Yes
For the past 10 years, Port Chester-based STEER for Student Athletes has used sports engagement to achieve its stated mission of “Saving the World One Student Athlete at a Time.” STEER was inspired by the prominent Sports Illustrated writer Alex Wolff and uses imbedded advisors and tailored services to support promising student athletes by helping them graduate high school on time and get accepted into the college of their choice. STEER boasts a 100 percent success rate and now operates in Port Chester, Yonkers, and New York City and is launching in the Tarrytown School District in the fall…
Obituaries
Hudson Valley High School Student With Passion For Sports Dies At Age 16
A Hudson Valley high school student who loved sports, has died at the age of 16. Sam Lown, age 16, a longtime Dutchess County resident from the town of Red Hook, died on Tuesday, July 26, following a courageous battle with cancer, according to his obituary. Born on April 7, 2006, in Poughkeepsie, he was the son of Donald and Jennifer (Spencer) Lown. Sam was a student at Red Hook Central School and had a "great passion" for many different sports including football, lacrosse, and basketball. He played and enjoyed them all starting with flag football, then Pop Warner football,…
News
Ex-Yankees Star Mariano Rivera Sells Westchester Home At $2M Loss, Report Says
Retired Yankees pitcher and Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera has sold his longtime home in Westchester County. Rivera and his wife, Clara, unloaded the 13,000 square-foot, nine-bedroom mansion, located in Rye, for $3.783 million, as was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The home hit the market in 2020 for $3.995 million and the buyer spent the past year renting the home for nearly $19,000 a month, according to the outlet. Despite the impressive sale price, the Riveras actually took a loss, having purchased the home for $5.7 million in 2006, the report says. Sitting on 1.2 acres, the …
Sports
Yankees, Other Pro Sports Teams Urge Fans To Take Action On Gun Law Reform After Mass Shootings
The game of baseball took a backseat for a pair of rival teams who took the opportunity to encourage gun control and legislative action after the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Texas, and elsewhere in the US. Social media departments from the New York Yankees and AL East rival Tampa Bay Rays teamed up during their matchup on Thursday, May 26 to forego tweeting and messaging about their game, and instead used it to promote gun law reform. “In lieu of game coverage and in collaboration with the Tampa Bay Rays, we will be using our channels to offer facts about the impacts of gun violence,…
Obituaries
Former College Athlete, Longtime Firefighter In Yonkers Dies At Age 63
A former college athlete and longtime member of a Westchester County fire department has died at the age of 63. Joseph J. Garan III, a resident of Putnam Valley, died suddenly at home on Friday, March 11, according to his obituary. Garan was born in Yonkers, and he participated in a number of sports growing up, such as baseball, golf, and football. He graduated from Arlington High School and received a bachelor's degree from Iona College in New Rochelle, his obituary reads. He was also played for the Manhattan College baseball team. Garan spent 20 years with the Yonkers Fire Depart…
Obituaries
High School Student In Hudson Valley Dies After Brave Battle With Cancer
A Hudson Valley high school student who lived in Connecticut has died at the age of 16 after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Matthew Dooley died at his home on Wednesday, Jan. 5, following his battle with a glioblastoma brain tumor, according to his obituary. He is survived by his parents, Michael and Jane Dooley, his sisters, his grandmother and his uncles. Matthew was a junior at Trinity-Pawling School in Dutchess County and is remembered for his passion for learning, his obituary said. He lived in Fairfield County, in the Town of Wilton. He is also remem…
Obituaries
Beloved High School Teacher, Coach In Westchester Dies
A lifelong Hudson Valley resident who was a beloved high school coach, and teacher, as well as the chief of a local fire department, and a standout college athlete in Connecticut, has died. Northern Westchester resident Michael Repp, of Somers and formerly of Katonah, died on Wednesday, Oct. 6 at age 82 at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco. He was born in Orange County on May 15th, 1939, in Cornwall, to the late Michael and Irene Repp. He was raised in Katonah, attended Saint Mary’s School in Katonah, and was a member of the first graduating class from John Jay High S…
