http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/ny-stevenmarcus,0,3963474.columnist?track=rss en ©2009, Newsday.com Fri, 29 May 2009 16:50:48 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/ny-skmarc0530,0,7179086.column?track=rss The Jason Gwaltney saga may not be over just because he has left C.W. Post's football team. Football runs through his veins, same as it always has, and Gwaltney said he is seeking to revive his career elsewhere. Fri, 29 May 2009 15:04:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/ny-skmarcus0524,0,1889091.column?track=rss The biggest game of his career does not compare to the most critical moment in the life of John Jez, the 39-year-old men's lacrosse coach at C.W. Post. Sat, 23 May 2009 21:10:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/ny-skmarc0502,0,6916941.column?track=rss Hofstra's Jay Card was named the Colonial Athletic Association lacrosse player of the year and Seth Tierney was voted coach of the year, but the celebration of those honors is being put on hold. Fri, 1 May 2009 14:57:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/ny-spmarcus0331,0,5034820.column?track=rss Jay Wright's ambition has never been blind. That is why he would reject, for the second time in three years, a multi-million overture to coach Kentucky basketball, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:42:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/ny-spmarcus0327,0,5296969.column?track=rss Spring training, late 1980. Then general manager Frank Cashen was lamenting how many close games the Mets had lost the year before when Arthur Richman interjected, "But Frank, what about the close games we won that we should have lost.'' Cashen sighed. It was vintage Arthur being Arthur. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:39:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/ny-spmarcus0226,0,5034823.column?track=rss Of all the demeaning labels assigned over the years to college basketball's NIT -- Nobody's Interested Tournament, National Insignificant Tournament, Not Invited Tournament -- a new moniker is now in order. Call it the National Independent Tournament. It no longer is a predetermined hometown event. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:05:00 -0500 http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/ny-skmarcus0225,0,1364801.column?track=rss In Jonathan Schmidt's estimation, records are not made to be even spoken. The C.W. Post senior is 18 points away from breaking Garee Bryant's 10-year-old basketball scoring record of 1,835. It could happen today when No. 2 Post (22-0) hosts Dowling on senior night. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500