It has been a whirlwind of a couple months for Irma Garcia. Now that the dust has finally settled, it is time to go to work at Manhattan College as the school’s interim athletics director.
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By PETE JANNY
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8/20/23
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It started with a Texas rodeo that has continued in and out of the Mile High City of Colorado. The next stop is Seattle for Brendan Krebs’ budding Premier Lacrosse League career. That’s par for the course in a traveling league where there are no home teams.
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By PETE JANNY
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8/20/23
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The city’s parks department was joined by cast members of the Broadway musical ‘Wicked,’ the Broadway Green Alliance, Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and park volunteers last week to clean up and repaint the WPA-era Van Cortlandt Park stadium on Broadway in greater Riverdale.
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8/20/23
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The top young running stars around the country descended on Des Moines, Iowa, for the 2023 AAU Junior Olympics July 29-Aug. 5. For 8-year-old June Henry, one of Riverdale’s own, the stars aligned for a sixth-place finish in the 800-meter Under-8 event.
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By PETE JANNY
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8/13/23
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History with an exclamation point sums up the title-winning run for the Nigeria women’s basketball team at the 2023 AfroBasket tournament.
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By PETE JANNY
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8/13/23
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Several local cricket leagues and clubs have sent out a letter to Mayor Eric Adams and Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson regarding the proposal of a 34,000-seat cricket stadium in Van Cortlandt Park as part of a plan for hosting the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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8/13/23
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It’s a distant land with close proximity to the hearts of two Manhattan College athletes who hold Gaelic roots near and dear. Each wears the Irish badge with pride.
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By PETE JANNY
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8/6/23
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For the third time in three years, the Manhattan men’s lacrosse program will have a new head coach patrolling the sidelines next Spring. The changing of the guard comes after John Odierna accepted the defensive coordinator position at Syracuse University on July 28.
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By PETE JANNY
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8/6/23
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The non-profit Bronx Basketball Hall of Fame inducted 15 new members to the Bronx Basketball Hall of Fame on July 15 at Mullaly Park.
The honors will be presented at its annual awards dinner to be held on Nov. 3 at the Villa Barone Manor at 737 Throgs Neck Expressway.
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By GARY LARKIN
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8/6/23
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Mayor Eric Adams’ idea of bringing World Cup cricket to Van Cortlandt Park next year has met with some resistance following an emergency Community Board 8 meeting July 20.
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By Eric Harvey
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7/30/23
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