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Catching Up With Old Friends Back In The Building

In General, NBA by Samori Benjamin

It’s always great when former Knicks who I covered come back to the Garden to play the Knicks.  When the Cleveland Cavaliers come to town not only do I get the chance to catch the King Lebron but I’m able to catch up with old friends.  The Cavaliers have 5 former Knicks.  In this report I chat with Channing Fyre …

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Jose Jose Jose Jose

In General, Major League Baseball by Samori Benjamin

  Jose Reyes has been my favorite player to watch since 2005.  Best game in the sport where he has that aspect of the game on lock.  He led the National League in steals from 2005-2007 and led the national league in triples 4 times including 2011 where he also won the National League batting title.  Even here at age …

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Colin Kaepernick Rally

In General by Samori Benjamin

We speak with folks outside NFL Headquarters during the Colin Kaepernick rally on Wednesday August 23rd, 2017.  Toni Smith-Thompson who took on a similar protest at Division III Manhattanville College in 2003 is part of the discussion.

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Words Of Wisdom

In General by Samori Benjamin

In part X of our series on The Women Covering The World Series Erin Andrews, Marley Rivera, Lindsay Berra, Jessica Mendoza, and Jennifer Mercedes give words of advice to young women who have aspiratrions of doing what they do one day.   Listen right here ..

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Catching Up With Old Friends Back In The Building

In General, NBA by Samori Benjamin

It’s always great when former Knicks who I covered come back to the Garden to play the Knicks.  When the Cleveland Cavaliers come to town not only do I get the chance to catch the King Lebron but I’m able to catch up with old friends.  The Cavaliers have 5 former Knicks.  In this report I chat with Channing Fyre …

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Jose Jose Jose Jose

In General, Major League Baseball by Samori Benjamin

  Jose Reyes has been my favorite player to watch since 2005.  Best game in the sport where he has that aspect of the game on lock.  He led the National League in steals from 2005-2007 and led the national league in triples 4 times including 2011 where he also won the National League batting title.  Even here at age …

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Colin Kaepernick Rally

In General by Samori Benjamin

We speak with folks outside NFL Headquarters during the Colin Kaepernick rally on Wednesday August 23rd, 2017.  Toni Smith-Thompson who took on a similar protest at Division III Manhattanville College in 2003 is part of the discussion.

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Words Of Wisdom

In General by Samori Benjamin

In part X of our series on The Women Covering The World Series Erin Andrews, Marley Rivera, Lindsay Berra, Jessica Mendoza, and Jennifer Mercedes give words of advice to young women who have aspiratrions of doing what they do one day.   Listen right here ..

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Sweet Swinging Kid Shatters Hall Vote As He Walks Amongst the Greats

In General by Samori Benjamin

Shoutout to my favorite player of all-time forever the “Kid” Ken Griffey Jr. (with the crime dog Fred Mcgriff coming in a close 2nd) who was voted to the hall of fame with the highest voting percentage ever (99.3%). I was able to interview him while he was still playing. This is a segment I did on the radio almost …

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Mendoza Making History In Broadcast Booth

In General by Samori Benjamin

In part Four of our series on the women covering the 2015 World Series we speak with women’s Olympic softball champion  Jessica Mendoza who won gold with Team Usa.  This past baseball season Mendoza made history as she became the first woman to join ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast booth for the entire telecast after she replaced Curt Shilling for the final couple of months …

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Queen Of The Baseball Scene

In General by Samori Benjamin

We speak with ESPN’s Deportes Marly Rivera born and raised in Puerto Rico until the age of 16.  Today Marly is all over the place covering sports but her bread and butter is the baseall scene.  Covering both the Yankees and the Mets Marly is a straight shooter and tells it like it is.  Marly talks about growing up in …

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The New York Yankees honored Paul O’Neil with a plaque in monument park this past weekend. Recently I sat down with the man whom the Yankees traded to Cincinnati back after the 1992 season for O;Neil Mr. Roberto Kelly who was the Yankees only All-star in 1992.

In Major League Baseball by Samori Benjamin

Former New York Yankee Roberto Kelly talks to us about what it was like being a Yankees prospect signed out of Panama and the only Yankee all-star in 1992 only to be traded for Paul O’Neil after the season who went on to become a great Yankee.

