A Fordham woman created a non-profit sports program to keep children off the streets.
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Using sports to stop the violence
Posted on 15 December 2010.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Northwest Bronx, Southern Bronx, Sports2 Comments
Yankees host Brooklyn football champs
Posted on 08 December 2010.
The Yankees hosted two Brooklyn football teams in the PSAL City Championship.
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After a violent childhood, a martial arts teacher passes on lessons in self-defense
Posted on 04 November 2010.
No longer the victim, he helps others fight back.
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United in soccer
Posted on 14 October 2010.
South Bronx United actually means something in this new, multinational soccer league.
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Stickball will never die
Posted on 18 September 2010.
Old-timers play and teach the game of their youth to kids of the community
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Characters of softball, the real Bronx pastime
Posted on 17 May 2010.
In the 1980s, Bronx softball games could attracted crowds of hundreds and $10,000 worth of bets. One team was particularly adept at taking that cash: a crew known as The Bandits. Last year, they reunited.
Posted in Bronx Blog, Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Bronx Tales, East Bronx, North Central Bronx, Sports1 Comment
Video – Just Missing One Thing
Posted on 11 May 2010.
Felix Castro, 17 is a blind student at The Institute for Special Education in the Bronx. He loves playing Goalball, a paralympic game for the blind. The ball has bells in it that make dependency on hearing crucial to win.
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VIDEO – Bronx Boxer Keeps Chasing Golden Gloves Dream
Posted on 23 April 2010.
A young boxer from the Bronx makes it to the Golden Gloves at Madison Square with the help of adopt-a-boxer program.
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