BKN Nets ~ David Stern Carves Up Last Season in N.J.

From the desk of:THE HOOPS OF FLATBUSH





NEW JERSEY/BROOKLYN NETS


The 2011-2012 NBA season was supposed to begin on Tuesday, November 1st.  But apparently the NBA Owners and the Player's Union are no closer to figuring out how to split basketball related revenue than they were at the start of this process Lock-Out.  Therefore, still without a Labor deal in place, Commissioner Stern wielded

Happy Halloween

...Brooklyn Style























































Mike.BTB

N.Y. Giants ~ Big Blue Struggles To Net Fish

From the desk of:  DO IT FOR THE DUKE








N.F.C.  EAST  DIVISION:New York Giants...........5-2Dallas Cowboys..............3-4Philadelphia Eagles........3-4Washington Redskins....3-4



NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL:  If Playing Ugly Gets You In First Place, Disgusting Is OK With Me.



I won't be taking time out to tell you how disgusted I am with Sunday's performance in this post.  I'll save that

BKN Aviators ~ Ex-Mates & Outlaws Ruin Hangar Five Opener

From the desk of:  THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN







BROOKLYN AVIATORS:  New Jersey Outlaws Spoil A's Opening Night.  The Rivalry Is Born!


MATTHEW PUNTURERI PROVIDES MAJOR ASSISTS AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM.


Veni; Vidi; Puntureri. 



Former Aviators' forwards; Matthew Puntureri and John Goffredo; made their triumphant returns to Brooklyn Saturday night by picking apart their former team,

N.Y. Giants ~ Week 8; Needing a Win Before the Storm

From the desk of:  DO IT FOR THE DUKE






NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL:  Big Blue Must Avoid Sleeping With The Fish Before Playing League's Elite Teams.



Health.  Fish.  Health through fish.  Dolphins are not fish.  They're mammals.  And there's roughly fifty-three of them from Miami trained to play football; albeit not very well.




The Giants are slowly gaining health.  They're getting some of

BKN Aviators ~ A's Touch Down in Brooklyn Tonight

From the desk of:  THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN








BROOKLYN AVIATORS
OPENING NIGHT at HANGAR #5



Air tower, clear the landing strip at Floyd Bennett Field.  The Aviators are finally coming home.  After opening the season in Lewiston , Maine on Thursday and playing in Hyannis, Massachusetts on Friday night, it's time for the local blades to take to their home ice off Flatbush Avenue in

PIGSKIN ~ Football Sunday; Week Eight

NFL ~ FOOTBALL SUNDAY



PIGSKIN  -  WEEK EIGHT





OVERALL RECORD:  45-44-5
WEEK SEVEN  7-4-1WEEK SIX  5-6-1WEEK FIVE  4-8-0WEEK FOUR  8-7-0WEEK THREE  7-8-0WEEK TWO  10-4-1WEEK ONE  4-7-2
SHMEAR of the WEEK:  2-5
BAGELS in the BASKET:  -13





WEEK EIGHT  ~  Big Bagel Roll Out:
(Friday Line; NYDN)




GIANTS -10 (Dolphins)
Boy do I hate the Giants coming off the bye.  All I know is they

BKN Aviators ~ Flyin' High; Win Game One

From the desk of:  THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN









BROOKLYN AVIATORS:  Comeback Against Defending Champs In Season Opener With Disciplined Play and Composure.



For the Aviators, the memory of losing and watching the Warriors hoist the Championship Trophy on home ice to end Brooklyn's most previous season no doubt rushed back to their minds upon taking the ice Thursday night in Lewiston,

N.Y. Rangers ~ Home, Home on the Rink

From the desk of:  RAISE GRESCH WITH THE GREATS












NEW YORK RANGERS:  The Long Road Home For Tex's Rangers Ends Tonight. 


