In what has to be one of the most embarrassing moments in Big East Tournament history, game officials left the Madison Square Garden court with 1.7 seconds remaining in the game after a player traveled, stepped out-of-bounds and then threw the game ball into the air. St. John’s was the lucky recipient of the [...]
St. John’s Defeats Rutgers on Controversial Call
By: Tony Mangia | Wednesday March 9th, 2011
Big East Tournament Worthy of Ali-Frazier 40 Years Later
By: Tony Mangia | Tuesday March 8th, 2011
It seems apropos that the Big East Tournament starts today at Madison Square Garden, 40 years to the day of the “Fight of the Century” between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. An unprecedented 11 Big East teams could possibly be headed to this year’s NCAA tournament and there will surely be plenty of slug fests [...]
Yuri Foreman Works Out & Knee Looks Ready for March 12 Fight
By: Tony Mangia | Tuesday March 1st, 2011
Yuri Foreman, the first orthodox Jew to win a championship fight in nearly 70 years, worked out today in a Manhattan gym before getting ready to take off for his Super Welterweight match up against Pawel Wolak March 12 in Las Vegas. It is Foreman’s first fight since losing the title last June. At Kingsway [...]
