About

Empire Sports Now is a New York sports blog covering lower New York sports, including the Yankees, Mets, Giants, Jets, Knicks, St. Johns, Rutgers, Belmont Stakes, and other New York sports and sporting events. Empire Sports Now’s goal is to bring unbiased coverage and opinion on New York sports.

Here’s what you won’t find at Empire Sports Now:
- Gossip. For example: Who Derek Jeter is dating. Go to the gossip magazines at the front of the checkout line for that.
- Pictures of half naked girls. If you come to a sports blog for that, you’re not here for the sports.
- Steroids talk. Some players have confessed to doing them, others still deny use. There are enough media outlets and blogs out there that discuss steroids.
- Brett Favre retirement chatter. Self-explanatory.

Rich Santonocito, founder of Empire Sports Now, is a 24 year old Long Island native and an alumni of Clemson University (Class of ‘08) in South Carolina. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Clemson. He also writes for Long Island Ultimate Athlete magazine, covering the William Floyd High School football team and other high school sports teams. Rich works in Manhattan with Premiere Corporate Events, a leader in the sports marketing industry. Rich is a New York Jets’ season ticket holder.
Email: Rich@EmpireSportsNow.com

Contributing Author:

Rob Menna joined Empire Sports Now in 2010. He is a 25 year old Westchester native and graduated from Penn State University in 2006 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. Rob’s passion for sports economics and law guided him to Pace Law School where he graduated in 2009 with a Juris Doctor degree. Rob’s academic focus and determination led him to pass the bar exams in New York and Connecticut. Rob closely follows the New York Mets and New York Jets and contributes in depth analysis on many aspects of the sports industry.

Fantasy Sports Contributor:

Nicholas Garron joined Empire Sports Now in 2010. He is a 27 year old Brooklyn native who grew up collecting baseball cards. He now immerses himself in the numbers on the back of those cards and will contribute as a New York Fantasy Sports Writer keeping you updated on the stats beneath the stats for all of our hometown heroes. He is currently making ends meet by working at E.R. Murrow HS in Brooklyn and by constantly pouring over his championship fantasy baseball teams.