Welcome to The “Belly Fam”
Nick Bello, Social Media Manager
October 3, 2018
The term, “Insta-famous” refers to those who have achieved a somewhat celebrity status online via the app Instagram. Kodiak Simpson, a recent St. John’s graduate, obtained this status of internet fame in an interesting fashion over this past summer. Simpson went viral when a video of him dunki...
Solly Walker dies at age 85
Derrell Bouknight, Co-Sports Editor
May 9, 2017
Solly Walker, the first African-American basketball player in St. John’s program history, died last Friday at his home in Brooklyn. He was 85. A native of Brooklyn and an alumnus of Boys High School, Walker scored 573 points and grabbed 496 rebounds during his career at St. John’s. During his freshman ...
St. John’s holds on against Georgetown, 86-80
Troy Mauriello, Co-Sports Editor
February 25, 2017
If Saturday's St. John's-Georgetown battle at Madison Square Garden was a preview of a future Big East Tournament matchup, we could be gearing up to add another chapter in this historical rivalry. The Red Storm and Hoyas, who came into the afternoon in eighth and nine place in the conference, respectively,...
Red Storm win two over the weekend
Nick McCreven, Staff Writer
February 1, 2017
The St. John’s women’s basketball team played two home games over three days this past weekend, one on Friday at Carnesecca Arena and one on Sunday at Madison Square Garden. Friday night’s matchup was against Big East rival Butler and the Red Storm picked up a 62-55 victory. Jade Walker and Aaliya...
St. John’s falls to hobbled Xavier, 82-77
Dylan Hornik, Assistant Sports Editor
February 1, 2017
Mixed emotions emanated from the press conference room at Madison Square Garden Sunday evening. St. John’s head coach Chris Mullin remained upbeat even after his team squandered a potential upset, losing to no. 24/22 Xavier 82-77. “[Xavier is] one of the top-25 teams in the country and they had us ...
Walker’s milestone highlights women’s basketball break
Dylan Hornik, Assistant Sports Editor
January 25, 2017
Just over a month ago, the St. John’s student body left the anonymity of their dorms, put their MetroCards down and tossed their car keys away, content to spend the next five weeks resting at home after an arduous fall semester. For the women’s basketball team, though, the work had just begun....
Naclerio’s unique path to basketball history
Troy Mauriello, Co-Sports Editor
January 25, 2017
St. John’s alum Ron Naclerio knows a thing or two about winning. In fact, he probably knows around 758 things about winning. Naclerio, a graduate of St. John’s in 1979, has coached basketball at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, NY for 36 years and counting. In that time, he’s bec...
Desiigner to perform at Tip-Off
Suzanne Ciechalski, Editor-in-Chief
October 7, 2016
The wait for a Tip-Off performer has officially ended. Earlier today, St. John's Red Storm tweeted that hip-hop star Desiigner will perform at next Friday's basketball tip-off. Desiigner is most famously known for his song "Panda." Tickets to the event are first come, first-served. Students can...
Clark and Simon set to make major impact in Queens
Dylan Hornik, Staff Writer
April 27, 2016
Just a couple of weeks after Christian Jones and Amar Alibegovic announced they would leave the school, effectively wiping away the final pieces from the Steve Lavin era, the St. John’s basketball team gained a couple of highly-prized transfers in Marvin Clark Jr. and Justin Simon. Clark is coming...
Sima shines in exhibition win over Sonoma State
Brandon Mauk, Digital Sports Manager
November 11, 2015
.For the last couple of seasons, it has been a block party every time St. John’s took the court at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden. Even with a new cast, it doesn’t look like that’s going to change. Freshman big man Yankuba Sima held one of those block parties on Saturday. He swatted...
Where are they now?
Carmine Carcieri, Staff Writer
April 15, 2015
St. John’s has produced some tremendous student-athletes that have vaulted their way into the public, turning their favorite sport into a career. Kieran McArdle, Moe Harkless, Nadirah McKenith and Tim Parker are the latest to make headlines for the Red Storm. Former St. John’s lacrosse attacker...
Amir Garrett Announces Intent to Transfer
Jon Perez, Sports Editor
April 3, 2013
Sophomore Amir Garrett announced through Twitter that he will look to transfer from St. John’s before next fall. “After a long thought out process of speaking with my family, I will be leaving St. John’s Basketball Program,” Garrett said in a series of tweets. “It was a well thought out...