You can take the Rangers out of Canada, but the schedule makers aren't letting Canada get away from the Rangers just yet..  After a four game tour of the Great White North, the Toronto Maple Leafs will help the Rangers re-christen their partially renovated, old 

BKN Aviators ~ Season Opens Thursday

From the desk of:  THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN







BROOKLYN AVIATORS:  Cleared For Take-Off!  Time to Drop the Puck.


The Brooklyn Aviators were involved in another trade.  On October 24th, the League announced Brooklyn center John Goffredo was part of a three team trade that ultimately landed Goffredo in New Jersey with the expansion Outlaws.  The trade reunites John Goffredo with former

N.Y. Mets ~ State of METropolis Report; Part II

From the desk of:  HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET







METropolis; YEAR 9 A.D. (After Doubleday)



NEW YORK METS:  At The Roosevelt Avenue Crossroads.

PART ONE ~ I. Ownership; II. Front Office;  III. Manager;  IV. Coaches.


V.  STARTING PITCHING:

The future seems bright.  But forget the sunglasses.  Should we be looking through binoculars to see it?  The Mets now have three minor league pitching

N.Y. Rangers ~ Hello Winnipeg; Good-Bye Canada

From the desk of:  RAISE GRESCH WITH THE GREATS




NEW YORK RANGERS:  Canadian Turn Around Sets Up a Grand Opening Night at the Garden.



For ol' Tex's New York Rangers - The Blueshirt World Tour, is finally over.  The Boys are finally coming home.  After seven games in three different countries, the Rangers will get a few nights off before they open MSG Thursday night against the Toronto Maple

N.Y. Mets ~ State of METropolis Report; Part I

From the desk of:  HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET








METropolis; Year 9 A.D. - (After Doubleday)


NEW YORK METS:  At The Roosevelt Avenue Crossroads.

Unless you're watching the Cardinals and the Rangers on TV, Baseball in NYC is finished for the year.  Another season in the Age of Wilponianism is done.  For the Boys of Flushing, and without poking fun, things were pretty much wrapped up by

BKN Aviators ~ Training Camp; Day Two

From the desk of:  THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN





BrooklynAviators.com


BROOKLYN AVIATORS  ~  Coach Miller Fine Tuning His Club Before Take-Off.



Training Camp opened this past Thursday for the Brooklyn Aviators and will continue through Wednesday before opening the regular season Thursday night against the Akwesasne Warriors.
During camp, the doors to Aviator Complex are open to the public

PIGSKIN ~ Football Sunday; Week Seven

NFL ~ Football Sunday




PIGSKIN  ~  WEEK SEVEN





OVERALL RECORD:  38-40-4
WEEK SIX - 5-6-1WEEK FIVE - 4-8-0WEEK FOUR - 8-7-0WEEK THREE - 7-8-0WEEK TWO - 10-4-1WEEK ONE - 4-7-2
SHMEAR of the WEEK:  0-5  *I forgot to make a Week Six Pick.
BAGELS in the BASKET:  -21
Weekly Games = One Bagel Each
SHMEARs = Three Bagels Each


What do I know..?!  Let's get on with Week Seven's picks.

All

N.Y. Giants ~ Big Blue Bye-Week Report

From the desk of:  DO IT FOR THE DUKE




NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL  ~  At The Break:

Thank you Michael Strahan and Antonio Pierce.  Their criticisms levelled against Justin Tuck and Brandon Jacobs have served to unify, not vilify.  And by injecting their opinions into their former team-mates' injury matters, they've served to keep the meddling Media's attention away from pecking away at the

N.Y. Rangers ~ Travelling In Search of a Win

From the desk of:  RAISE GRESCH WITH THE GREATS





NEW YORK RANGERS:   Spanning the Globe in Search of Their First Win.   Welcome to Opening Night; Part IV.



OK, make that three games I'm going to ignore now.  The two games in Sweden and Saturday's game on Long Island make eleven periods of Hockey I'd care not to discuss outside of the Islanders game.  Because, who didn't see that coming?  It

BKN Nets ~ Twenty Months of Construction Later...