Sports
Top MLB Draft Pick From Westchester Signs Deal With Pirates For $6.5M
A former high school baseball star in the Hudson Valley, is in a new tax bracket after signing his rookie deal to join the Pittsburgh Pirates as the first overall pick in the MLB Draft. Henry Davis, a Northern Westchester native who lettered for four years as a catcher at Fox Lane High School in Bedford, made it official and signed for $6.5 million on Sunday, July 18, one week after being chosen first overall. Earlier story - Westchester Native Chosen First Overall In MLB Draft “Getting signed right away, it's important to me," Davis said at PNC Park after signing. "I want to get playing…
Sports
Covid-
19: Mets' Opening Day Game Postponed Due To Virus-Related Issues
New York Mets fans coming into the new season with high expectations will have to wait a little longer to see the new-look team that has a new owner. The Mets game at the Washington Nationals, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases that are spreading amongst the Nats’ team. According to reports, the Nationals were set to begin the season without multiple players due to positive COVID-19 cases. There have been no reports of any virus-related issues among the Mets. MLB has not announced the postponement nor any makeup dates. Currently, t…
Sports
Play Ball: Mets, Yankee Fans Allowed In Stands For Opening Day
Play ball! There will be fans in the stands -- and a relatively large number of them -- for the New York Mets and Yankees when they hit the field for their major-league baseball home openers next month. Flanked by Mets Vice Chair Andy Cohen, Yankees President Randy Levine and former pitchers C.C. Sabathia and Al Leiter, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that fans will be permitted into Citi Field and Yankee Stadium when the regular season begins. For the Yankees, that means they will be able to welcome 10,850 fans to the stadium for their home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays on T…
Obituaries
Preston 'Sandy' Scher, Retired Chief City Court Judge, Deputy Mayor In Westchester, Dies
A former Chief City Court Judge and Deputy Mayor in New Rochelle died at the age of 81 in Westchester. Preston Sandford “Sandy” Scher died in Westchester on Sunday, Feb. 21, his family announced. Born Jan. 21, 1940, in Queens, to Robert Scher and Sylvia Fisher Scher, he made Dean’s Honor Roll at the University at Buffalo where he graduated with a B.A. in philosophy in 1961, where he was a captain of the school’s fencing team. Scher received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1964, where he graduated with honors. The same year, Scher married Valerie Fernebok, and they settled in New R…
News
Covid-
19: NY To Permit Arenas, Stadiums To Reopen To Public, With Specified Maximum Capacities
New York’s economy is opening up a little wider, with sports arenas, stadiums, and theaters given the green light to open with certain COVID-19 restrictions in place. Citing the success of allowing nearly 7,000 fans into the stadium for the Buffalo Bills playoff run after being tested, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that more large venues can open back up as the state combats COVID-19. “We’re doing vaccines and controlling the spread of COVID, but we have to get the economy opened in balanced ways,” Cuomo said during a COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday, Feb. 10. “The Buffa…
Obituaries
Longtime Eastchester Resident Leonore Young, 94, Teacher, Yankees Fan, Dies of
Covid-
19
Leonore Young of Eastchester, died peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 from COVID-19. She was 94. Leonore is survived by her sister Francis Goodman; her daughter and son-in-law Adrienne and Keith Bloomfield; her grandson and granddaughter Seth and Tara Bloomfield; her great-granddaughters Sydney and Charley Bloomfield; her son-in-law Michael Phelps and his wife Lenore Simon; her granddaughter Carlye Bell and her great-granddaughters Haley, Allison and Megan Bell. The daughter of Annie and Ben Markowitz, Leonore was born in New York on June 2, 1926. A child of the Great Depression, she i…
Sports
Covid-
19: Ivy League Cancels Football Season, Puts All Sports On Hold Till At Least January
