First female Globetrotter in 20 years: TNT Maddox to serve as role model for young women

TNT Maddox.

BY ALEXIS TARRAZI – Straus News

NEWARK — It has been 20 years since a woman graced the basketball court along side her male teammates as part of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters.

TNT Maddox is the ninth woman overall to play for the team in its 87 year history. She will hit the courts in Newark and East Rutherford this coming weekend.

“I am really honored to be here,” Maddox said in a phone interview. “It’s been a really fun ride so far.”

This is the first in a series of articles that will run featuring women playing in men’s sports.

Tips and Tricks to Making Super Wings for the Big Game

Tasty chicken wings

By Alexis Tarrazi – Straus News

There is no clucking about it, Americans are expected to consume 1.23 billion chicken wings on Super Bowl Sunday, according to the National Chicken Council.

“To put that into perspective, if 1.23 billion wing segments were laid end to end, they would stretch from Candlestick Park in San Francisco to M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore… 27 times,” stated a release by the NCC.

Many sports fans will head to a bar or restaurant to chow down on chicken wings — while watching the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Raven square off — but others will opt to stay home or go to a party.

To replicate that crispy, delicious taste of a restaurant chicken wing, three local chefs from New York and New Jersey shared some of their secrets to making the perfect, tasty wing.