Andra Douglas on Whirl with Merle

Sharks owner Andra Douglas and USA Football's Jack Reed were guests on Merle Exit's Whirl with Merle Internet radio program. The upcoming NFL-JPD program that is being hosted by the Sharks at Giants Stadium was discussed as well as an upcoming international women's tackle football tournament featuring teams from the IWFL to represent the United States in 2010 or 2011.

Listen to the show at: www.blogtalkradio.com/merleswhirls

Chef Josie

Former New York Sharks defensive linesman Josie Smith-Malave made an appearance on Season 5's Top Chef tonight on the Bravo channel.  She had competed in season 2 and was cut half-way through the season.  In tonight's episode they pitted chefs from season 5 against all-star chefs from previous seaons in the first Top Chef Bowl.

The show had a football theme and Josie was pitted against Jeffrey McInnis.  They had 20 minutes to create a dish that reflected the cuisine from the region of an NFL team.  Her region was Miami.  Spoiler alert below.

Sorry that we didn't announce this earlier as we did not know beforehand.  It is always kind of shocking when you see a Sharks player on the screen and you do a double-take.

Spoiler alert: Josie came through with a shutout victory scoring 10 points for her team though it wasn't enough as the Season 5 chefs outscored the Top Chef All-Stars.

Breaking News -Tryout Added

Due to the number of calls received, the New York Sharks will be holding one additional tryout. On February 21st, the Sharks will be holding their final tryout for the season at Kane Stadium in Secaucus, New Jersey. from 9am to 12pm. We are looking for athletic women who love football and have the desire to help the Sharks get to the championship. No previous football experience is necessary.

For more information on this tryout visit: www.nysharksfootball.com/tryouts.

The Martha Stewart Show

One of the additional perks for being a New York Shark are the activies off the playing field.  For the past 3 seasons, the New York Giants have asked the Sharks to help out in their VIP tent during home games and each volunteer got to see the game for free.  Other times the team has been honored in museums and city hall.  Plus there have been dozens of NFL players we gotten to meet over the years.  Some of them are the nicest people you can meet, while others not so nice.  No, we are not naming names.

There are also the occasional invites to go to tv shows.  In the past, players and staff have appeared on Live With Regis, American Gladiator, Life & Style, The View, and many more.  This past wednesday, 10 Sharks were invited to watch the taping of The Martha Stewart Show for their Super Bowl show.  Unfortunately the team was not invited on stage and they kept referring to the team as the New Jersey Sharks, the players had a good time.  Besides a fun show, everyone got a goodie bag filled with an Emeril Lagasse knife, $50 sporting goods gift card, a waterproof radio, and a Sunday Night Football cookbook.

The program will air this friday, January 30th.  Check your local listings for time and channel.

Women Football Tryouts

Are you interested in playing some tackle football? The New York Sharks will be holding their final tryout for the 2009 season. The tryout will be held this Saturday, January 24th at Kane Stadium in Secaucus, New Jersey. It begins at 9am and last until noon time. We are looking for athletic women who love football and have the desire to help the Sharks get to the championship. No previous football experience is necessary.

For mor information, visit our website at: http://www.nysharksfootball.com/tryouts/index.cfm

Andra Douglas on Women's Sports Talk

New York Sharks owner Andra Douglas along with IWFL CEO Laurie Frederick appeared on Women's Sports Talk this past Saturday.  Host J. Reese talked with them about women's football and what it is like to be a women's football player.  You can listen to a podcast of the show at 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/womens-sports-talk/2009/01/17/Womens-Sports-Talk-Show.

Six Degrees of Leslie Dock

You may have heard of it, there is a trivia game called, "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon". The goal of the game is to name the fewest movies in which you can link one actor to Kevin Bacon. The concept is that almost any actor can be linked to Kevin Bacon by 6 movies or less.

For example, if the actor was Marilyn Monroe you can link them within 2 movies. Bacon co-starred with Eli Wallach in "New York, I Love You" and Wallach co-starred with Monroe in "Misfits".

Well, our own Leslie Dock is an actress and so you can play the game too by trying to link her to any actor within 6 links. If we use Marilyn Monroe, you can link her to Dock within 3 movies. Dock co-starred with Jack Frankel in "The Show", and he co-starred with Cameron Mitchell in "The Tomb". Mitchell then co-starred with Monroe in "How to Marry a Millionaire".

Go ahead and give it a try. If you need some help, there is a fun website for this called "The Oracle of Bacon" at http://oracleofbacon.org

For a sample of Dock's work, see her in this small short, "A Double Life", on YouTube:

Free Football Clinic for Girls, Sponsored by the NFL

The New York Sharks will be hosting their 3rd annual NFL-JPD Football Clinic for girls ages 13-17 on February 7th & 8th, 2009. This FREE 2-day clinic will be run by the coaches and players from the Sharks and will take place at the World Champion New York Giants practice bubble, next to Giants Stadium.

The clinic will run from 9am to 4pm both days. Free lunch will be provided for on both days. To sign up for the clinic and for more information, visit our website: http://www.nysharksfootball.com/jpd_nfl

Over 200 girls have signed up for this program during the past 2 years. They have come from all over the Northeast.


Ready for some football

2009 Schedule is released

The schedule for the Sharks 2009 football season has been released by the IWFL. It is a very challenging 8 game schedule with games against some of the best teams in women's football.

April 11th, New York Sharks at New York Nemesis
April 25th, Boston Militia at New York Sharks*
May 2nd, Sharks at Philadelphia Firebirds
May 9th, Connecticut Crushers at New York Sharks*
May 16th, D. C. Divas at New York Sharks*
May 30th, New York Sharks at New England Intensity
June 6th, New York Sharks at D. C. Divas
June 13th, Pittsburgh Passion at New York Sharks*

*all New York Sharks home games will be at Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York. Kickoff time is 3:30pm.

For more information about tickets and the team, please visit our official website at: www.nysharksfootball.com