Brooklyn was in love with the Dodgers. Just ask J-Sex. For over 70 years, the team had been entrenched in the borough and was something the residents of Brooklyn could call their own. When the Dodgers left Brooklyn, a gaping hole was torn in the hearts of the Brooklyn die-hards.
To say the Brooklyn Dodgers were legendary is an understatement- they played their first season in the International League in 1883, and after winning the American Association Championship in 1889, joined the National League in 1890, and the rest is history.
But the Dodgers were not always known as the Dodgers. They were originally known as the Atlantics, Grays, Bridegrooms, Trolley Dodgers, Superbas and Robins before the Dodgers moniker stuck. The name was taken from Trolley Dodgers, which the Brooklyn fans were called because they used to dodge the trolleys on the streets of Brooklyn. Read more…








New York City does everything big, so it makes sense that we host the NFL Draft. Normally draft day in a major sport is supposed to be great. College prospects find out where they will spend the next few years and make millions of dollars. Kids get their dreams fulfilled. ESPN and the NFL Network have a field day; they have more hours of coverage than anyone needs or wants and Mel Kiper Jr. makes more lists than Santa Claus and uses more hair gel than the cast of Grease.
Yes, you read that headline right. Kobe Bryant, the man who has never used the word ‘quit’ without a ‘never’ in front of it, should change his tune.





