On Tough Week, NYCFC Beats Rival Red Bulls
FLUSHING, NY — Across the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in the Bronx, a rivalry continued with two New York baseball teams, the Mets and Yankees on the diamond in their Subway Series. At Citi Field, home of the Mets, the Red Bulls and NYCFC, had their 29th edition of the Hudson River Derby. Yes it […]
Reinstatement of the Rose
NEW YORK, NY — I remember watching Pete Charlie Hustle Rose, had a passion for the game of baseball. The Cincinnati Reds’ Big Red Machine lineup in 1975, a reason I continued to enjoy baseball as a high school senior in the Bronx. There they were with Rose: Johnny Bench, Tony Pérez, Joe Morgan, Dave Concepción, Ken Griffey, César […]
Times Square Boxing: Ready and Reality
NEW YORK, NY — Place a boxing ring in the middle of Times Square in New York City, invite 350 fans to attend, erect screens all around the Crossroads of the World to highlight six mega stars of boxing. Indeed all of that is a reality Friday evening and they said it couldn’t be done. […]
Lindor Walks It Off With 250th Career Home Run
Francisco Lindor was named the captain of Team Puerto Rico for the 2026 World Baseball Classic earlier this week – Image Credit: Latino Sports FLUSHING, NY — This has been a slow start for Juan Soto, though the Mets multi-hundred million dollar outfielder snapped an 0-12 skid with a game-tying RBI single in the fifth […]
Royal Sweep: Judge and Yankees Locked In
Image Credit: Bill Menzel/Latino Sports BRONX, NY — The Yankees are playing good baseball and their 4-3 victory resulting in three-game series sweep over the Royals Wednesday evening in the Bronx was attributed to their captain Aaron Judge. And when Judge hits home runs, the Yankees win (5-0). But it has been more than the […]
A Division Is Unified On The Boardwalk
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — The unified champion of the welterweight division was last seen two years ago when Terence Crawford took all the belts from Errol Spence Jr. in the four-belt title era that rarely occurs. Boxing, though comes to appreciate when the titles are unified despite the brevity of a champion holding that distinction. […]
Overall Cold Ends Mets Streak
FLUSHING, NY — You could hear the boos from the faithful Mets fans at Citi Field Wednesday afternoon, another cold day at the ballpark, conditions not made for baseball. Most of the displeasure was marked for Brett Baty who at this point is holding down the fort until Jeff McNeil returns to the lineup later […]
Urgent Plan Failed For NYCFC
BRONX, NY — Two minutes in at Yankee Stadium Sunday afternoon and NYCFC coach Pascal Jansen sensed there was an urgency. Tani Oluwaseyi scored his team leading fifth goal of the season and Minnesota United would not look back and handed NYCFC a 2-1 loss at home. There was urgency after that quick goal and […]
Play Ball: The Long Ride To October Begins
Off course the defending world Series champion Dodgers got a jump on the 2025 season taking a two game series from the Cubs in Japan last week but the official start of Opening Day for MLB begins Thursday. The Dodgers and Cubs have 160 games remaining, for the other 30 teams a beginning of what […]
Yankees Will Struggle: American League Preview
Basically the Yankees had perhaps the best starting pitching rotation next to the World Series champion Dodgers as they entered Spring Training. But quickly that changed because of injuries and they will struggle without ace Gerrit Cole as the anchor. A brief analysis of the AL East and who would have expected the Yankees going […]