From the desk of:  THE HOOPS OF FLATBUSH





BROOKLYN NETS  ~ Twenty Months After Ground-Breaking Day and a Change in Majority Ownership, Jay-Z Still Rules the Brooklyn Scene Since Day One.


After six years of planning and legal wrangling, Barclays Center is now in it's second Autumn of construction.  Twenty months ago, Ground Breaking Day 2010 officially kicked off the long fought, and long

PIGSKIN ~ Football Sunday; Week Six

NFL ~ Football Sunday




PIGSKIN ~ WEEK SIX



That's right!  My picks have been pigs lately. 
And I haven't picked a SHMEAR of the WEEK right yet.  But hey..., if you kept going the other way, you'd be perfect;  -  Like me.  My Basket-O-Bagels is light!  ....As in starving.  But that's because of the three-Bagel per week SHMEAR.  You'd think I'd let go of a few hang-ups I have with some

N.Y. Rangers vs. N.Y. Islanders; The Rivalry, Game One

From the desk of:  RAISE GRESCH WITH THE GREATS





NEW YORK RANGERS  vs.  New York IslandersThe RIVALRY Resumes;  2011-2012





Marty Biron I believe is getting the start in net tonight in Long Island against the Islanders.  And that's just fine with me.  With the way goalies have been falling prey to injuries in this town lately, why risk Henrik with all the bad karma hovering over the

BKN Aviators ~ Doors to Hangar Five Open October 29th

From the desk of:  THE COOLEST GUYS IN BROOKLYN




BROOKLYN AVIATORS HOCKEY CLUB ~ 2011-2012:

Coach Miller Making Final Preparations Before Take-Off.

Back in July the organization officially dropped "New York" from their name and opted instead to more accurately represent the Borough of Kings and the local crowds who cheer for them inside Hangar Number Five off Flatbush Avenue.

As the start

NBA/NETS ~ Two Weeks and the Foul

From the desk of:  THE HOOPS OF FLATBUSH







NJ/BKN NETS and the NBA

Commissioner Stern Dunks First Two Weeks of Season!
That's right Ladies and Gentlemen, and NBA Fans of all ages, No Basketball For You! -- At least not on-time anyway.  The first two weeks of the 2011-2012 regular season went POOF! just like Mr. Stern said they would if a deal wasn't struck by last Monday.


Hello Thursday

Urban Art ~ Devil's Playground Graffiti

Graham Ave Graffiti ~ Brooklyn







 




 

 






 




 

 

by the urban artists of Brooklyn.

 

N.Y. Cosmos ~ This is Cosmos Country

 Brooklyn is Cosmos Country!

 




Mike.BTB

N.Y. Giants ~ Snarred by a Trap Game

From the desk of:  DO IT FOR THE DUKE






NEW YORK FOOTBLL GIANTS:   Big Blue Blunders.

Previous:
Game Five Preview; The Birds, ACT III
Post-Game Summary; Big Blue Bird Droppings

Prior to the game with Seattle, I didn't believe any reasons existed to have a conversation discussing the importance of beating the Seahawks and looking good doing it.  Because Seattle had proven rather inept so far

N.Y. Giants ~ Big Blue Bird Droppings

From the desk of:  DO IT FOR THE DUKE





NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL:   Bye-Bye Birdie!
Be Gone To Let Us Ponder This Monumental Failure.

Ninety-four yards doth fly the Seahawk the other way'eth.  How badly did the Giants suck'eth Sunday?  Let us count the ways.


The only thing that kept the Giants in this game in the first place was the Seahawks turning over the ball at the worst times; Seattle

N.J. Devils ~ 30th Season of Hell On Ice

GAME ONE; 2011-2012 Season: vs. Philadelphia Flyers. 
From: The Rock, Newark, N.J.






N.J. DEVILS30th Anniversary Season

NEW JERSEY DEVILS:   Good Team; Bad Team.  The Club From Newark Battles Its Demons.


