Tiki Barber, Brandon Jacobs, Mike Richter Inspire Ice Cream Flavors At Last Licks
New York, July 28—Everyone, especially sports fans, can cool off during the summer heat wave is a stop at Last Licks ice cream stores in Manhattan and Westchester. The “Sports Bar for Kids,” features signature flavors developed by star athletes, as well as the traditional chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. With 16 flavors of ice cream, as well as six low fat yogurt flavors, there are plenty of choices to satisfy any summer craving. Among the Last Licks signature flavors include Giants Super Bowl champ Brandon Jacobs’ “Louisiana Pecan Crunch,” former Giants All Pro running back Tiki Barber’s “Tiki-Tacchio," and Rangers’ Stanley Cup champ Mike ...
ESPN: The Entertainment Sellout for Profit Network
It was bad enough that on July 8th, ESPN facilitated one of the most ridiculous, self-centered events any professional athlete ever perpetuated on the sports public by airing LeBron James’ prime time special, all in the name of ratings and money. That was tough enough for New York Knicks fans to take (although not nearly as difficult as it was for Cleveland Cavaliers fans to watch). But, if you happen to be a New York fan of the orange and blue in both basketball and baseball, ESPN probably annoyed you even further on Monday night. The New York Mets had the night off ...
Mancuso: Home Sweet Home For The Mets
New York - After a 2-9 west coast road trip where they batted .181 as a team, the New York Mets were happy to see the friendly confines at home Tuesday evening. Citi Field is where they have achieved most of their success prior to the all-star break with a 30-16 mark. And once again home field advantage was the remedy. The Mets used the long ball, the timely hit, and got a good pitching effort from Jonathan Niese as they took the first of a three-game series over the central division leading St. Louis Cardinals 8-2. They won also without their ...
Audio: Mets Bust Out
Bob Trainor of Trainor Communications offers these soundbites from the Mets 8-2 win over the Cardinals at Citi Field yesterday. Jon Niese [audio:http://www.nysportsday.com/trainor/niese072810.mp3] Jeff Francoeur [audio:http://www.nysportsday.com/trainor/francoeur072810.mp3] Carlos Beltran [audio:http://www.nysportsday.com/trainor/beltran072810.mp3] Adam Wainwright [audio:http://www.nysportsday.com/trainor/wainwright072810.mp3] Tony LaRussa [audio:http://www.nysportsday.com/trainor/larussa072810.mp3] For More Info contact Bob at TrainorComm@gmail.com.
Liberty Shine in 77-72 Victory over San Antonio
New York - Guard Kalana Greene came off the bench to spark the New York Liberty (12-11) offense in the 77-72 victory over San Antonio (8-15) in Tuesday night basketball. With today’s victory the Liberty was able to get its second series sweep of the summer and the first series sweep in the all-time history against San Antonio since 2004. “We kept digging ourselves into a hole,” Kalana Greene said of the close game tonight. “We gave ourselves the lead and then San Antonio goes on a run, they know how to play this game to get back into it. But ...

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Mancuso: Home Sweet Home For The Mets New York – After a 2-9 west coast road trip where they batted .181 as a team, the New York Mets were happy to see the friendly confines at home Tuesday evening. Citi Field is where they have achieved most of their success prior to the all-star break with a 30-16 mark. And once again [...]
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Tiki Barber, Brandon Jacobs, Mike Richter Inspire Ice Cream Flavors At Last Licks New York, July 28—Everyone, especially sports fans, can cool off during the summer heat wave is a stop at Last Licks ice cream stores in Manhattan and Westchester. The “Sports Bar for Kids,” features signature flavors developed by star athletes, as well as the traditional chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. With 16 flavors of ice cream, [...]
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