This column was originally published on Outside Pitch MLB. During Spring Training, Mark Teixeira vowed to play five more MLB seasons. Five months later, it appears that he’s had a change of heart. Early Friday morning, multiple reports came out […]
Financial Focus: Consumer spending up 0.4% Do Consumers Rule? Anthony Rivieccio, MBA, PFA Let’s remember one important thing ! In our country, the consumer rules. Over 70 percent of Gross Domestic Product is determined by consumer spending. Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.2 […]
Chase Edmonds Named to STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year Watch List Junior running back finished fourth on last year’s list. Bronx, N.Y. – With the opening of camp a few days away, Fordham junior running back Chase Edmonds continues to […]
Subway Series Finale Drama Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Bartolo Colon was not supposed to be in the rotation of the New York Mets at this juncture of the season. The 43-year old righthander was expected to be regulated to the […]
Guy de Maupassant (1850) Maupassant was a 19th-century French writer considered one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protégé of Gustave Flaubert, Maupassant wrote with a simplicity, clarity, and objective calm that echoed the style of his […]
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older—the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning. Jane Austen (1775-1817)
passementarie Definition: (noun) Ornamental trimming for a garment, as braid, lace, or metallic beads. Synonyms: equal Usage: The passementerie on her hat was so elaborate that it made the brim droop.
Governor Andrew Cuomo signed daily fantasy sports into law in New York this past Wednesday. “Daily fantasy sports have proven to be popular in New York, but until now have operated with no supervision and no protections for players,” Cuomo […]
In an effort to get illegal firearms off the street, the Evangelical Garifuna Church and Fellowship Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, in conjunction with the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau, will be hosting the Bronx Gun Buyback Program on Saturday, […]
New York City veterans are invited to partake in a two-day introductory golf lesson at the Turtle Cove Golf Center in Pelham Bay Park, hosted by Devil Dog Incorporated. The events will take place on Friday, August 12th and Saturday, […]
On this day in 1966, a groundbreaking ceremony for the World Trade Center was held near the southern tip of Manhattan.
More than 14,000 Residents Brought Over 1.3 Million Pounds of E-Waste, Harmful Household Waste and Unwanted Medications to First Round of Events Over 14,000 New York City residents brought potentially harmful household materials to the five citywide SAFE (Solvents, Automotive, […]
Louis Armstrong (1901) Armstrong was an innovative trumpeter and singer who strongly influenced the melodic development of jazz in the 1920s. He began playing in marching, riverboat, and cabaret bands as a youth in New Orleans and later joined King […]
It is a maxim among these lawyers that whatever has been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice, and the general reason of mankind. […]
compeer Definition: (noun) A person who is of equal standing with another in a group. Synonyms: equal, peer Usage: He was a motivated and slightly competitive student who worked hard to distinguish himself from his compeers.
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