The people who shaped White Plains point guard Mike DeMello all grew up in the same basketball-crazed, pool-dotted Westchester County home. There’s a gym rat older brother, Lou DeMello Jr., who won a Sectional championship during a four-year… Continue Reading
Caught up with Jersey product Jonny Manfre today, he of Jersey Shore lore. Manfre, a gym rat and student of the ABS game, is the head honcho of www.yourperfectabs.com The guy is truly committed… Continue Reading
Football helped elevate Ryan Baker’s NCAA lacrosse stock. Ever since the 5-foot-8 Baker ripped off a tackle-breaking 30-yard run during the Huskers’ season-opening win against Walter Panas, he defied stereotypes about the undersized. Baker seized a starting role on the Huskers’… Continue Reading
BY MIKE SABINI On Friday, Nov. 1, I was at Hendrick Hudson High School for the Yorktown News, covering the Yorktown volleyball squad as it beat John Jay-Cross River for the… Continue Reading
Jonny Manfre had an epiphany. On the surface, it was more of a self-actualization. You see, the man known to the masses as “The Unit” has never dwindled under self-doubt or searched to find meaning. The constant, workaday commitment to… Continue Reading
Brian Daniels took a man-size step, extended his left hand to the basket and levitated above the rim. Skyward-bound, the then-freakish freshman’s eyes were lit up wide. From the looks of it, Daniels was eager… Continue Reading
Arlington quarterback Brandon Tobin got free from pocket pressure and zipped a pass to 6-foot-4 receiver Garrett Jones on a double move. Tobin hauled it in on left corner of the end zone, a 33-yard touchdown strike fattening Arlington’s lead to… Continue Reading
Growing up, Yorktown senior Kris Alvarado was an avid basketball and soccer player. His purified blend of speed and reflexes rendered him a high-impact young gun, through countless youth leagues. When his closest friends, the groundwork of Yorktown’s grass-roots lacrosse… Continue Reading
Austin Fusco, Sr. football; Fusco rapidly morphed into a run-stopping ball-hound against Tappan Zee. He stabilized the defensive unit with nine tackles, two assists and an interception. With the Huskers mired in a man-down situation in the secondary department, Fusco… Continue Reading
Point guards see everything. It’s oddly true. They possess a unique and uncanny sense of locating cutters, visualizing a play before it unfolds, and drawing in the defense—only to rifle a pass into an astonishingly wide open teammate. For… Continue Reading