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Jim Leyritz enjoyed an 11-year Major League Baseball career, He played for the New York Yankees, Anaheim Angels, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres, and Los Angeles Dodgers. His playing days were highlighted by a pair of memorable postseason home runs he hit with the Yankees in 1995 and 1996 in comeback wins. His most iconic of the 2 occurred in Game 4 of the 1996 World Series against...

Tony Olivia was one of the baseball's best hitters He was an All-Star during his first eight seasons. He was the 1964 American League Rookie of the Year, adding the AL batting champion three seasons, an AL hit leader five seasons, and a Gold Glove winner one season. After eight seasons in the majors, Oliva's career was hampered by a series of severe knee injuries, forcing him to become a designate...

Steve Trachsel pitched 16 years in the majors,with the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles. He was named to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and posted a career-best 3.03 ERA in 1996.On September 18, 2006, he had one of his best performances of the season as the Mets clinched the National League Eastern Division Championship. He pit...

ill Virdon led the Pirates to the 1972 NL East title,His 1980 Astros won the NL West championship,. His career managerial record, over all or parts of 13 seasons, was 995–921 (.519). He also served three different terms as a Pirates coach A part of US 63 BUS in West Plains, MO is also named Bill Virdon Boulevard. He joins Mark and AJ to talk about his time as both a teammate and manager of Roberto...

Bobby Valentine played in the majors for 10 years for for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1969, 1971–72), California Angels (1973–1975), New York Mets (1977–78), and Seattle Mariners (1979) . After his playing career, he became one of the most colorful managers in baseball during the last decade of the 20th century managing he Texas Rangers (1985–1992), the New York Mets (1996–2002), and the Boston Red S...

Arthur Staple is the hardest working man in the NHL. He is currently pulling double duty covering both the Islanders and Rangers for The Athletic. He previously spent 20 years at Newsday, covering the Islanders as well as wide-ranging sports topics., He has a brand new book out 100 Things Islanders Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, he has somehow  collected every essential piece of Isles know...

Brett Topel is the author of five books, including Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets: The Best Players By Decade to Wear the Orange and Blue , Miracle Moments in New York Mets History, So, You Think You're A New York Mets Fan, When Shea Was Home: The Story of the 1975 Mets, Yankees, Giants, and Jets, and Simply the Best: The Story of the 1929-31 Philadelphia Athletics Dynasty. He is the director...

Kyle Beach may not have ever played a single minute in the NHL but his impact hopefully will be felt for generations, we had the pleasure of talking to him in January of 2014, here is our interview with him when he was a member of the Hartford Wolfpack.

Dave Scatchard was the 42nd overall pick of the Vancouver Canucks in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He would play 659 games in. the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins, Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators, and St. Louis Blues. But 14 years in the league took it's toll on him and after his fifth concussion left him with slurred speech, headaches, and traumatic brain injuri...

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Matthew Blittner has been covering the New York Rangers, New York Islanders and NJ Devils for multiple publications since the beginning of the 2016-17 NHL season. Along the way, he has covered: the New York Rangers 2016-17 playoff run against Montreal and Ottawa; the Rangers Road to the 2018 NHL Winter Classic; the 2018 NHL Winter Classic; the retirement ceremonies for Jean Ratelle and Vic Hadfiel...

Kevin Kernan  spent 44 years writing sports for major newspapers, the last 23 years as a columnist at the NY Post. He ia a member of the NY Baseball Hall of Fame. In addition, he hosted SportsTalk for seven years on KFMB radio in San Diego while working at the Union-Tribune, and he is a frequent guest on radio shows and podcasts throughout the country. He has written seven books and has spent many...

Nick Davis is a triple threat in the entertainment industry as he is An accomplished writer, director, and producer, He got his start in film and television by interning on Ken Burns’ 1995 Emmy Award winning Outstanding Informational Series: Baseball ’ In addition to his work with Burns, which included jobs on ‘Cornerstone’ and ‘The West,’ He worked for filmmaker David Grubin, producing ‘Money and...

Thomas Henderson was Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys out of little Langston University in Oklahoma with  the 18th pick in the first round of the 1975 NFL Draft. 2 short years later he  started all 14 games. and evolved into a star linebacker delivering highlight reel hits, creating turnovers (three interceptions), and helping the Cowboys win Super Bowl XII, 27-10 over the Denver Broncos. His post fo...

Jason Marquis enjoyed a 15 year career in the Majors, he pitched for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres, Minnesota Twins, and Cincinnati Reds. He won 11 or more games for six straight years through 2009, and also started 28 or more games in each of the years 2004–09. His 65 wins from 2004 to 2008 ran...

George Kalinsky has been the official photographer for Madison Square Garden for over 1/2 a century. His work has also been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The International Center of Photography, The Olympus Plaza Gallery as well as on huge billboards in New York City’s Time Square, drawing attention of millions of passerby’s every day. He is the author of 1...

Mike Pagliarulo spent 11 seasons in the big league and played over 1200 games for for the New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Texas Rangers, he also spent some time in Nippon Professional Baseball League .He served as the hitting coach of the Indianapolis Indians, the AAA affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. as well as the Miami Marlins .This month he became...

Matt Doherty started his basketball career on Long Island as he was a standout in high school at Holy Trinity in Hicksville, New York. He was on the 1980 Holy Trinity team that won the Class A New York state high school boys basketball championship. He went on to play for legendary college coach Dean Smith, at UNC where he started alongside future National Basketball Association stars James Worthy...

Brian Boyle was drafted in the first round, 26th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He played four seasons at Boston College before making his  NHL debut with the Kings against the New Jersey Devils on February 2, 2008. He scored his first career NHL goal that same night against Martin Brodeur in a 6–3 defeat. He scored four goals in his first seven NHL games, three in...

Dominic Moore was the 95th overall pick of the New York Rangers in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, He played close to 900 games in the NHL for the Ny Rangers Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota Wild, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose Sharks and Boston Bruins. He won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 2013-14 season, the trophy is award...

Omar Minaya moved from the Dominican republic to Queens at the age of 8,  he starred as a baseball player in the shadow of Shea Stadium at Newtown High School in Elmhurst. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 14th Round (342nd overall) of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft. His playing career featured stints in the minor leagues as well as stints in leagues in both the Dominican Republ...

David Quinn was the 13th overall, pick of the Minnesota North Stars in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. Instead of turning pro immediately he opted to play collegiately for Boston University. After his junior season, he tried out for the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team. However, during his tryout he was diagnosed with Haemophilia B (also known as Christmas disease), He would however stay in the game as a coach, w...

Don Kessinger was one of the major leagues baseballs best shortstops for 16 years. He played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago White Sox.[1] He was a six-time All-Star, he his defensive skills earned him back to back gold gloves in 1969 and 1970] He also was a  player-manager for the Chicago White Sox the last player manager in  American League history..If that wasn't enoug...

Michael Kay s the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network and also hosts the network's CenterStage series .In November 2016, he was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York...

Frank Boulton is in his 22nd season as owner, founder and CEO of the Long Island Ducks. Frank has also owned three other minor league teams, two affiliated with the New York Yankees and the other with the Kansas City Royals. Frank is also the proud founder of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, now in its 24th season of play. Driven by a sense of gratitude, hard work, and dedication, Fra...