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Adding to his growing legacy, Peekskill’s Mookie Jones just beat the buzzer with a 3 from the left corner to give his team a 44-42 victory in the Class A championship over Cardinal Hayes. Incredible play – a staggered double screen to get Mookie open in the corner – and Mookie did the rest.
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Josh Thomson has done some of everything since joining The Journal News in March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of 2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting, Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University, where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in history.
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Mookie Wilson’s real name was William, though his friends called him “Mook” (thanks, Wikipedia!)
Is “Mookie” Mookie Jones’ real name? If so, I think we need a nickname for the guy. Because you can’t have a nickname as your real name. That just goes against everything that America stands for.