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Hofstra's Tim Welsh Bursting With Pride

Tim Welsh believes a northern team can win in a southern conference. Welsh will get that opportunity to prove it as the new men's basketball coach at Hofstra University, nestled in Long Island, N.Y., and the most successful Metropolitan New York area team over the last decade. Hofstra is a member of the Colonial Athletic...

Chrebet 'Shocked' as Hofstra Cuts Football

Hofstra has decided to drop football after 69 seasons, a move that former NFL receiver Wayne Chrebet, one of the school's most famous football alums, did not see coming.University officials informed coaches Thursday morning that the school was dropping the sport for, most prominently, financial reasons."I'm kinda shocked,"...

UFL Reacts to Sparse Attendance, Swaps Multiple Game Venues

The UFL has changed venues for two of its remaining games, the league announced Thursday. Presumably, the move is due to the four-team outfit's sparse attendance thus far.The New York Sentinels' home game vs. the Las Vegas Locomotives on Nov. 4 was moved from Citi Field to Hofstra's James M. Shuart Stadium. In addition, on...

City's Best: New Orleans' Top Five Athletes

FanHouse is posting the top five current athletes for America's top 25 cities with the following criteria: 1) Who would a New Orleans fan say is his/her favorite athlete? 2) Would the player's name (or face) be familiar to locals who don't follow sports? Find your city's top five: ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CIN | CLE | DAL |...

Background on hofstra

Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car.

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