Here comes the Mickey Mouse Club.  I was watching MSG Vault today and a special on the Devils.  Wayne Gretzky characterized the New Jersey Devils as a Mickey Mouse organization after a

N.Y. Rangers ~ Blueshirt European Offensive Fails

From the desk of:  RAISE GRESCH WITH THE BEST





NEW YORK RANGERS:  Two Jesters in King Henrik's Court.

GAME ONE  -  The first period ended after the teams traded even strength goals.  Los Angeles opened the scoring.  Then Captain Callahan led a charge and tied the game at one.  The second period ended with the teams trading penalties if nothing else.  Kyle Clifford and Brandon Prust each got

N.Y. Giants ~ The Birds; Act III; Week Five

From the desk of:  DO IT FOR THE DUKE




WEEK FIVE
Week Five Picks





Seattle Seahawksvs.NEW YORK GIANTS
FromBIG BLUE STADIUM



New York Giants Football ~ Another Week of Feathered Foes.


No  -  We do not need to have a conversation; of any length; about the importance of beating the Seattle Seahawks at home this Sunday.  That's for The Birds.  Very simply, it should get done.  It has to get

N.Y. Yankees ~ Last One Out Shut The Lights

From the desk of:  BLAME CARLOS MAY






Oh Fister...?  Oh Fister...Baby?
Tiger Stripes Out-Duel the Pinstripes In ALDSWin Series 3-2
DETROIT WILL FACE TEXAS IN ALCS



NEW YORK YANKEES
No A-Bomb For A-Rod.Bronx Bombers' Fuse Fizzles Out.
 


Casey Alex at the Bat......and the Whifff!

Jorge Posada is getting shoved out the Stadium doors in the old cold classic corporate heave-ho style and with

PIGSKIN ~ Football Sunday; Week Five

NFL ~ PIGSKIN; WEEK FIVE




Overall Record:  29-26-3Week Four Record:  8-7-0Week Three Record:  7-8-0Week Two Record:  10-4-1
Week One Record:  4-7-2
SHMEAR OF THE WEEK:  0-4!!!
BASKET-O-BAGELS:   -12



PUNT!!
* Oh, if the Eagles can just lose again...please!  Gimmie  Gimmie  gimmie.
* Coach Who Needs a Win Most - Coach Reid; Philly.
* Team In Most Desperate Need of Win - Steelers.
* Who

N.Y. Rangers ~ The Two Kings of Europe

From the desk of:  RAISE GRESCH WITH THE BEST










GAME ONE
October 7, 2011




NEW YORK RANGERSvs.Los Angeles Kings
From:Stockholm, SWEDEN




NEW YORK RANGERS:  Season Opener; Game One


KING HENRIK and "TEX's RANGERS"
take on the L.A. KINGS in EUROPE:

Ranger Fans..., we know this team.  We know them well.  We've been taking baby pictures for three years now.  This team is last year's

N.Y. Rangers ~ Avery Takes Blindside Hit To Career

NEW YORK RANGERS:   You don't have to go.  But you just can't stay here.  Sean Avery stripped of his Blueshirt.




The least popular decisions in life usually turn out to be the best decisions in life.




But when you string people along, that's just plain wrong.  The manner with which the Rangers went about separating ways with Sean Avery remind me of the way the Mets gave Willie

BKN Nets ~ Barclays Center and ALL ACCESS

From the desk of:  THE HOOPS OF FLATBUSH






Previous:
Of Lock-Outs and Long Islanders  ...and more Barclays pics from September.Hoops of Flatbush - BROOKLYN NETS is the name  ...and more Barclays pics from September II.




BROOKLYN NETS:
Want All Access?  No Problem.Want An NBA Season?   Now That's a Big Problem.



Billboard; Flatbush Avenue at 5th Avenue.


Want an "All Access" pass to all

BKN Dodgers ~ HOW DARE THEY?!

