Charlie De Biase

1 week ago | silive.com | Charlie De Biase

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Death and taxes, of course, are considered certainties in life and Tottenville’s varsity softball team reaching the PSAL top-tier city championship game is becoming a close third. Right-hander Unique McMullen fired a two-hitter and the Pirates scored all the runs they’d need in the first inning en route to a 3-1 3A division semifinal victory over John Jay Wednesday at Curtis HS in St. George.

1 week ago | silive.com | Charlie De Biase

LAKELAND, FLORIDA — A career criminal somehow survived an alligator attack, then died in a hail of bullets by deputies shortly after he charged them with garden shears, according to multiple reports. Timothy Schultz, 42, was apparently high on meth, according to Polk County sheriff Grady Judd, when the deputies were forced to open fire on the man. Schultz decided to go swimming in an alligator-infested lake when a gator bit one of his arms.

1 week ago | silive.com | Charlie De Biase

FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA — Gold medal-winning gymnast Mary Lou Retton was pulled over for driving her Porsche erratically on May 17th and police discovered she smelled like alcohol and was slurring her words, according to a criminal complaint. The 57-year-old Retton subsequently failed a field sobriety test and an open container of wine was discovered in the passenger’s seat, according to the complaint.

1 week ago | silive.com | Charlie De Biase

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — We’re just two wins away from and all-Staten Island PSAL top-tier city championship game. Again. Should No. 1 Tottenville and No. 6 Susan Wagner win their respective PSAL 3A semifinal game on Wednesday, two Island teams will meet for all the marbles for the 19th time since the PSAL’s inception in 1971. The Pirates, who are undefeated in league play (16-0), are squaring off against No. 12 John Jay while the Falcons are taking on No. 2 James Madison.

2 weeks ago | silive.com | Charlie De Biase

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Right-hander Madison Borrero dominated in the pitcher’s circle from start-to-finish as Susan Wagner advanced to the PSAL 3A semifinals via a 17-2 thumping of No. 3 seed Bayside on Friday in Queens. The Falcons, who improved to 13-3 in PSAL play, will now get a shot on No. 2 James Madison on Wednesday (4 p.m.) at a neutral site to be determined. Borrero allowed just one earned run on two hits and three walks and a pair of hit batsman.