At Riverdale Playground, a perfectly good pickleball court now lies underneath the basketball courts and adjacent to the handball courts. However, according to pickleball afficiando Alex Rosenblum, it needs some work.
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By Stacy Driks
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7/30/23
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The world’s second most popular sport has never been the most popular in the United States, but perhaps that may change as the International Cricket Council eyes not only New York City as the host of the 2024 T20 World Cup, but Riverdale’s Van Cortlandt Park.
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By Eric Harvey
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7/23/23
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Baseball and softball are akin to a right of passage for youth. Those bonds feel almost sacred when forged on fertile diamonds. For families who observe the Sabbath, these sports are a natural profession of faith and are offered in local leagues which accommodate for weekly observance.
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By PeteJanny
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7/23/23
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At the request of chair Julie Reyes, Community Board 8 is holding a special meeting Thursday, July 20 on the mayor’s proposed cricket stadium plan for Van Cortlandt Park.
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STAFF REPORT
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7/19/23
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To Steve Englert, the game of baseball is as precious as air is to breathe. As rhythmic as a heartbeat. For more than two decades running, Englert flocks home every Summer to the seashore town of Harwich on Cape Cod to coach his beloved Mariners. It is mostly normal for Englert, but every once in a while he must pinch himself to appreciate how special it all is.
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By Pete Janny
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7/16/23
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The Orioles came from behind to top the Dodgers, 14-4, for the Kosher Little League junior championship June 18. In the Senior League championship of the Kosher Little League June 18, the Royals defeated the Rockies, 6-3.
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By Gary Larkin
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7/6/23
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Once Eric Krakauer arrived in New York, he was there to stay, but that changed quickly when he was presented with a once and a lifetime opportunity bigger than his loyalty to the Big Apple.
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By Pete Janny
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7/6/23
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Mike Malone went from already a really good coach to the talk of the NBA following the Denver Nuggets triumph in five games over the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals earlier this month. Denver was the best team all year led by arguably the most lethal player in the league in Nikola Jokic. By all measures their crowning moment was most deserved, but still not something Malone wanted as Denver’s epitaph.
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By Pete Janny
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6/23/23
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Manhattan College’s athletics department had a rough three weeks leading into the beginning of June — to say the least. Others could say it has been a rough four years, according to the NCAA.
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By Gary Larkin
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6/18/23
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When Marianne Reilly was first named athletic director at Manhattan College in March 2016, she was honored as the first woman to achieve that distinction.
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By Gary Larkin
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6/18/23
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