Sports

Robin Lehner played a spectacular game in net Monday night, but ultimately took the loss when Pittsburgh’s Jake Guentzel beat him with this game-winning goal during the fifth and final round of the shootout. AP Photo by Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke

Point not well taken by Islanders in Long Island

December 11 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Robin Lehner stood on his head, Anthony Beauvillier scored his second goal...

Sports

Paul George emerged as the latest Barclays Center villain Wednesday night as he almost single-handedly rallied Oklahoma City from a 20-point, fourth-quarter deficit to hand the Nets their season-high eighth consecutive loss. AP Photo by Julio Cortez

Nets hit nadir with latest Brooklyn disaster

December 6 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The Brooklyn Nets continue to find new ways to write the same...

Sports

Holding the PSAL 2018 Championship Trophy in the center of the center of the pack, Erasmus Coach Danny Landberg along with his team celebrates their 34-7 win over South Shore at Yankee Stadium. Photo by Jim Dolan

Erasmus dominates South Shore for PSAL title

December 5 | By Jim Dolan Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Erasmus 34 South Shore 7 It was the 2018 PSAL championship...

Sports

Cyclones

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Antti Niemi, left, reacts as New York Islanders center Valtteri Filppula (51) celebrates after scoring a goal with his teammates in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in New York. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

Armia lifts Canadiens past Islanders 4-3 in shootout

November 6 | By Vin A. Cherwoo Associated Press

After his team’s first four skaters in the shootout couldn...

The former NY Mets second baseman played catch with a student during his visit to the after-school program. Photos courtesy of Queens Community House

Brooklyn Cyclones manager Edgardo Alfonzo inspires students

September 27 | By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Brooklyn Cyclones Manager Edgardo Alfonzo encouraged students to hit a home run...

Islanders

Robin Lehner played a spectacular game in net Monday night, but ultimately took the loss when Pittsburgh’s Jake Guentzel beat him with this game-winning goal during the fifth and final round of the shootout. AP Photo by Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke

Point not well taken by Islanders in Long Island

December 11 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Robin Lehner stood on his head, Anthony Beauvillier scored his second goal...

Winnipeg’s Adam Lowry scores the Jets’ second goal in 22 seconds Tuesday night at Barclays Center as the Isles suffered a late “lapse” in a 3-1 loss in their first game back in Brooklyn since returning to the renovated Nassau Coliseum on Saturday night. AP Photo by Julio Cortez

Isles suffer ‘lapse’ in return to Barclays

December 5 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Barry Trotz described the Islanders’ long-awaited return to the renovated Nassau...

Nets

Paul George emerged as the latest Barclays Center villain Wednesday night as he almost single-handedly rallied Oklahoma City from a 20-point, fourth-quarter deficit to hand the Nets their season-high eighth consecutive loss. AP Photo by Julio Cortez

Nets hit nadir with latest Brooklyn disaster

December 6 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The Brooklyn Nets continue to find new ways to write the same...

Rookie Rodions Kurucs and Spencer Dinwiddie couldn’t bring the Nets all the way back from a double-digit deficit during Monday night’s 99-97 loss to the woeful Cleveland Cavaliers at Downtown’s Barclays Center. AP Photo by Howard Simmons

Freefalling Nets can’t beat tanking Cavs

December 4 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The Brooklyn Nets can’t win for losing. Unless, of course, they...

Brooklyn Today

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The Lede

Happy Tuesday! Two children die in a Bushwick fire, not everyone is happy about the Dyker Heights Christmas lights, and Brooklyn artists show off their work in Queens. Plus, an altar girl accuses a Flatbush church custodian of abuse, actress Amy Poehler opens a wine store in Park Slope, and a public squash court is coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Finally, Andy Byford wants to make the subway faster, and Boqueria in Fort Greene is set to close.

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December 12, 2018

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