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Long Island USILA Division II All-Americans

First Team Luke Miller, Attack – NYIT Joe Celano, Midfield – Adelphi Kevin Kennedy, LP Midfield – Adelphi Lou Riley, Specialist – Dowling Danny McDermott, Defense – NYIT

Second Team Ryan Brunet, Midfield – NYIT T.J. McAndrews, LP Midfield – LIU Post Greg Puskuljian, Specialist – Adelphi Jeff Melsopp, Defense – Adelphi

Honorable Mention...

Newly-hired Hofstra coach Joe Mihalich continued shaping the Pride program with three new additions to the roster. Mihalich announced the signing of guards Juan’ya Green, Ameen Tanksley and Jamall Robinson on Friday.

Green and Tanksley are Niagara transfers with two years of eligibility remaining. Both will have to sit out next season per NCAA transfer rules. Robinson, a 6-5 guard who attends...

The road to recovery for Hofstra basketball continued on Saturday as newly-hired coach Joe Mihalich announced the signing of Eliel Gonzalez.

Gonzalez, of Cayey, Puerto Rico, averaged 11.6 points, 8.1 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game for the Florida Air Academy Falcons last season. He was named to the 2012-2013 All-Space Coast first-team and was selected to play in the Jordan Brand Classic...

The NBA announced today that 77 players, including 46 players from U.S. colleges and 31 international players, have filed as early entry candidates for the 2013 NBA Draft.

Players wishing to enter the 2013 NBA Draft were required to submit a letter to the NBA to be received no later than Sunday, April 28. Players who have applied for early entry have the right to withdraw their names from...

The Colonial Athletic Association has changed the schedule for the 2013 men's lacrosse championship. The semifinal will now be Wednesday, May 1 and the title game will be Friday, May 3.

With the No. 1 seed already locked up, Penn State will host the conference tournament in University Park, Pa.

Hofstra (7-6) is currently fourth in the conference with at 2-3 in CAA play. They wrap...

Now that their legacy at St. John’s is secure, it’s time for the next step.

St. John’s seniors Nadirah McKenith and Shenneika Smith made history on Monday becoming the first players in program history to be drafted into the WNBA.

McKenith was the 17th pick by the Mystics, while Smith was selected with the 25th pick by the Liberty.

For Smith, being selected by her hometown team...

The number of open Division I college jobs are dwindling as Hofstra, Minnesota, USC and Loyola recently made new hires. There is still Rutgers, Niagara, Chattanooga, Stephen F. Austin and American, which just announced it hired a firm to help conduct a coaching search. Rutgers still hasn't hired a new Athletic Director, making that coaching search likely to last past national signing day on April...

Dowling’s Rick Cole Jr. was named athletic director at Iona, college president Joseph E. Nyre announced.

Cole, who spent eight years as Dowling’s athletic director, was instrumental in the development of Dowling’s $12.5-million athletic complex at its Brookhaven campus.

Cole held previous positions at St. John’s and Stony Brook....

The pieces are falling into place for St. John’s coach Steve Lavin, who landed the most important one yet when Philadelphia point guard Rysheed Jordan verbally committed to the Red Storm Thursday morning. With the help of top recruiter Tony Chiles, Lavin essentially wooed Jordan out from under the nose of Temple coach Fran Dunphy as well as third finalist UCLA, Lavin’s former employer.

That’s...

Is there any doubt which college/university had the most exciting athletic department this season?

The University of Louisville had the best of worlds this year as its men’s and women’s basketball teams advanced to the NCAA national championship game. The men’s team was victorious, topping Michigan, 82-76, in a thriller.

The women weren’t as fortunate and fell to Connecticut on Tuesday,...