UNION, N.J. -- Drederick Irving, the 43-year-old with gray in his facial growth and low-cut Chuck Taylors on his feet, walks into the Y.W.H.A. basement gym and slips off his sneakers. Nine players -- including his son, Kyrie -- from the New Jersey Roadrunners AAU program wait idly for their tenth man in order to start a pick-up game. He pulls on a pair of size-12 sneakers that his son was given at a recent camp. "Old school time," the father says as he stretches on a recent Sunday. "The kids think I'm just Kyrie's dad."
Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor years ago said she was a "product of affirmative action" when she was admitted to prestigious universities, but defended the contributions she offered as a Hispanic woman to classroom and workplace diversity.
I recently saw an old episode of "West Wing," where Edward James Olmos, playing a fictional Puerto Rican federal judge, was nominated to become the first Latino on the U.S. Supreme Court. I cried, thinking how remote this possibility seemed, yet how close.
After weeks of struggle and lousy press about their third baseman (not Cody Ransom) and the ticket prices in their new emporium, the Yankees are at last enjoying a little success. By golly, they're also having some fun while they're at it.
His was one of the first photos of a missing child to appear on a milk carton. Almost 30 years later, Etan Patz is still missing.
On Monday evening, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz stood in the visitor's dugout at new Yankee Stadium wearing short sleeves and a big smile, seemingly oblivious to both the cold rain that had cancelled batting practice and would delay the start of the game and the .208 batting average he lugged with him to the Bronx. "You know why I came out here?" Ortiz asked. "Because I got lost in the clubhouse like three times and I said, 'I'm done.'"
• Pete and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz made the new parent pilgrimage to New York's FAO Schwarz, where 6-month old Bronx Mowgli was the center of his parents' attention. Mom and Dad helped him "ride" a life-size plush pony in the store, and baby Bronx was so eager to read books that he tried to turn the pages himself. The musical mom and dad picked out a Stack & Pull toy, a Sporty stroller and Barefoot books with sing-a-long CDs for their little rocker.
Gotta say the new Yankee Stadium sure is a happenin' place. You had your gang gunplay in front of the courthouse down the street on Opening Day. Extra Mustard proprietor Jimmy Traina recently encountered a raging brushfire right outside the ballpark. Then there are all those "affordable" empty field level seats everyone keeps talking about, not to mention the flocks of home runs soaring over the rightfield fence.
In the midst of our economic and environmental crisis, I am grateful our new president embraces the potential of green ideas.
Plus, she sends love notes over Twitter to Pete Wentz, who is on tour with his band
UNION, N.J. -- Drederick Irving, the 43-year-old with gray in his facial growth and low-cut Chuck Taylors on his feet, walks into the Y.W.H.A. basement gym and slips off his sneakers. Nine players -- including his son, Kyrie -- from the New Jersey Roadrunners AAU program wait idly for their tenth man in order to start a pick-up game. He pulls on a pair of size-12 sneakers that his son was given at a recent camp. "Old school time," the father says as he stretches on a recent Sunday. "The kids think I'm just Kyrie's dad."
Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor years ago said she was a "product of affirmative action" when she was admitted to prestigious universities, but defended the contributions she offered as a Hispanic woman to classroom and workplace diversity.
I recently saw an old episode of "West Wing," where Edward James Olmos, playing a fictional Puerto Rican federal judge, was nominated to become the first Latino on the U.S. Supreme Court. I cried, thinking how remote this possibility seemed, yet how close.
After weeks of struggle and lousy press about their third baseman (not Cody Ransom) and the ticket prices in their new emporium, the Yankees are at last enjoying a little success. By golly, they're also having some fun while they're at it.
His was one of the first photos of a missing child to appear on a milk carton. Almost 30 years later, Etan Patz is still missing.
On Monday evening, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz stood in the visitor's dugout at new Yankee Stadium wearing short sleeves and a big smile, seemingly oblivious to both the cold rain that had cancelled batting practice and would delay the start of the game and the .208 batting average he lugged with him to the Bronx. "You know why I came out here?" Ortiz asked. "Because I got lost in the clubhouse like three times and I said, 'I'm done.'"
• Pete and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz made the new parent pilgrimage to New York's FAO Schwarz, where 6-month old Bronx Mowgli was the center of his parents' attention. Mom and Dad helped him "ride" a life-size plush pony in the store, and baby Bronx was so eager to read books that he tried to turn the pages himself. The musical mom and dad picked out a Stack & Pull toy, a Sporty stroller and Barefoot books with sing-a-long CDs for their little rocker.
