New York Islanders Will Move to Brooklyn

When it rains, it pours. The 55-year hiatus of professional sports from Brooklyn is over, and with opening day for the Brooklyn Nets a week away, it looks like the borough has recruited another professional sports team from the Tri-State Area: the New York Islanders.

According to the New York Post, Bruce Ratner, the developer of the Barclays Center where the Nets now play, had been "trying like hell" to convince the Long Island-based hockey team to move to downtown Brooklyn. Apparently, he's succeeded: the Post reports that the announcement will come at a press conference scheduled for 1 p.m. today featuring Ratner, along with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn borough President Marty Markowitz, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, and Islanders owner Charles Wang.