ALBANY, N.Y.—It’s no secret at Manhattan College—especially if you live in Lee Hall—just how loud The Sixth Borough can be inside Draddy Gymnasium. Draddy has always been just small enough that the home crowd can make a visiting team feel overwhelmed, often giving the Jaspers a powerful home court advantage. However, on March 9 as the Jaspers battled The Iona Gaels in the MAAC conference … Continue reading The Traveling Sixth Borough
The Manhattan Jaspers found themselves looking up at every other school in the MAAC after failing to win 12 straight games from early September to late October. Next thing they knew, they were on the team bus taking a 14-hour round trip to take on the Niagara Purple Eagles in cold, freezing temperatures with a rain and snow mix falling. To this point in the … Continue reading Back of the Net: Season Meanings
BY: AMBER CALABRO Once becoming acquainted with Manhattan College traditions and norms, one quickly discovers that some things can only be understood by fellow jaspers. – For starters, you’ve had to explain countless times what a Jasper is As we all know, our mascot stems from Brother Jasper of Mary F.S.C. who invented the “7th Inning Stretch,” in baseball. The story goes that on a rather boiling … Continue reading You Know You’re a Jasper If….