Gotta say the new Yankee Stadium sure is a happenin' place. You had your gang gunplay in front of the courthouse down the street on Opening Day. Extra Mustard proprietor Jimmy Traina recently encountered a raging brushfire right outside the ballpark. Then there are all those "affordable" empty field level seats everyone keeps talking about, not to mention the flocks of home runs soaring over the rightfield fence.
In the midst of our economic and environmental crisis, I am grateful our new president embraces the potential of green ideas.
Plus, she sends love notes over Twitter to Pete Wentz, who is on tour with his band
"Sorry, we haven't seen each other in a while," Wentz tells the MTV Australia Awards audience after a passionate kiss
The singer is focusing on acting for now so she can "be close to her baby," says a friend
This spring break, thousands of college students will ditch the bars and the beaches to do something more meaningful with their vacation time.
An actor who played a wannabe mobster in "The Sopranos" was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary that left an off-duty New York police officer dead.
One of baseball's truly warming winter traditions is the Yankees torquing people off with their public displays of wretched excess. This year, they made a lot of folks hot under the collar by rolling out $423.5 million worth of free agents at their introductory press conferences.
New parents Simpson and Wentz post a photo of their son in a holiday e-card
"Every time he looks at his hand, it's like he's Columbus making it across the ocean," the proud papa tells PEOPLE
The singer calls being mom to baby Bronx "the most fantastic experience"
The new father says he wants to be "the best dad I can be"
The hot pursuit of discounted toys and video games kept lots of shoppers waiting in the cold, dark night on Black Friday.
From Bronx (Wentz) to Paris (Hilton), where would you name your baby after?
Ashlee's big sister calls baby Bronx "beyond precious" and the grandparents say they feel "truly blessed"
They name him Bronx Mowgli Wentz and "thank everyone for their well-wishes!" a rep tells PEOPLE
"We are happy beyond words and incredibly proud of Ashlee and Pete," say Joe and Tina Simpson
Last August, Xavier head coach Sean Miller hired Emanuel "Book" Richardson, a native of Queens and alumnus of traditional power St. Raymond's (Bronx, N.Y.), to his staff, not only for his coaching skills, but also for his contacts in the New York area.
It is now time, whether all those playoff-privileged East Coast fans want to admit it or not, to face up to the very tangible possibility that both the Yankees and the defending World Series champion Red Sox might be on the outside looking in this postseason.
Most women are better at dancing. On the rare occasions when my mother prevailed on my father to join her on the dance floor, the five of us -- three boys, two girls -- would laugh as we watched him lumber back and forth, counting out the rhythm like it was math homework.
Debates surrounding immigration and racial issues show that the face of America is changing every day, and a Thursday census report confirms it, noting that almost one in 10 U.S. counties is made up predominantly of minorities.
The Yankees and Mariners have begun trade discussions that could land lefthanded pitcher Jarrod Washburn in the Bronx, if the finances can be worked out.
NEW YORK -- I am up to my knees in New York. There's Bald Vinny over there, and the Queen a couple of bodies over. Bad Mouth Larry is around here somewhere, or so I heard. Midget Mike, too. I spotted MTA Joe over there for a second.
There was a T-shirt in New York in the early '80s that said, "Welcome to New York, Now Go the ---- Home." It is only with a small degree of exaggeration that you can apply the same sentiment to the experience of watching a game at Yankee Stadium. It is not for the faint of heart or for the aesthetic-minded.
A New York City plan to test a borough's entire adult population for HIV is meeting resistance from health workers
A three-year initiative will seek to give HIV tests to everyone in the Bronx from age 18 to 64, the New York City Department of Health announced Thursday.
In yet another sign that times have changed in the Bronx, the fact that the Mets have agreed to a trade that will bring the best pitcher in baseball to Queens has been received as good news by the Yankees and their fans. The Yankees had been in discussions with the Twins regarding Johan Santana earlier this offseason, at one time offering a package centered around right-hander Phil Hughes and center fielder Melky Cabrera, but the negotiations hit a snag regarding which additional prospects would be sent to Minnesota, as the Twins were reportedly asking for either right-hander Ian Kennedy or a combination of minor leaguers in starter Alan Horne and outfielder Austin Jackson.
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If I sign with the Sox, can I have your wig? -- George, Toppi, Ny.
After Reggie Jackson hit three home runs on three consecutive pitches in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, giving the Yankees their first championship since 1962, New York third baseman Graig Nettles said, "Twenty or 30 years ago you might have made a movie like this. Today people would never believe it."
