IBO Boxing Honesty and Integrity
PTIsles is the all-Islanders panel discussion show hosted by Joe Buono (@islesblog) James Duffy (@twoturtleduffs) and Alex Peck (@alexpeckwtop) The Starting Six: Leddy & Hamonic’s Struggles Pulock’s Emergency Recall Early Thoughts on Beauvillier & Barzal Ladd’s Lack of Offense Attendance at Barclays Puppy Love PTIsles interview with Bridgeport Sound Tigers ...
Read More »PTIsles – Episode 1: Drop The Puck
PTIsles is the all-Islanders panel discussion show hosted by Joe Buono (@islesblog) James Duffy (@twoturtleduffs) and Alex Peck (AlexPeckWTOP) The Starting Six : PAP on Waivers Beauvillier & Barzal 3 Goalies Again Who is the Most Important Islander? WFAN Radio Deal Opening Night Tees PTIsles interview with WFAN.com columnist Jeff ...
Read More »So You Think You're A Die-Hard? Fans show off their "Isles Ink"
So you think you’re a die hard? Yes, we all bleed orange & blue in our own way. Sure, you don’t need a tattoo to illustrate your love for the Islanders, but it doesn’t hurt (ok, maybe it does). IslesBlog asked fans to send us their Islanders tattoos and you ...
Read More »WFAN to Air Select Islanders Games During 2016-17 Season
“Coming up next on the FAN, it’s the New York Ice-Landers” – Steve Somers WFAN is the radio home of the Yankees, Giants, Nets, Devils and now the Islanders – at least some of the time. IslesBlog has learned that WFAN is one of the two new 50,000 watt stations ...
Read More »IslesBlog Podcast: Newsday's Jim Baumbach on Islanders – Barclays Opt-Out and More
Subscribe to the IslesBlog Podcast on iTunes In the latest edition of the IslesBlog Podcast, Joe Buono talks to Newsday reporter Jim Baumbach on his in-depth report that provided some very relevant insight into the details surrounding the Islanders and Barclays Center opt-out clause and other other specifics related to the ...
Read More »Isles Celebrity Fans Strike Back During #VeseyWatch
Harvard’s Jimmy Vesey, the Hobey Baker Award Winner and most coveted college free agent in recent memory has been receiving the full-court press from New York Rangers celebrity “fans” trying to woo the 23 year-old to sign with the Blueshirts. While the Islanders front office and Captain John Tavares were ...
Read More »Islanders Re-Sign Eric Boulton To One-Year Deal
The New York Islanders have re-signed Eric Boulton, a 39-year old veteran winger, to a one-year two-way deal. As his agent posted earlier, Eric Boulton has agreed to a one-year, two-way deal with #Isles. Turns 40 next month. — Arthur Staple (@StapeAthletic) July 22, 2016 Though Boulton played in a ...
Read More »IslesBlog Podcast: Bloomberg's Scott Soshnick Addresses News of Islanders Considering Queens
On Thursday, Bloomberg’s Scott Soshnick broke news of Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin speaking with the New York Mets about erecting a new arena adjacent to Citi Field in Queens. Last week at a Town Hall with fans, Ledecky when asked about the Barclays opt-out said he was ‘committed to ...
Read More »Suggestion Box: Ideas, Not Rants, for the Islanders Owners
At last Thursday’s Town Hall with fans, Jon Ledecky joked (we think) about building a huge suggestion box at Barclays Center for fans to stuff before, during and after games. Now, the new Islanders owner may not do that, but he did have a staff member jotting ideas on a ...
Read More »Islanders Have Work To Do After Things Don't Go As Planned
I want to be optimistic like many of you. I want to believe Garth has something else in the works. That this is unfolding just the way he expected it to. I want to believe that it was time to move on from Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen and Matt Martin ...
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