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Mar 17, 2025

The Johnnies Grab the Second Seed

It has been a magical rebirth season for the St. John's basketball program, but they certainly aren't done yet.

Mar 17, 2025

Run From the Ones

March Madness is officially here, and everyone has their brackets ready to fill out.

Mar 16, 2025

OTB and Jake's 58 Team Up to Fight Alzheimer's

This week OTB and Jake's 58 showed their caring side when Suffolk OTB President & CEO Phil Boyle met with representatives of The Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center to present a check to them for a donation.

Mar 14, 2025

Rocky Point's Aidan Gets Win #100

Rocky Point Eagles wrestler Barry Aidan set another milestone in a fantastic season this week.

Mar 14, 2025

LI Native's Mascot Doc ‘Monkey Boy’ Hits 3.1M Views on X

In “Come Home, Monkey Boy,” Cold Spring Harbor '09's Class Clown Michael Angelo searches for a runaway mascot whose antics regularly swept the townsfolk of Nashua, New Hampshire off their feet once upon a time.

Mar 13, 2025

Fantasy Baseball - Is Fernando Tatis a First Round Pick?

When we are looking at the first round in fantasy drafts you always have to try to go the safe route. You can't win your fantasy league in the first round, but you can lose it, is the usual mindset.

Mar 13, 2025

Port Jefferson Athletes Impress at States

The Port Jefferson school district had a memorial week this week when an array of their student athletes competed at the highest level in New York State.

Mar 12, 2025

Mount Sinai Lifts the Trophy

The Mount Sinai Mustangs have won the school's first Suffolk Class A championship.

Mar 11, 2025

Pinstripes In Peril

When Yankees fans heard the Luis Gil would miss considerable time this season there was a worry among the fanbase, but the rotation was deep, and injuries happen. Then, when Giancarlo Stanton had not one, but two elbow issue pop up. the grumbling of the fan base grew louder and louder.

Mar 11, 2025

A Whole New Playing Field

When the New York Jets released Aaron Rodgers there were rumblings out of the Jets brass that pointed at them going in an entirely new direction with the team. There may not be a more Rodgers polar opposite player at the quarterback position than their recently signed signal caller.

Mar 10, 2025

Mustangs Put Up a Defensive Wall In the 4th to Win the Title

When the dust settles and people talk about this Mount Sinai girl's basketball team, they will remember this amazing defensive effort as the defense clamped down to give them the win and the Suffolk Class A title.

Mar 10, 2025

Hills East Plays Lockdown Defense to Send Them to the LI Championship

Half Hollow Hills East are your Suffolk AAA championships after beating William Floyd this weekend.

Mar 10, 2025

Let The Madness Begin

As we enter March Madness season it's important to remind fans that March Madness isn't named tournament madness for a reason. The tournament is all anyone thinks about but this week we begin the big conference tournaments and that is where the madness really begins.

Mar 9, 2025

Suffolk's Squads Dominate at State Championships

Suffolk County has not one, not two, not three, but four different Cheerleading Champions after a wildly successful New York State Championship weekend.

Mar 8, 2025

Local Gymnasts Bring Home Titles

At the New York State Championship Meet this week a number of Suffolk student athletes excelled in the girls gymnastics competition.

Mar 8, 2025

Fantasy Baseball - Twin Killing

In fantasy baseball, much like real life, the best ability is availability. We often see fantasy baseball managers organizing and setting up their teams in a way to make sure they have roster flexibility and get the most at bats as possible per squad.

Mar 7, 2025

Penzello Has a Career Day as Mount Sinai Advances

Simply put Mount Sinai's Dominic Penzello would not allow his team to lose in the playoffs and he put the team on his back with one of the most dominating performances you'll ever watch.

Mar 7, 2025

Let Her Run!

This week we had a big win for Suffolk sports fans when William Floyd track star Zariel Macchia won her appeal and will be able to compete.

Mar 7, 2025

Volley For Val Is Special for the Community

The Smithtown Central School District community lost Valerie Kratochvil when she passed away in 2024. She may be gone but her memory has not be forgotten.

Mar 6, 2025

Jets Keep Clearing Away the Aaron Rodgers Mistakes

Only 140 days after Davante Adams showed up with Aaron Rodgers on the Pat McAfee show, and Jets fans started talking about saving their season and a playoff run, Adams has been released by the Jets.

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Lawsuit accuses Freeport police of unconstitutional vehicle seizure scheme

A small village's police department is accused of running an unconstitutional vehicle seizure scheme that exploits motorists for profit. Plaintiff Phillip the Village of Freeport, Police Chief Michael Smith, JCB & Sons, Inc. (operating as Non-Stop Towing & Recovery), Jerome Bonomo, and an unnamed police officer referred to as Officer John Doe #1.


Former Rikers inmate sues NYC, alleging brutal assault due to negligence and understaffing

A former inmate has filed a lawsuit against the City of New York and unnamed correction officers, claiming he was brutally assaulted while in custody.