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

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

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

Bob Stinson, who died at 68 in 2018, was a U.S. Postal Service worker who applied the idea of using his recreational softball league bracket and the furor over Kentucky Derby betting slips to create ...

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

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 is seen in Staten Island, New York, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Haggerty’s parents, Mary and Jody, opened the club in 1976, and by the next college ...

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 ...

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