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That came to an end Monday with the announcement STSN, which received the Community Service Award from Chapter 4 of the New York State Athletic Administrators Association in 2010, has suspended operations.
"I cannot say enough about the support we have received from all the schools in the Greater Binghamton area, the many businesses and organizations which partnered with STSN, our extremely loyal sponsor-advertisers, and the well over 100,000 visitors that have logged onto the site over the last 5 years," STSN President and CEO Matt Brannen said in a statement.
The site will maintain its archive of about 1,300 games and interviews through August 2012.
The blotter: It hasn't been a particularly good week or so for some of the adults who coach or supervise our kids, starting with an athletic director who was the subject of a much more upbeat story last fall.
In November, Erasmus Hall AD Mashall Tames' life was saved by a former player after he suffered a heart attack while working the PA in a stadium press box.
Tames returned to the headlines this month. He was arrested June 2, accused of attacking a school security guard who apparently did not open a parking gate quickly enough for him. Tames' job is reportedly on the line after 36 years with the Department of Education, Rivals.com reported.
Witnesses said the guard was doing metal detector scans on students when Tames tried to get her to open the gate. The guard said Tames would have to wait, but he demanded she hand her keys over so a student could open the gate for him. The guard refused, triggering heated words after which Tames allegedly slapped the female guard.
Bronx rumble: This is reason No. 37 why it helps to have nose plugs to fight off the stench of some AAU basketball activity.
The New York Post reports coaches of two elite AAU girls basketball coaches traded haymakers with each other as well as two players in a Sunday fracas at Fordham University.
It happened following a game in the -- and I'm not making this up -- "Rumble in the Bronx" tournament as participants went through the handshake line after the Lady Gauchos under-16 team defeated the Exodus Swagga squad.