Sports
Characters of softball, the real Bronx pastime
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.
Video – Just Missing One Thing
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.
VIDEO – Bronx Boxer Keeps Chasing Golden Gloves Dream
A young boxer from the Bronx makes it to the Golden Gloves at Madison Square with the help of adopt-a-boxer program.
Fordham Shortstop Kownacki Enjoying Instant Celebrity
Leap to home plate has Fordham shortstop grabbing more attention than the Yankees’ Derek Jeter. (Photo: Ian Thomson/Bronx Ink)
Year 87 of a Bronx Ritual
At dawn the only person outside Yankee Stadium besides the street sweepers was one Chris McCably who waited for the ticket windows to open. He was from, of all places, Boston.
VIDEO–Yankee Fans Bring in the Season
Fans gather outside Yankee Stadium for opening day.
VIDEO – Gaelic Games Reaching Beyond the Irish Community
The Gaelic 4 Girls program is enticing American-born girls to take part in an ancient Irish sport.
Joseph Yancey Track and Field Set to Open Friday
City officials and the family of a New York sports legend will gather Friday at the opening ceremony for the new Joseph Yancey Track and Field in the Bronx. The facility replaces an older park of the same name that was closed as part of the construction of the new Yankee Stadium that began in 2006.
Former Champ Looking for Boxing’s Future
Edwin Viruet, 59, knows a thing or two about throwing a punch.
Breaking the Bronx’s waves
The year’s first regatta put young sailor’s skills to the test.
In the Bronx, Paterson’s Troubles Highlight Sports and Politics
Several Bronx politicians say they didn’t get or want pricey World Series tickets.
Fans Fight for Piece of Old Yankee Stadium
Gate 2 from the old Stadium is scheduled for demolition in June.
No Ice, so Kids Learn to Skate on Plastic
As the world is watching the Winter Olympics, there is only one opportunity for children to learn how to skate in the Bronx — on a 20-by-30-foot plastic skating surface.
VIDEO – In Fitness, Keeping the Eye on the Ball
After-school program keeps Bronx schoolers in shape.
Yankees Bring World Series Trophy to a 75-year-old Fan
A 75-year-old Yankees fan had her dream come true after seeing the World Series trophy.
Pitchers, Catchers and a Neighborhood Awakening
Metal security gates sprayed with graffiti are locked down on nearly an entire block of shops and bars on River Avenue, which peddle everything from beers to blankets to fans during the season. Photo by: Alec Johnson
VIDEO – Unfinished Business for Bronx Bombers
The South Bronx wrestlers had a score to settle last Saturday at the Forgotten Championship Wrestling show in Brooklyn.
These Bronx Bombers are also heavyweights — in wrestling
Two Bronx wrestlers are trying to make names for themselves in Forgotten Championship Wrestling.
Fordham Retires Gregory-O’Connell No. 55
Fordham University honors its best ever female basketball player
Say it Ain’t So, Yankees
World champions make bad neighbors
cinct. Rivas, who suffers from Alzheimers disease, left his home at 674 E. 149th St, he is approximately 5′5″ tall and weights 150 lbs. If you have any information, please call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Elia (15) and Genesis (16) Rodriguez are reported missing. They were last seen at their home on 1609 East 174 St. on Friday April 9 around 5 a.m. Both sisters are five feet eight inches tall, with brown eyes and curly black hair.
They are of thin build and in good mental and physical condition. Genesis was last seen wearing a white sweater, a blue tee-shirt, blue jeans, black sneakers and carried a green bookbag. The NYPD requests that anyone with information call Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Lorrell Waddell, 64, was last seen on Monday April 12 around 2:45 p.m. at his home located at 801 Co-Op City Blvd. He is five feet eight inches tall, 170 lbs, with salt and pepper hair. Anyone with information call Crime Stoppers Hotline (NYPD) at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Police arrested Joseph Roman, 23, for a 2008 murder in the Bronx. The fugitive was arrested in Las Vegas and returned to New York today.


