STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Zoo presented a commemorative plaque to Laura Jean Watters, executive director of the ...

Staten Island bar Jody’s Club Forest claims it started the trend in the 1970s to create what later became the popular ...

The Royal Crown Bakery, established in 1987 in Bensonhurst, expanded to Staten Island and eventually added a wholesale ...

Trying to prove the real inventor of the March Madness pool seems about as implausible as picking a perfect bracket.

A Staten Island bar and a Kentucky postal worker both claim to have originated the March Madness bracket pool.

Whether you choose a fan favorite or go all in on a Cinderella story, creating the perfect March Madness bracket is now a ...

"We had support from businesses on Forest Avenue and the entire Staten Island community," Bullock said. Despite the cold conditions, spectators lined Forest Avenue with their Irish pride on full ...

Before all those office pools truly defined March, betting the bracket was the supposed brainchild of an Irish pub owner in Staten Island - a ... Jody's Club Forest, stakes its claim (though ...

Jody's Club Forest on Staten Island claims to be the bracket birthplace. As March Madness gets underway Tuesday night, a debate has reemerged on who invented the first betting pool for the NCAA ...