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Islanders captain John Tavares will lead Brooklyn’s newest pro sports franchise onto the ice for its historic regular-season opener against the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 9. AP Photo

Tavares to lead Brooklyn’s new Ice Age

September 9 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor

Former Brooklyn Eagle editor Walt Whitman was writing about the death of...

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Come their Oct. 9 season opener at the Barclays Center, the New York Islanders will become our borough’s second major pro sports franchise, joining the already well-established Brooklyn Nets on the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. AP Photo

Brooklyn proves it’s a big league town

September 2 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor

It began humbly enough on the night of June 25, 2001. The...

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In this May 17, 1983, file photo, New York Islanders coach Al Arbour celebrates in the locker room as he holds the Stanley Cup after the Islanders won their fourth cup in a row, beating the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 to sweep the series at Nassau Coliseum. Arbour, who ranks as the NHL's second-most winningest coach, has died, team officials announced Friday. He was 82. The cause of death is unclear, though Arbor was battling a lengthy illness and had been living in Florida. AP Photo/Pool, File

Al Arbour, who coached Islanders to 4 Cup titles, dies at 82

August 28 | Shlomo Sprung

UNIONDALE, N.Y.— Al Arbour, who coached the New York Islanders to...

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Barclays Center is ready for hockey. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

LIRR announces enhanced service to Barclays Center for Islanders games

August 4 | Shlomo Sprung

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is introducing enhanced service to make...

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Top Islanders prospects took to the ice at the Barclays Center on Wednesday evening as our borough’s NHL franchise continued to break in its new Downtown digs. AP Photo

Ready or not, here come the Islanders

July 9 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor

It doesn’t have the creature comforts of a home arena just...

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Miguel Cotto will try to defend his middleweight belts at the Barclays Center on Saturday night in Downtown Brooklyn. AP photo

Cotto to defend titles at Barclays Center

June 4 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor

Miguel Cotto has made a habit of boxing in New York in...

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Nassau County plans to build facilities for John Tavares and the Islanders despite their upcoming Brooklyn move. AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek

Nassau plans new practice facility for NY Islanders despite upcoming Brooklyn move

March 12 | Shlomo Sprung

WOODBURY, N.Y.— Nassau County plans to build a new practice facility...

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Barclays Center, Eagle file photo by Mary Frost

Islanders tickets to go on sale on Feb. 10 for first season in Brooklyn

February 5 | Shlomo Sprung

General season tickets for the New York Islanders inaugural 2015-16 season...

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The Islanders will kick off their final season on Long Island Friday night in Carolina.

One last run at the ‘Old Barn’

October 9 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor

At this time next year, Brooklynites will be gathering Downtown for the...

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    Icelandic horses are driven to their paddock for the first time in the season at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, May 11, 2025.
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    Nuns hold rosaries as Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 11, 2025.
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    Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to Netherlands' Jesper De Jong during their tennis match at the Italian Open at the Foro Italico, in Rome, Monday, May 12, 2025.
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    Pope Leo XIV speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica from where he delivered his first Sunday blessing since his election to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square for the traditional Regina Caeli prayer at noon, on Sunday, May 11, 2025.
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    Denmark's Mads Pedersen celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the third stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, from Vlore to Vlore, Albania, Sunday, May 11, 2025.
    Photo: Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP
    Barcelona's Raphinha shoots by Real Madrid's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois during the La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, May 11, 2025.
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    President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Monday, May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.
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    People react as they gather to watch a live broadcast of Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander to be released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Monday, May 12, 2025. Alexander was abducted during the Hamas-led attack on his base on October 7, 2023.
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