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Marcus Henry
Marcus Henry began working for Newsday’s city edition in April 2003. He’s been a part of the Newsday high school/local college sports desk since then, covering both Long Island and New York City colleges and high schools. In addition to his experience covering the New York Metro-area local colleges -Hofstra, Stony Brook, St. John's- he also covered the WNBA’s New York Liberty for three seasons. Prior to coming to Newsday he spent four years working for PA SportsTicker, a real time sports newswire service. Marcus has also freelanced for the New York Amsterdam News, College and Pro Football Weekly, and the National Sports Weekly. In addition to his work on the local desk, Marcus is also a huge boxing fan and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He has covered several fights for Newsday, including the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather, Miguel Cotto-Shane Mosley, Cotto-Michael Jennings and Cotto-Zab Judah fights.
USILA Division II mens lacrosse all-americans
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...
Read more »Rodriguez set for 16th Friday Night Fights card
Photo credit: Ed Diller/Star Boxing
Delvin Rodriguez has had his fare share of television bouts. In fact, it will happen again on Friday when the junior middleweight contender takes on Freddy Hernandez at the Mohegan Sun live on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights.
It will be the 16th appearance on Friday Night Fights for Rodriguez, who is fresh off a sixth-round TKO victory over George Tahdooahnippah on February 15 at the Mohegan Sun....
Read more »Alexander and Peterson highlight Showtime card
Photo credit: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
Saturday will be an important day for several fighters looking to get their name back in the limelight. Lamont Peterson and Devon Alexander, two fighters who have seen their stock fall recently, need to win in a big way.
Both will be in action on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Both bouts will be carried live on SHOWTIME.
Alexander (24-1), the IBF welterweight...
Read more »Sparks fly at Broner and Malignaggi presser
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Two of the biggest talkers in boxing are set to square off on June 22 at the Barclays Center. Brooklyn's Paulie Malignaggi and Adrien Broner are both brash and confident (arrogant might be the better word). Neither fighter wasted any time going after each other at their kickoff press conference.
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