The 50 miles between Cardinal Hayes High School and the U.S. Military Academy transitions from a busy urban corridor to rural hilly terrain along Palisades Parkway. There’s a natural ease for embracing the difference in lifestyle between the Bronx and West Point — two places whose only apparent commonality is the state each calls home.
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By PETE JANNY
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2/21/21
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First it was resurrected from the dead, and now it’s likely getting a new name. The baseball diamond at Van Cortlandt Park has been getting a lot of attention over the last several months as Manhattan College looked to bring its ball club back to the Bronx — and now a former player who was killed on 9/11, could be getting some renewed attention as well.
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By PATRICK LINDO
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6/28/20
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Since taking over the New York Yankees in 2018, manager Aaron Boone has had to field a lot of tough and intelligent questions about what his baseball team has done, what they will do, and how he'd get them there. But Boone never had to face a gaggle coming from the Hebrew Home at Riverdale.
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By MICHAEL HINMAN
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5/8/20
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Wednesday, March 11, was the last normal day T.J. Stuart can remember. All was right with his world that day as Stuart, a Manhattan College senior right-hander, was set to pitch against Sacred Heart University in a road game in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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By SEAN BRENNAN
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3/28/20
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Jacqui Harari and her American Studies softball teammates had just finished a preseason scrimmage against Bronx Science back on March 11, and the senior outfielder was stoked for what was expected to be a special season for the Senators.
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By SEAN BRENNAN
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3/28/20
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For a college basketball coach, this time of year is usually like Christmas, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July all rolled into one. Not only would the NCAA Tournament be in full swing, but coaches not participating in the Big Dance would hit the recruiting trail to load up their roster for next season. There would be extensive travel, countless in-home visits with recruits and their families, and a plethora of high school games to be viewed in order to uncover a program’s next jewel or two.
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By SEAN BRENNAN
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3/28/20
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When the New Dorp girls basketball team arrived at Bronx Science for a Public School Athletic League quarterfinal playoff game last week, the Cougars came armed with stellar sophomore guard Sydney Gomes, widely considered one of the top players in the city. After averaging a little more than 23 points a game during the regular season, Gomes upped her play a level or two in the postseason.
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By SEAN BRENNAN
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3/21/20
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It was early afternoon on Thursday and Manhattan head coach Steve Masiello and his Jaspers were still feeling the sting of their season-ending loss to Siena the night before. The Jaspers’ stay in Atlantic City for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament lasted two days.
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By SEAN BRENNAN
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3/20/20
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The coronavirus pandemic has affected all levels of sports. And even though the MAAC tournament tried to slip through one last tournament in Atlantic City, it just wasn’t fast enough. And before the Manhattan College women’s basketball team could even take the court, their postseason was over.
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By PETE JANNY
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3/20/20
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There is not a whole lot of wiggle room in Richard Gu’s daily schedule. When he’s not making his daily commute to Bronx Science from his Fordham home, he’s busy piecing together a plan of just how to fit Science’s legendary school workload with an equally heavy weekly practice schedule. All while finding some time to sleep.
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By SEAN BRENNAN
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3/14/20
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