BROOKLYN DODGERS:  How Dare They Besmirch Our Beloved Bums That Way?!


SHAME! 
SHAME ON YOU!


How dare the New York Daily News take the date October 4th, 1955 in vain like this!?  On today's back page cover, the N.Y. Daily News used the famous headline from Brooklyn's only World Championship to somehow associate and make light of A.J. Burnett's plights as a Yankee, and his finally

N.Y. Giants ~ The Gilbride Watch

From the desk of:  DO IT FOR THE DUKE



NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL:  The Gilbride Watch; His Week Four Grade.


LeSean McCoy rushed 24 times for 128 yards against the Giants in Week Three.  In Week Four, Beanie Wells rushed 27 times for 138 yards against us.  They say more and more this is fastly becoming a passing man's League.  Yet, I see teams running the ball in most traditional manners with

N.Y. Giants ~ Defense Keeps Caging Pesky Birds

From the desk of:  DO IT FOR THE DUKE




WEEK FOUR FINAL:
New York Giants     31Arizona Cardinals   27



NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL:  Post Game; Take One.
Big Blue Was Just CRUZing for Trouble All Game Long.


PERRY FEWELL BAILS OUT HIS FELLOW COORDINATOR...AGAIN.


This was just another game for The Birds with droppings blotted everywhere making an overall mess of my Sunday afternoon. 



For a

L.I. Ducks ~ On Lonely Pond; York Wins Title

From the desk of:  THE WEBBED SPIKES NINE







2011
Atlantic League Champions
AtlanticLeague.com ~ Revs RepeatYorkRevolution.comLongIslandDucks.com






LONG ISLAND DUCKS:   The REVOLUTION Was Too Much!  The Webbed Spikes' Bats Go AWOL.


THE LONG ISLAND DUCKS WERE DONE IN BY WHAT THEY DID BEST ALL SEASON.


Mike Loree gave the Ducks everything a team could ask of their ace pitcher this season

The Newark Bears ~ A Resilient Brick City Species

From the desk of:  THE BRICK CITY NINE







The Urban Grizzlies Endured Another Troublesome Summer in an Unfamiliar Environment.   Encroachment, Scarcity, and Long Cold Winters are All Part of Being a Newark Bear.


Offensively speaking, the Quebec Capitales had nary a player rank within the top ten in any of the big three categories; Avg.; HR; RBI.  One Cap player placed eighth in batting. 

L.I. Ducks ~ Must Win Game 4 Resumes Sunday

From the desk of:  THE WEBBED SPIKES NINE




LONG ISLAND DUCKS ~ Saturday; GAME CALLED.
Game Four rescheduled for Sunday 1:00 pm.  Possible Game Five Pushed Back to Monday.



The Webbed Spikes Nine  ~  Mother Nature Holds Off Elimination for a Day.  Ducks Get Huge Break.
Saturday night's post; updated Sunday morning.



As much havoc Mother Nature wrought on the latter part of the regular 

N.Y. Giants ~ Need a Big Blue Rising in Phoenix

From the desk of:  DO IT FOR THE DUKE





Week Four:
NEW YORK GIANTSvs.Arizona Cardinals
FromSome Desert in the Southwest





Another Week For The Birds ~ Post, BTBPigskin; Week Four Picks



NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL:  Beware the Mysterious Phoenix Night.




GAME FOUR PRESENTS A GREAT CHANCE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE NFC EAST.


Coach Gilbride must stay in Offensive Control of the clock as he

L.I. Ducks ~ Facing Elimination in Game Four

From the desk of:  THE WEBBED SPIKES NINE




LONG ISLAND DUCKS:  York Revolution Use Long Ball to Remind Ducks they are a Long Way from Home.


The bullpen had gotten pretty taxed in Thursday night's game.  So, Bob Zimmerman was forced to fight through getting smacked around to the tune of a five run deficit after just four innings on Friday.  And for the Ducks' line-up, the zeroes kept mounting