BY DANIEL JEAN-LUBIN  |  On a day meant to honor the team’s graduating seniors, New York University’s men’s basketball team survived a late surge to defeat Brandeis University 59-57 on Saturday afternoon, in the final game of the University Athletic Association regular season. The N.Y.U. Violets’ starting five seniors combined to produce a final big [...]

BY ERICA RAKOWICZ  |  New York City public school students can grab on to a chance to grow as both athletes and individuals thanks to a nonprofit organization in Soho. Beat the Streets Wrestling, based at 145 Thompson St. near Houston St., provides both girls and boys with the opportunity to wrestle for both recreation [...]

BY STEVE HICKS  |  Although Pier 40 may be slowly sinking into the Hudson River, from it has risen a unique soccer team that is winning national notice. This June Downtown United Soccer Club’s U16 (under age 16 as of August 2011) team achieved a goal they have been seeking for many years. After a [...]

BY BEN TOCKER |  In the midst of Euro Cup fever sweeping the city, NBA star Steve Nash held his annual Showdown in Chinatown charity soccer event at Sara D. Roosevelt Park on Wed., June 27. The Showdown, now in its fifth year, raised money for the Steve Nash Foundation, which provides assistance to underprivileged children. [...]

BY TIM LALUMIA  |  On Fri., June 22, under foreboding skies, The Villagers — the Greenwich Village Little League Tournament Team (ages 11 and 12) — hosted the Italian Dream in a historic matchup. It all started with a blind e-mail about a month ago from an Italian organizer of “Baseball on the Road” — [...]

BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER  |  One way to pass a beautiful summer day in Manhattan is to swim around the island. That’s what 73 people from 10 countries elected to do around 10:20 a.m. on Sun., June 23, when they jumped into the Hudson River in Battery Park City’s South Cove and headed downriver on [...]

BY BEN TOCKER  |  As a skilled young basketball player growing up in Lower Manhattan in the 1990s, Macky Bergman was disappointed with the noticeable lack of an outlet for competitive play in his neighborhood. Despite this obstacle, Bergman’s love of the sport eventually blossomed at Bronx High School of Science, where he captained the [...]