{"id":105958,"date":"2026-01-20T16:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/105958\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:26:07","slug":"youth-hoops-staten-island-mavericks-to-host-sit-down-qa-featuring-the-sopranos-steve-schirripa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/105958\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth hoops: Staten Island Mavericks to host \u2018Sit Down\u2019 Q&#038;A featuring the Sopranos\u2019 Steve Schirripa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UD5VDZNGLJCZPKDUJB5F4AZ3DQ\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 What\u2019s the best way to hear Bobby Bacala talk about sleeping with the fishes and supporting a youth basketball fundraiser?<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GFPTWOJUTBC67O5WM5NYHD7CCQ\">Simply attend the Staten Island Mavericks Basketball Organization\u2019s \u201cThe Sitdown Q&amp;A Session\u201d featuring former Sopranos star Steve Schirripa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BYDSOYWZSFFRLA67YUOPCCGXQQ\">The Q&amp;A will take place Jan. 31 at the Bernstein Intermediate School (I.S. 7, 1270 Huguenot Ave.) in Huguenot between 1:45-4 p.m. The event is open to people of all ages<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QQ7YJXZFPZAHHMYXWEH5ZPHXOQ\">And, to boot, the Mavericks\u2019 fundraiser will include guest moderator and CBS Radio DJ Brooklyn\u2019s Own Joe Causi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UMRMGFXWVZGXLB3M5YWON4HT2U\">Tickets, which are $35 apiece, include photo ops and autographs. To purchase tickets, please <a href=\"https:\/\/consumer.pxf.io\/c\/1810052\/3151484\/39691?subId1=crdebias%7C&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fa-sit-down-q-a-with-steve-schirripa-hosted-by-joe-causi-tickets-1978949192306&amp;product_category=Arts+%26+Entertainment%3EParty+%26+Celebration%3EParty+Supplies%3EEvent+Programs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/a-sit-down-q-a-with-steve-schirripa-hosted-by-joe-causi-tickets-1978949192306\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GJOKJPSY6VGXJORROUA3IVNXCA\">Schirripa is best known for portraying mobster Bobby Baccalieri \u2014 aka Bobby Bacala \u2014 on the highly popular television series The Sopranos (1999-2009). He made his series debut during the second season. Schirripa played mob boss Tony Soprano\u2019s brother-in-law. He starred on the show for five seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4IWQ6P36KBFQXOZTKW4BUNM3BA\">Schirripa, who once lived in Dongan Hills, also performed in the Blue Bloods television series (2014-2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 What\u2019s the best way to hear Bobby Bacala talk about sleeping with the fishes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-105958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}