By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Many are aware that yours truly worked in the pro wrestling business during the Hulk Hogan era. Then it was a learning lesson and no longer a fantasy. In other words, I saw it all. […]
Sarah Bernhardt (1844) The illegitimate child of a courtesan, Bernhardt was encouraged to pursue a theatrical career by one of her mother’s lovers. Her acting teachers did not consider her a particularly promising student, but they turned out to be […]
There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath. Herman Melville (1819-1891)
preceptor Definition: (noun) Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford). Synonyms: don Usage: Dessalles, the tutor he had brought from Switzerland, was wearing a coat of Russian cut and talking broken Russian to the servants, but […]
James 1:2 KJV “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.” I looked up the word “temptation” in Greek because its use in the English language doesn’t capture the essence of the word as it is […]
By Carlos De Jesus IV Scoring over 40 points for the second straight week would prove not enough for the Fordham Rams in their return home at Rose Hill against the Bryant Bulldogs. A last second 42-41 loss in a […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor The production BatBoy “A Yankee Miracle” hit the stage Friday evening at the Hostos Community College Theater. The production and performance is based on the book that was authored by Ray Negron a longtime baseball […]
By William Coppola Sources tell me that the Atlanta Braves player development system may to be moving away from small ball, (bunting, stealing and situational hitting) as part of their make-up as a team. My source from the Braves organization […]
Carlo Urbani (1956) In February 2003, Urbani, an Italian physician employed by the World Health Organization (WHO), was called to examine a man hospitalized in Hanoi, Vietnam, with what was initially thought to be the flu or pneumonia. Recognizing that […]
There was no use in trying to emancipate a wife who had not the dimmest notion that she was not free. Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
disassociate Definition: (verb) Part; cease or break association with. Synonyms: disjoint, disunite, divorce Usage: She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out that the president had misappropriated funds. Discuss.
By Sam Garnes Editors Note: Sam Garnes is Offering insights of the Giants and Jets for The Bronx Chronicle. The former All-City safety with DeWitt Clinton High School and Bronx native had a successful NFL career at safety for the […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Jeff Neubauer begins his fourth year as head coach of the Fordham University basketball program and to say the least the first three have been a struggle. Thursday afternoon at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn […]
Pierre Trudeau (1919) As prime minister of Canada from 1968–79 and 1980–84, Trudeau advocated a strong federal government and took a determined stand against the Quebec separatist movement. Despite his opposition to Quebec’s independence, he supported Canadian sovereignty and secured […]
It is the same with man as with the tree … The more he seeketh to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark and deep—into the evil. Friedrich Nietzsche […]
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