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Remembering All-star past with the Game’s Past Legends

In Major League Baseball by Samori Benjamin

In 2008 during the final season of the old Yankee Stadium the all-star game was in the Bronx and every living Hall-of-Famer was invited to the stadium. We spoke with some of them including Joe Morgan who homered to lead off the 1977 all-star game which was the last all-star game held at Yankee Stadium before coming back in 2008. …

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Cano Returns And Gets Bronx Cheer

In Major League Baseball by Samori Benjamin

On Tuesday April 29th, 2014 we were there to Welcome Robinson Cano back to the Bronx after leaving the organization he spent his first 9 years with for the Seattle Mariners and a 10 year $240 million contract which is one of the largest in baseball history. Cano was always a good guy in New York but we know how …

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Black Outfields in Queens Rare Sighting In MLB

In Major League Baseball by Samori Benjamin

This weekend in Queens the New York Mets hosted their American League East rival the Atlanta Braves. On Saturday and Sunday both teams started three African-American outfielders something so rare it is difficult to pinpoint the last time this has happened in a Major League Baseball game. It is rare to see one team with an All African-American outfielder let …

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Chris Young Makes Mets Debut

In Major League Baseball by Samori Benjamin

There are just 67 African-American ball players in Major League baseball today. Last night at CitiField there were six in action including Mets outfielder Chris Young who made his Mets debut after missing the first couple of weeks do to injury. Chris was joined in the outfield by Curtis Granderson and Eric Young Jr.to form an all African-American outfield which …

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When the Yankees Offense Was Offensive

In General, Major League Baseball by Samori Benjamin

After the New York Yankees saw their captain Derek Jeter go down to a career changing injury the previous night in a game that saw them DRAMATICALLY come back from a 4-0 9th inning deficit to tie the game only to lose in gut wrenching fashion in 12 innings.  Even though the Yankees had managed to make the second round …

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Jackie Roninson and the 8 Percenters

In Major League Baseball by Samori Benjamin

In this day and age the level of interest in America’s National pastime is declining in the black community and it is reflected in the numbers.  Since 2007 the 60th year anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier the percentage of African-American ball players in Major League baseball has declined to 8%.  Now here in 2013 the percentage is …

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J.R. & Shump Revel In Their Return To Broadway

In NBA by Samori Benjamin

On January 5th the New York Knicks mired in the worse season of its franchise’s history traded J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert to the Cleveland Cavaliers.  On Sunday February 22nd the two returned to Madison Square Garden to take on their former team.  They and the Cavaliers put on a show and we were right there to speak with them …

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Dr. King On The Mind At MSG

In NBA by Samori Benjamin

  On Martin Luther King Day his memory was alive at Madison Square Garden.  We speak with a member of the only two championship teams in Knicks history, Walt Clyde Frazier, who was a young man when Dr. King was making his impact and leaving his mark in the United States and this world.  Clyde had great things to say …

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Lebron and Cavaliers Speak on Eric Garner

In NBA by Samori Benjamin

Last week Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers were in New York City the same day that the much controversial decision was handed down by a Staten Island Grandy Jury not to indict a police officer responsible for 43 year old Eric Garner’s unnecessary death last July.  With people up in arms throughout the city it was unquestionably the biggest …

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Inside Jason Kidd’s Return To Brooklyn

In NBA by Samori Benjamin

After leading the Nets to their only two NBA Finals appearances in franchise history and then coaching them for a year last season in his first season retired as a player Jason Kidd stunned everyone when he left the Nets to become the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.  There were lots of emotions in the building and we were there …

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Knicks End 7 Game Skid With A Win On Reunion Day At The Garden

In NBA by Samori Benjamin

On Sunday afternoon the New York Knicks ended a miserable 7 game losing streak with a decisive win over the Denver Nuggets at home.  The game marked the return of four former Knicks Danillo Galinari, Timofey Mosgov, Wilson Chandler and Nate Robinson.  Galinari, Mosgov, and Chandler were a part of the blockbuster trade that sent Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks …

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Carmelo Dreadful Again As Knicks Ran Out Of Brooklyn By Nets

In NBA by Samori Benjamin

After starting 2-1 The New York Knicks lost their 3rd straight game on Friday night this time at the Hands of the Brooklyn Nets and Carmelo Anthony shot 5-20 which leaves him with 46 missed shots and just 18 made over his last three games.  Hear from him and the rest of the Knicks locker room after a disappointing loss …

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Nothing But Bull For The Knicks On Opening Night

In NBA by Samori Benjamin

The New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls opened their season up at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night and the Bulls laid the smack down after the Knicks got off to an encouraging start in their new triangle offense.  In this report here post game locker room thoughts form Carmelo, J.R., last night’s Knicks starting point guard Shane Larkin, …

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What is the New York Knicks next move?

In NBA by Jabari Bishop

Now that the NBA Summer League is over, NBA teams have gotten a bite sized sample of what their young talent can do for them. Teams rosters are really taking shape, and the New York Knicks are no different.. Knicks sophomore guard Tim Hardaway Jr. looked good in the Summer League leading the Knicks to a 4-1 record. He was …

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The Night Linsanity Was Born At The World’s Most Famous Arena

In NBA by Samori Benjamin

The New York Knicks entered the 2011-2012 season with big expectations after making the playoffs for the first time in seven years the previous season which was also the first season of Amare Stoudamire and Carmelo Anthony. Amare debuted with the Knicks at the start of that 2010-2011 season and Carmelo was traded to the team at the all-star break …

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