Kenyans and Ethiopians triumph in the largest NYC Marathon with 47,107 runners. The Bronx’s Fikadu Lemma is already thinking about 2012.
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The ecstasy and the agony of Ethiopian marathoners
Posted on 12 November 2011.
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A view from the Bronx: The 2011 New York City marathon
Posted on 12 November 2011.
Only a sliver of the 26.2 mile race cut through the Bronx, even though it is home to the race’s top runners.
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Cycling renaissance pedals slowly to the Bronx
Posted on 08 November 2011.
Bronx cyclists more or less fend for themselves.
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Why is Heritage Field still closed?
Posted on 08 October 2011.
Heritage Field, the 11-acre complex of ball fields and playgrounds on the site where the old Yankees Stadium once stood, has been ready for months to host its first pickup baseball softball games. Almost a year later than scheduled, the park is still closed.
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Yankees Opening Day Live Blog
Posted on 31 March 2011.
Check out our live Yankee blog with the latest the Stadium
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It’s Opening Day!
Posted on 31 March 2011.
Check out our Twitter feed live from Yankee Stadium for updates all day as the Yankees open the 2011 season against the Detroit Tigers at 1:05 p. m. The weather may not be optimal for baseball but the atmosphere should be great as C.C. Sabathia throws out the first pitch.
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An interview with hoops impresario Randy Cruz
Posted on 11 February 2011.
Hoops enthusiasts know that they can catch the best summer basketball action in the Bronx at Orchard Beach. Since it first started in 2000, the Hoops in the Sun (HITS) summer league has grown to 10 men’s teams and 26 youth teams and has become one of the premier summer leagues in the city. Randy Cruz, the man behind the league who hosts a weekly online radio show discussing the local and national hoops scene, discussed his hopes and vision for the future this week with Bronx Ink’s Shlomo Sprung.
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In the shadow of stadium, a Yemen-born Yankee vendor waits out winter
Posted on 07 February 2011.
By Alex Eriksen
Most of 161st and River Avenue is hibernating. The streets are deserted and the shops are all shuttered. Well, almost all of them.
On the corner of 162nd St. beneath huge portraits of Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, and CC Sabathia, the lights are on in the Yankee Shop.
It’s the only link in a chain of stores on River Avenue to defy winter and remain open.
Abdulla Abdulla, a twenty-one year college sophomore, is behind the counter. “We thought we’d have a lot of customers like last season, it’s not like last season,” he says.
With the season not set to begin until March, and an average of only six customers a day, Abdulla says his father, who runs the store, is tempted to close until the Bronx Bombers return, and with them, the legions of fans and tourists. [more…]
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