The Ivy League has canceled all fall sports, including football, and will reevaluate whether to allow athletes to compete after Jan. 1, 2021, according to multiple reports. An official announcement is expected Wednesday evening, July 8. With the move, the league becomes the first Division I conference that will not play sports in the fall. The move also places other well-attended sports, including men's and women's basketball, in limbo. Ivy League basketball teams traditionally start practice in October and the regular season in November. The Ivy League was the first Division I confe…
Sports
New Rochelle High School Names New Head Football Coach
After helping to lead his embattled football team to a state championship, New Rochelle High School assistant varsity coach Raymond Rhett, Jr. has been named the permanent replacement for former longtime coach Lou DiRienzo. The New Rochelle Board of Education announced this week that Rhett was officially taking over the Huguenots after he and fellow assistant coach Greg Foster took over the team when DiRienzo got benched amid a police investigation. Rhett has been an assistant coach for the varsity team since 2017, serving the same role for the team in 2001 and 2004. He was a key mem…
Sports
Reassigned New Rochelle HS Coach Meets With School District Officials As State Final Nears
Nearly three weeks after “reassigning” beloved New Rochelle varsity football coach Lou DiRienzo, district officials finally met with him on school grounds. District officials met with DiRienzo for the first time on Monday, Nov. 25, during a nearly six-hour meeting with Superintendent Laura Feijoo and Board of Education members, though it remains unclear if the coach will be on the sidelines during the state championship this weekend. "The District understands the community is eager for resolution given that the timing of this investigation aligns with the football team’s impressive playof…
Sports
Controversy Swirls After New Rochelle 'Reassigns' Coach Lou DiRienzo Before Playoff Game
Click here for an updated story: New Rochelle Teachers' Union Calls For Superintendent To Resign Amid Uproar Over Coach A popular and highly successful high school varsity coach in Westchester has been “reassigned” from coaching just days before he was set to coach a playoff game. The New Rochelle School District announced late on Wednesday, Nov. 13, that head football coach Lou DiRienzo has been “reassigned from his teaching and coaching responsibilities.” At a press conference held on Thursday, Nov. 14, Schools Superintendent Laura Feijoo offered few details, saying that she "really…
Lifestyle
Axes & Ale? There's Now A Place For That Coming To Westchester
Axes and ale under one roof are on their way to Westchester. Bad Axe Throwing is opening a location this fall in New Rochelle where you can enjoy beer and wine, and become part of a competitive globally recognized axe throwing organization, the World Axe Throwing League. Axe-throwing is a popular backyard pass time in Canada where the company originated in 2014. There are more than 40 locations in the United States. The new location is the first in Westchester and second in New York which has one in Rochester. The planned opening will be late September, early October…
News
NASCAR Driver, 19, Reinstated After Suspension For Drug Arrest In Hudson Valley Traffic Stop
NASCAR has reinstated a driver after he was suspended following a misunderstanding during a traffic stop in the Hudson Valley. Tyler Dippel, 19, a Gander Trucks Outdoors Truck Series driver was suspended for violating the NASCAR Member Conduct Guidelines for “actions detrimental to stock car racing” last week after he was arrested in Orange County for criminal possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop in his hometown of Wallkill. Dippel was stopped on Sunday, Aug. 18, when he was stopped with a passenger after changing lanes without a signal, police said. He had been lea…
Sports
Yankees Suspend Use Of Kate Smith 'God Bless America' Recording Over Racist Allegations
The New York Yankees have become the latest team to suspend the use of Kate Smith’s recording of “God Bless America” at games amid allegations of racism against the late singer. The Yankees will no longer be using Smith’s rendition of the song during the seventh-inning stretch following claims about the singer’s 1939 song “That’s Why Darkies Were Born.” The move comes after reports of the Philadelphia Flyers banning the song and covering up a statue of the singer. The song originated in a 1930s Broadway play, “George White’s Scandals,” and was considered satire at the time it was debuted. I…
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