The Florida judge noted for his unorthodox oversight of the Anna Nicole Smith case says he is retiring at the end of July.
In recent years, one of the annual rites of spring for the New York media has been to proclaim the return of The Bronx Zoo. This year, Mariano Rivera's expiring contract, the absence of Bernie Williams, and the Alex Rodriguez-Derek Jeter affair have prompted New York writers to invoke the name of the old Zoo. You can hardly blame them.
Check out our suggestions for the East Coast's hippest city and send us your own suggestions and comments.
First came the trucks. Every 100 feet, they would dump precisely bundled packages of lumber, piping, and other building supplies, then pour a concrete slab foundation.
Many a traveler heading to the coast for a summer getaway has visions of heaping plates of fresh seafood. At these full-service fishmongers, sea creatures are on the brain all year long.
Are children too young to learn to be entrepreneurs?
The Scene re-visits New York to meet Moby. Do you have a favorite hangout in the Big Apple? What's your favorite Moby track? Or do you prefer the Scissor Sisters' or Don Byron's New York? Where's the best place to hear jazz? Send us your suggestions and ideas and read your comments below.
Born and raised in the Bronx, Don Byron is widely considered one of the best jazz clarinetists of his generation.
Check out our suggestions for the East Coast's hippest city and send us your own suggestions and comments below.
New York Housing Authority supervisor Felix Vasquez admitted Thursday he was scared when a frightened mother threw her three-week-old son from a burning third-floor Bronx apartment -- right into his arms.
So obviously, an activity-packed destination is a must. But which destination? That depends on the kinds of activities most likely to engage your particular brood: the bright lights of the Big Apple, where we hear there's a lot to do, or the rugged charms of a Colorado dude ranch, where the nonstop diversions include fly fishing, white-water rafting and, of course, horseback riding. --D.R. AND K.A. ...
There were 230,591,913 books published in the United States in 2005, and 49,489,101 albums issued -- increases of 4 percent and 3 percent over 2004, respectively.
No disrespect to director Jon Favreau, but I hope he'll make nothing but family films for a while.
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At least one American is missing and presumed dead following last week's terror attacks that killed more than 50 people in London, England. New Yorker Michael Matsushita, 37, is believed to have been caught in the explosion on a train near King's Cross station.
The feel of a solidly hit three-wood whipping down a narrow stretch of fairway. The plunk of the ball landing perfectly on the carpeted green. The applause of big clients on hand to witness it all....
Maybe it's better to finish second.
In the fall, there's a yin and yang to life in New England. Every year, the foliage steals your heart, then baseball breaks it.
Between the Giants, the Knicks, and the Fresh Kills landfill, New Yorkers must endure plenty of things that stink. Add this to the list: area residents suffer the nation's longest daily commutes to work.
She's a pop diva and a movie star--and she sports a 6.1-carat Harry Winston pink diamond engagement ring. But the future Mrs. Ben Affleck--a.k.a. Jennifer Lopez--insists she's still just a humble g...
Mention an exotic vacation spot, and odds are Robert S. Desowitz, a Bronx-born, British-educated, retired tropical-medicine epidemiologist, has sought to cure a strange disease there. There's Niger...
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Presidential candidates might learn something from men's clothing seller Tommy Hilfiger, whose diversity-laced marketing has made his collegiate clothes as chic in country clubs like the Congressio...
An estimated 370,000 men and women over 65 live together. one reason so many stay single is that marriage can erode the financial security that seniors like Hilde Waring, 74, and Marvin Goldman, 72...
At the age of 13, Latoya Hunter wrote a book! It is called The Diary of Latoya Hunter: My First Year in Junior High and was published last September by Crown Publishers in New York City. Latoya, wh...
Born in Brooklyn, raised in the Bronx, and working in Manhattan: No doubt 41- year-old Warren Shaw of the institutional investment firm Chancellor Capital Management is a New York City aficionado. ...
In which Kindly Dr. Keeping Up chortles uncontrollably while testifying on efforts in New York and other backward communities to extirpate market makers dealing in tickets to theatrical and sportin...
- -- COLIN POWELL, 54, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, encouraging students at his alma mater, Morris High School in the Bronx, to avoid drugs and graduate: ''Stick with it. I'm giving you a...
230 BERNARD KING Forward, Washington Bullets Height: 6' 7'' Weight: 205 Born: 12/4/56, Brooklyn, N.Y.
As New York City schools go, Walton High, in the polyglot borough of the Bronx, is neither the best nor the worst. Only 9% of its 3,500 mostly black and Hispanic students quit before graduation, co...
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