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St. John’s Lands Fourth International Star, What it Means for Front-Court

After several weeks of radio silence, the Red Storm have pounced on their fourth international recruit. St. John’s will be adding 6-foot-8 Senegalese forward Babacar Sane, first reported by Zach ...
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St. John’s Sells Staten Island Campus to Wagner College

Remnants of what once was St. John’s University Staten Island campus located in Grymes Hill. Torch Photo / Isabella Acierno STATEN ISLAND, NY – On the morning of May 12, St. John’s announced that it ...
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St. John’s Women’s Basketball to Face Defending NCAA Champion UCLA Next Season

Joe Tartamella’s Red Storm will meet Cori Close’s Bruins in the 13th annual Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase on Nov. 24 at the Mohegan Sun Arena. As the NCAA offseason continues, the ...
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St. John’s Lands Mercer Transfer Kyle Cuffe Jr.

One day after recruiting highly touted prospect Theo Edema, St. John’s received a commitment from guard Kyle Cuffe Jr., head ...
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St. John’s Men’s Basketball Mailbag: Schedule Changes, Recruiting Intel and More

After several weeks of radio silence, the Red Storm returned with a move, several rumors and new schedule changes. With very few updates lately, you’re probably wondering: What’s going on with St.
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St. John’s Lands Four-Star Center Theo Edema

The latest pitch from Rick Pitino — this one a curveball on the inside corner for strike three. St. John’s has gone several ...
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The Road to Omaha Begins: St. John’s Baseball ‘Optimistic’ Going into the Tallahassee Regionals

Fresh off the heels of a conference-leading 11th Big East Tournament Championship, the St. John’s Red Storm held an open practice at Jack Kaiser Stadium with one goal in mind: To stay hot at the right ...
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Why ‘The Winds of Winter’ Will Never Be Released

I’m not a big television watcher or novel reader. Although it has made me a more boring person overall, I can rarely bring myself to binge on the most normalized forms of media. However, everyone has ...
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Rick Pitino vs. Kentucky: The Battle for Milan Momcilovic

It’s time for St. John’s to get serious and go big-game hunting. All offseason, the Johnnies have been linked to several big ...
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You Are Not an Aesthetic

There’s this thing that happens every year when summer is approaching. The girls on TikTok start asking themselves questions like: “What summer are we having?” and “What are we wearing this summer?” ...
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Community Characters: 150 Years of St. John’s mascots

St. John’s is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year and the University has launched various projects and events to bring about a festive spirit in the midst of a pandemic. Since the beginning of ...
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off a New Era for New York City

While most people were watching the ball drop and ringing in the new year, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani officially took office on Jan. 1 as he was sworn in a decommissioned subway station under ...