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A Super Bowl Poem From A Historian

February 1, 2019 6:03 PM·

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor

Victor Mastrovinceno a resident of Morris Park is a renowned historian of pro and college football as it pertains to events on the field and has chronicled moments with Bronx significance.

With Super Bowl Sunday upon us, Mastrovincenzo, wrote a poem ten years ago that details the Pittsburgh Steelers and their historic Super Bowl years. Titled, “The Glory of the Black and Gold” that has also been published and has become a part of his lectures at various libraries and community groups in the Bronx and New York City area.

Here is a copy of the poem :

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Author: Rich has covered countless New York Mets and Yankees games along with some of the greatest boxing matches over the years. His award winning sports column has been in the Bronx News (which recently folded) for 28 years. Mancuso also has been a sports journalist for the Associated Press, New York Daily News, Gannett Westchester newspapers, Boxing Digest Magazine, The Sports Network and Latinosports.com. Bronxites will recall that Rich once hosted a sports talk television program, “Bronx Scoreboard” on Bronxnet Television. In addition, Mancuso recently concluded a four-year run hosting a sports talk program on the Whitney Broadcasting Network station WVOX.