Teaching more than just baseball at the New York Sluggers Academy
With the commencement of spring training, the two words that baseball enthusiasts want to hear are “play ball.” And with the end of the global pandemic in sight, the other…
NYC Football Club to donate 100,000 meals in South Bronx
The South Bronx-based New York City Football Club has announced it will donate 100,000 meals to local residents, to help ease the hardships caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. The soccer…
Love for soccer sends teen from Mexico to Berlin
Maria Martinez barely spoke English when she emigrated to New York nine years ago. She became a soccer star and mentor for South Bronx United and just returned from Berlin…
South Bronx United wins International Sport for Good Award
South Bronx United, a nonprofit organization that uses soccer to affect the lives of young people in the Bronx, has been awarded the 2020 Laureus Sport for Good Award. Andrew…
Fighter ignores doubters on path to turning pro
Rasheem Hill hears from a lot of doubters that at 28, he’s too old to be entering novice class matches to qualify for the professional boxing circuit. But Saturday, Hill,…
Saturday Night Lights teaches teamwork
Coach Barry O’Driscoll stood midfield and laid down the rules. “Five passes before you get to shoot a goal,” Driscoll said.
Iran and Saquon Barkley hold backpack giveaway at Patterson Houses
As music played and smoke drifted from meat cooking on grills, at least 50 people gathered in the courtyard of the Patterson Houses in Mott Haven on Saturday, Aug. 31…