I was shocked to see myself in the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch last summer. I wasn’t literally in the newspaper, but I saw myself reflected in the parents profiled in the brilliant investigative piece “Children may be vulnerable in $5 billion youth-sports industry: Parents and athletes feel the pressure to compete at all costs” (Aug. 29, 2010).
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12/1/11
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Reaching double digits in wins is always a goal for Adelphi’s men’s soccer program, coach Carlo Acquista said, and the Panthers enter 2011 looking to do so for a fourth consecutive season.
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Tony Bellissimo
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9/12/11
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Danny Longo is a busy man again this fall serving as head coach for the men’s and women’s soccer teams at Molloy College. Each club is aiming to finish on the positive side of .500 after disappointing 2010 campaigns.
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Tony Bellissimo
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8/31/11
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A year after setting a school record for victories with 19, becoming the first women’s soccer team to go undefeated and untied in the Colonial Athletic Association since 1998, and reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Hofstra is faced with the challenge of replacing six starters.
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Tony Bellissimo
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8/25/11
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Forty of the most talented Nassau County high school boys’ soccer players competed in a showcase event in front of nearly 30 college coaches last Saturday at Mitchel Athletic Complex.
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Tony Bellissimo
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8/4/11
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A gust of wind sent a celebration by the Oceanside United Soccer Club into chaos on June 4 when the bounce rides the club had rented for children were lifted off the ground and started rolling across …
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Alex Costello
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6/6/11
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Just push him!” the mother called out to a boy on her son’s soccer team. The boy she wanted pushed was a player on my son’s team. I felt I had to speak up.
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Scott Brinton
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11/25/10
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Three down, one to go.
Tenth-seeded Oceanside’s surprising run through the Nassau Class AA girls’ soccer playoffs continued last Friday night at Tully Park when senior midfielder Amanda …
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Tony Bellissimo
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11/10/10
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Long-time campers of Coleman Country Day Camp will be in for a big surprise upon their return to camp next summer.
The camp, on Babylon Turnpike in Freeport, recently underwent …
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David Weingrad
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11/2/10
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So there we were — my wife, kids and I — trapped last Friday in our Subaru somewhere south of the New Jersey/Delaware border, crawling along in traffic on Route 95.
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Scott Brinton
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10/15/10
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