By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays
You can say what you want and think what you want about Mahopac, but when push comes to shove nobody does it bigger or better than the town that just rallied like no other town in America did to help
Read MoreSuspended Mahopac Hoops Player Hires Noted Civil Rights Attorney Well, I hope I’m not blowing this out of proportion, but it is my job to report the local sports and inject some opinion in this here section of the Examiner,
Read MoreWhat Happened to Innocent Until Proven Guilty? So the bigwigs who have been investigating the matter regarding a white Mahopac player’s alleged racial slur toward a black Carmel player on Jan. 7th turned out in force last Friday for the
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher I’m a proud Putnam County guy, through and through. Born and raised in the Bronx until I was nine, my roots were pulled from the heaving cement of 226 Naples Terrace and transplanted in the summer of
Read MoreMulti-sport, indoor recreational facilities are popping up all over the place, but none of them in the Westchester/Putnam County region are designed solely for the golfer, one of the more particular sportsmen known to man. Golfers are very specific
Read MorePut Valley Impressive in Slam Dunk Win When, and if, Putnam Valley senior F Jelani Bell-Isaac plays like he did in a 53-36 win over the youthful Yorktown Huskers last Friday night at the 15th annual Westchester County Center
Read MoreAfter a clear-cut No.1 Mahopac, we don’t exactly know where to go with this as we head toward the New Year and the Holiday Tournaments, including the marquee event of the season; the Slam Dunk affair at the Westchester County
Read MoreHey, I get it: It’s almost Christmas and the toughest guy to get a quality gift for is your hard-to-please dad. Maybe you have one of those relationships with your dad where you know you love him to
Read MoreThe Hendrick Hudson High basketball program hasn’t been the lead in a Direct Rays column since my man Tim McNulty was hitting two clutch free throws against John Jay in the 1991 Class B quarterfinals, leading the Sailors to their
Read MoreHeck, there’s not much I remember about 1985. I know I was rocking the world’s best mullet at SUNY Oneonta, and set the non-fraternal record for most kegs at a house party on 16 Myrtle Avenue (legend has it still
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