SPORTS

By Peter Gerken Writer’s Note: I conducted this interview a few weeks before Thanksgiving in anticipation of Bob Hyland celebrating 30 years owning Bob Hyland’s Sports Page Pub. Due to the length of this interview it will be presented in

This week I had the opportunity to interview author Jeff Pearlman about his writing career and his newly released book, “Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton.” Pearlman, who grew up in Mahopac, has written for Sports Illustrated, Newsday and

This past Saturday the Archbishop Stepinac Crusaders took to the gridiron to open the 2011 season and beat the Middletown High School Middies 41-20 picking up their 13th straight victory. The Crusaders are coming off their best year in school

If there is one thing in life I will never get used to is the news of someone who died. Today I found out a friend of mine who I have known for several years through my gym had passed

It’s times to clear my head and to share some things that I have been thinking about in the world of sports and a few other things too. One quick thing before I begin this column. In college I was

This past weekend was wonderful for St. John’s University alumni. On Friday night Chris Mullin was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA and golfer Keegan Bradley captured the PGA Championship. Mullin was one of the

Greetings from my crowded and messy sports desk which right now is filled with press guides, several newspapers, stat sheets, copies of numerous magazine articles printed off the Internet and notepads filled with potential story ideas for the soon to