New York Sharks Team Song
Stand up and cheer Stand up and cheer for the New York Sharks Hear us boldly shout, “Sharks, Hoorah 5-1!” Women are playing pro football And we intend to reach the goal Our team will make its marks Let’s hear it for the New York Sharks. -by Merle Exit Click here to hear the song
With Few Fans and No Pay, Women’s Football Plays On
For the most part, Saturday night’s championship game for the Independent Women’s Football League, held at St. John’s DaSilva Stadium, went unnoticed. A few hundred spectators, mostly the players’ friends and family members, watched the New York Sharks fall to the Sacramento Sirens, 41-30. In a national sporting landscape that has created more professional options […]
A Sisterhood Lays a Foundation in Football
As a confused 9-year-old, Jennifer Blum learned her first lesson about boundaries. And it had nothing to do with sidelines or foul balls. It was 1983, and the soccer commissioner in her Bergen County, N.J., community had refused to let her play on the boys all-star team. Blum and her family fought the decision in […]
Shark Awards
On July 25th, the New York Sharks held an end-of-season and awards dinner. It was a fun way to close out the 2003 season and acknowledge the players who excelled during the year. The event was held at Douglaston Manor in Queens, New York. After the buffet dinner, Sharks owner Andra Douglas started the awards […]
That’s Football, Ladies,’ $100 a Game
Uniondale, N.Y., Dec. 11 – The ladies couldn’t throw, at least not as much as they wanted to, in 40-mile-an-hour gusts. The wind kept them from kicking, too. So the New York Sharks, full of adrenaline and athleticism, used a mean running game to defeat the Minnesota Vixens, 12 to 6. It was a momentous […]
Sharks Go Green
n Saturday June 20, 2009 Manhattan’s own Asphalt Green Sports & Fitness Complex, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals of all ages achieve health through a lifetime of sports and fitness, had a party and all of NYC was invited – including New York Sharks, Adrienne Smith and Melissa Pickett. Celebrating their $3 million […]
NY Sharks Bite Bank of Hollywood
Adrienne Smith, Leeann Brzozowski, and Melodie Abrook, three players from the New York Sharks, women’s professional football team, entered the world of celebrity money handouts and were granted the $65,000 that they asked for. It was the new Ryan Seacrest produced E! reality show, Bank of Hollywood, that pinned them up against “ bankers” Sean […]
Lord of the Wings
In search of the city’s tastiest Super Bowl wings, TONY calls in the big-gun judges: football players with the all-female New York Sharks ccording to Buffalo-wing expert Anna “Tonka” Tate, we must take two precautions before we eat the Super Bowl staple. First check for hairs, then, smell the meat. This isn’t exactly the kind […]
Diary of a Football Player
(Editor’s Note: Donna Spilatros — who works in the accounting department of Oxygen Media — plays for the New York Sharks of the Women’s Professional Football League, which opened its season October 14. This is the first entry in her weekly “diary.”) October 20, 2000 Dear Diary, It wasn’t many years ago that the term […]
Local export recently honored by sportswoman group
Zephyrhills News ocal export to the Empire State and women’s professional football pioneer Andra Douglas will be honored this month along with a fellow teammate as representatives of women’s football as the Sportswoman of the Year Award is presented on October 21. Douglas is a creative director and athlete. After graduating from Zephyrhills High School […]