[3] Manhattan University fields 19 Division–I athletic teams for men and women, including basketball, soccer, golf, rugby, baseball and softball, tennis, lacrosse and volleyball.

To relieve the tension, Brother Jasper called time-out and told the students to stand up and stretch for a few minutes until the game resumed."

In 1982, The New York Times reported that almost 800 alumni stood in unison at a dinner to honor the 100th anniversary of Brother Jasper Brennan's seventh inning stretch.

[10] In 2020, the school's baseball team moved back to the refurbished ball field at Van Cortland Park.

Since the move was announced, there have been proposals to name Van Cortland Park's "field of dreams" after 1975 Manhattan graduate Joe Coppo.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Coppo was trapped in the north tower of the World Trade Center when the first plane struck, and he never made it out.

The NIT is considered the first national college basketball championship tournament and for years it was always played at Madison Square Garden.

During the 2013–2014 season, the Jaspers beat Iona in the MAAC Conference final and went on to play the University of Louisville in the first round of the NCAA tournament in a highly publicized game where Masiello coached against one of his mentors, Rick Pitino.

During the 2014–15 season, the Jaspers again defeated Iona in the MAAC Conference final to earn their second straight trip to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Hampton University in the play-in game for the round of 64.

The school participated in the first intercollegiate lacrosse game in the United States, playing New York University on November 22, 1877.

In 1973, Manhattan University won the Indoor NCAA Championship along with setting a world record in the distance medley relay.

Currently, Kerri Gallagher is in her seventh year at Manhattan University and her second as the program's Director of Cross Country, Track and Field.

Gallagher, who was promoted to director in May 2021, was named head coach of Manhattan's men's & women's cross country, mid-distance and distance programs in July 2016.

Led by 1972 Olympians Anthony Colon of Puerto Rico and Michael Keogh of Ireland, the Jaspers won the title with 18 points and a 6-point margin.

The Jaspers' most notable rivals are the Fordham University Rams, with whom they compete in the "Battle of the Bronx", and the Iona Gaels.