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That didn’t take long: Islanders, Barclays Center reportedly looking at split

by Devin Kharpertian February 20, 2016 Comments

Like most strangers who become roommates in Brooklyn, the Islanders and Nets may not live under the same roof for the whole lease.

Categories: Brooklyn Sports, Featured, New York Islanders Tags: Barclays Center, Brooklyn Nets

What’s the worst basketball court in Brooklyn?

by Devin Kharpertian July 21, 2015 Comments

What’s the best court to hoop on in Brooklyn? More importantly, what’s the worst? Stu Woo of the Wall Street Journal has your answer. Woo drove around to all 172 municipal courts in Brooklyn and ranked them on four factors: Size, Playing Surface, Basket, and Ambiance, reporting that “about a third of the courts are […]

Categories: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Sports, Featured Tags: Barclays Center

Brooklyn basketball group that produced borough’s NBA players kicked out of gym

by Devin Kharpertian December 11, 2014 Comments

The Brooklyn Flames, a longtime Brooklyn youth basketball league that has produced NBA players Stephon Marbury, Sebastian Telfair, and Lance Stephenson, is in the midst of a dispute with the school that hosts their games and practices.

Categories: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Sports Tags: lance stephenson

The Nets’ new roommate

by Devin Kharpertian October 18, 2014 Comments

For two years, Barclays Center has been the epicenter of major Brooklyn entertainment, both with around-the-year events and Brooklyn’s lone professional sports team, the Brooklyn Nets. But soon, the Nets won’t be the only game in town.

Categories: Barclays Center, Brooklyn Sports Tags: Barclays Center, Brooklyn Nets, Bruce Ratner, Los Angeles Clippers

Is Mikhail Prokhorov leaving the Nets?

by Max Rodriguez October 2, 2014 Comments

Conflicting reports came out today about the current status of the Nets franchise. They were related to the possibility that Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov may be looking to sell some or all of his stake in the franchise. NetsDaily reported that Nets brass is in talks with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ ownership group, Guggenheim Sports and […]

Categories: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Sports, Dodgers, Nets, Nets Rumors Tags: Brooklyn Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov

There’s An ABA Team Coming To Brooklyn, And You Can Try Out

by Devin Kharpertian June 11, 2014 Comments

Basketball is coming back to Brooklyn… again?

Categories: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Sports Tags: Brooklyn Nets, Julius Erving

NYRR Brooklyn Half 2013 (AD)

by The Brooklyn Game May 17, 2013 Comments

Categories: Brooklyn Sports

Reshaped by Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn Cyclones Try New Turf and “Meaningful Mondays”

by Rick Barry1971 May 9, 2013 Comments

The Brooklyn Eagle reports a few changes over at MCU Park where the Brooklyn Cyclones play. First, they have a “brand-new, state-of-the-art playing surface after the salt, chemicals and other pollutants caused by the ocean water left the previously lush green grass surface contaminated and unplayable.” In addition, for six games, $3 from each each […]

Categories: Brooklyn Sports Tags: Brooklyn Cyclones

The Last Time Brooklyn’s Team Made the Playoffs

by Rick Barry1971 April 20, 2013 Comments

Plus: The Real Reasons for the Rise & Fall of the Dodgers (And What It Means for the Nets) Why Jackie Robinson “Fell In Love With Brooklyn”

Categories: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Sports Tags: brooklyn dodgers, Brooklyn Nets

Sandy Koufax — BK Basketball Star?

by Devin Kharpertian October 27, 2012 Comments

With all the Brooklyn Dodgers nostalgia, it’s tempting to think that basketball only recently became The Brooklyn Game.  I was struck then reading the wonderful Jane Leavy biography of Dodger icon/hero Sandy Koufax by this: When he was growing up, baseball was neither Koufax’s dream nor his passion. His dream was to play for the […]

Categories: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Sports Tags: basketball, Brooklyn, brooklyn basketball, brooklyn dodgers, brooklyn sports, Sandy Koufax

New York Islanders joining Nets in Brooklyn

by Devin Kharpertian October 25, 2012 Comments

Barclays Center released information regarding a “major announcement” at 1 P.M. today, and it appears that announcement is that the New York Islanders, who currently play on Long Island, will join the Nets in Brooklyn and play their home games in Barclays Center in 2015. From the NY Post: Developer Bruce Ratner has scored a […]

Categories: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Sports Tags: Barclays Center, Brooklyn Nets, Bruce Ratner, new york islanders

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