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Image source: nba.com According to Ron Phillips , a New York native and die-hard sports fan, Kevin Durant may be the best NBA player since Kobe Bryant. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1988, Kevin Durant was destined for greatness on the basketball court. He first played organized basketball in middle school and quickly rose to prominence as one of the best young players in the area. New York sports buff Ron Phillips notes that Durant led his high-school team to a state championship and was named Mr. Basketball in Maryland. After high school, Durant decided to forego college and declared himself eligible for the NBA Draft. Kevin was selected second overall by the Seattle SuperSonics in 2007 and went on to have a stellar rookie season, averaging 20 points per game and winning the Rookie of the Year Award. In 2008, Durant's second season in the league, he helped lead the SuperSonics to the playoffs. However, Ron Phillips of New York mentions that the Los Angeles Lakers swept the te...

Image source: dailyknicks.com The New York Knicks are a professional basketball team that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks are based in the borough of Manhattan in New York City and play their home games at the fabled Madison Square Garden. The team was founded in 1946 and is one of the original teams in the NBA. The New York Knicks have had some of the greatest players play for the franchise. Perhaps one of the most underappreciated of these legends was Allan Houston. Today, Ron Phillips, New York native, takes a fond look back at the spectacular career of this bona fide New York superstar. Allan Houston was born in the Bronx on Dec. 12th, 1976. He attended college at the University of Tennessee, where he regularly led the team in scoring. He averaged 18.2 points per game his junior year and 19.7 points per game during his senior year when Houston was named the First Team All-SEC team. The Knicks drafted Houston with their first-round pick in...

Image source: elitesportsny.com For today's blog, Ron Phillips, a New York , York native, writes about Gerard Gallant, coach of the Rangers. Gerard Gallant has been the new coach of the New York Rangers since June 2o21. Gallant has been a success in his short time with the Rangers. The team he took over had a record of 10–10–1 and was coming off a miserable road trip. In his first 20 games as the Rangers' new coach, he improved their record to 15–9–1. Gallant is from Summerside, Prince Edward Island in Canada. He played for the Summerside Crystals of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League (MJAHL) from 1981 to 1984. In Summerside, Gallant played with future NHLer Cam Russell, a defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche. Image source: newsday.com After playing in the MJAHL, Gallant played in the American Hockey League (AHL). He spent a year with the Fredericton Express and the Sherbrooke Jets. He played in the AHL for three teams the following year: Sherbrooke Canadiens, Moncto...

Ron Phillips believes New York City is an excellent tourist destination for sports fans who want to participate in various activities. Baseball, basketball, football, horse racing, tennis, and other sports have long been popular in the city. So, he believes the city’s treasure trove of thrills will not disappoint the visitors.   Between professional basketball, baseball, and the NFL, and big tennis and horse racing events, Ron Phillips believes New York City is brimming with beautiful spectacles and events to enjoy while on vacation. Here are some fantastic things for sports lovers to do in New York City:   Watch a baseball game in the Yankee Stadium . Baseball is a historic sport in NYC, and the history of Yankee Stadium dates way back to 1923. Then, the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox for the first time in the stadium, and Babe Ruth led them to victory. As a result, the Yankees won the World Series, clinching the US baseball championship a year later. ...

 Ron Phillips believes that New York is the best sports city globally. The town has professional teams in every sport you can imagine, and some of the most famous arenas and stadiums.   If you do not know anything about New York's teams, there is no need to worry because, in this article, Ron Phillips provides a cheat sheet to get you started and make you sound like a pro.   Baseball Major League Baseball Teams in New York:   The New York Mets ●      Where they play: Citi Field in Queens ●      When they play: The Mets' regular season in Major League Baseball goes from late March/early April through late September/early October. ●      New York's National League franchise, created in 1962, has always been seen as an underdog, particularly when contrasted to the Yankees. Nevertheless, the New York Mets won the World Series in 1969 and 1986 and the National League in 1973, 2000, and 2015. ...

Image source: bleacherreport.com Walt Frazier is nothing short of a New York sports hero. In today's blog, Ron Phillips looks at the amazing career of one of the greatest NBA players in history. Frazier was born on July 18, 1945, and grew up in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. At 5 feet 11 inches and weighing 185 pounds, he was a standout basketball player at Boys High School. He then went to the City College of New York (CCNY), where he played both basketball and baseball for the Beavers before graduating in 1967. While at City College, he competed against Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) at Madison Square Garden. Frazier scored 28 points and pulled 16 rebounds to lead his team to a 75-53 victory over the much taller Alcindor's Power Memorial High School team. Frazier was drafted to the Cincinnati Royals in 1967 as a territorial pick, but he could not play due to an injury that occurred at CCNY. On Oct. 7, 1967, during practice for the Bea...

Image Source: abcnews.go.com For New York native and sports enthusiast Ron Phillips, the New York Yankees are the ultimate team, not just in baseball, but in all of the professional sports. No other team can boast as much success as the New York-based baseball team. Ron Phillips looks at three of the most unforgettable moments in New York Yankee lore for today's blog post. 1. Records among records The Yankees didn't become the most successful team in pro sports by not toppling records. One of the most notable of these records started on May 15, 1941. That day marked the start of a 55-game winning streak that saw the legendary Joe DiMaggio break the consecutive game-hitting record. Another impressive record the Yankees own is their three grand slams in a single game, which happened on August 25, 2011, with Robinson Cano, Russell Martin, and Curtis Granderson accomplishing this feat. Image Source: sportingnews.com 2. The Bambino acquisition When people t...