Only hours before prizefighter Bryant “Pee Wee” Cruz stepped through the ropes at Madison Square Garden on March 18, his stablemates at Champs Boxing Club in New Rochelle had a local showcase of their own as they faced off against a squad of boxers from Ireland at the club’s Division […]
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The purest joy in sports
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]hortly after Duke’s basketball team won the ACC Tournament two weeks ago, a group chat between my buddies and I began blowing up. Our friend Phil, an avid Blue Devil fan, sent a litany of texts explaining in no uncertain terms that, as Duke was far and away the best […]
Pitch count rules in place
As local baseball teams officially kicked off their first day of spring practice on March 13, high school coaches around the section began the annual process of team building and player evaluation that has become synonymous with their job. But this year, coaches will have an added responsibility as they […]
A different kind of bracket
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nyone who knows me can tell you that I love a good sports wager. I mean, I don’t always pay up—I still haven’t performed stand-up at an open mic night after the Red Sox’s disastrous 2015 season—but simply having a little extra skin in the game makes watching sports more […]
A Classic pastime
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]onald Trump is right. America doesn’t win anymore, and it hasn’t in a long time. But I’m not talking about defeats in trade, wars or border security; I’m talking about the very essence of America itself. I’m talking about baseball. This week marked the beginning of the fourth installment […]