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Following Long Island University's founding in 1927, its sports teams wore blue uniforms and became known as the Blue Devils. After the school's uniforms were changed to black in 1935, a Brooklyn Eagle reporter from the Midwest saw the new look as the basketball team dribbled up and down the court and stated that the team looked like the blackbirds from back home; the comment struck home, and ...
The section is made up of 9 leagues mostly based on location but also based on size to ensure fair competition. Schools mostly compete with the other schools in their league but will sometimes compete with schools outside of it. This usually happens during the championship season when teams are competing for the section or state title.
The Pro Volleyball Federation is a women's indoor volleyball league with eight teams: four in the midwest and two in the south and west each. As of its 2025 season, the minimum salary for a player is $60,000, with the league offering each player "benefits" worth $10,000, and an undisclosed amount of revenue sharing with their respective teams.
The conference was named the ECAC Metro Conference when it was established in 1981. The original eleven member schools were Fairleigh Dickinson University, the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University (whose athletic program has now merged with that of LIU's Post campus into a single athletic program), Loyola College in Maryland (left in 1989), Marist College (left in 1997), Robert Morris ...
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In 1898 Erasmus Hall High School entered the league. In its first year, the Long Island league sponsored football, track and field, baseball, and tennis. In the winter, it sponsored handball, basketball, ice skating, indoor track, and ice hockey before the end of the decade. The Long Islands league was administered by the students of the member ...
The rivalry between the Seawolves and the Hofstra Pride is known as the Battle of Long Island. [96] [97] The two schools represent the only Division I programs to be completely based on Long Island, with Stony Brook representing Suffolk County and Hofstra representing Nassau County. [a] Historically, this rivalry has been dominated by Hofstra.
The Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame is an American sports hall of fame based in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. [1] The non-profit was established during 1990 to honor outstanding people, living or deceased, who have gained prominence and made substantial contributions on behalf of themselves and Suffolk County in professional and amateur sports.