Although they were pretty busy preparing for Sunday’s Super Bowl game in Indianapolis, New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin and co-owner John Mara took time out to send their best wishes to University at Albany head football coach Bob Ford Thursday.
That’s the kind of impact the legendary coach has made on so many people over the last four decades, and it’s one of the reasons why Albany mayor Gerald Jennings proclaimed Thursday “Bob Ford Day” in Albany.
Suburban Council champion Shenendehowa was awarded eight No. 1 seeds when the brackets were drawn Thursday night for the Division I Class 1 (formerly Class A) tournament set for Saturday at Colonie High School.
In the first of three planned cards for Albany this year, Star Boxing promoter Joe DeGuardia offers fans “The Future.”
It’s the nickname of IBA heavyweight champion Joe Hanks, who will defend his belt in the 10-round main event Saturday night at the Times Union Center against challenger Rafael “The Cajun Connection” Pedro. It is also what DeGuardia considers Hanks to be — the future of the heavyweight division, and one that can bring fans back to the sport.
The last time Union and Colgate faced one another, the 12th-seeded Raiders celebrated an ECAC Hockey tournament upset of the top-seeded Dutchmen last March at Messa Rink.
The two teams meet for the first time since that quarterfinal series tonight at 7 at Messa. But exacting revenge for last year’s playoff loss isn’t the most important thing for Union.
Sure, all that glitters is not gold, but the way the Siena basketball team has been playing lately isn’t merely easier on the eyes than what they showed at the Yanitelli Center on Nov. 6.
Although they were pretty busy preparing for Sunday’s Super Bowl game in Indianapolis, New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin and co-owner John Mara took time out to send their best wishes to University at Albany head football coach Bob Ford Thursday.
That’s the kind of impact the legendary coach has made on so many people over the last four decades, and it’s one of the reasons why Albany mayor Gerald Jennings proclaimed Thursday “Bob Ford Day” in Albany.
One of the most popular events on the Huck Finn/Northeast Bowling Proprietors of New York schedule will once again be close to a full house.
The annual Super Bowl Doubles tournament, set for this weekend at Boulevard Bowl, has already closed out its 10 a.m. qualifier for Sunday morning with 60 teams.
Colgate right wing Austin Smith is having an outstanding senior season, and is one of the top scorers in the country. He is a top candidate for college hockey’s top honor, the Hobey Baker Award.
Angelo Dundee, the brilliant motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali in his greatest fights and willed Sugar Ray Leonard to victory in his biggest bout, died Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. He was 90.
It’s sportsman show time in the Northeast, and there is no better way to cool that cabin fever than by attending one or more, all within a reasonable driving distance of the Capital Region.
