By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor
Hip-hop artists Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Papoose, Tony Sunshine and Angelica Vila helped celebrate Bronx Borough Night by setting off the smoke stacks at Yankee Stadium Wednesday night as NYCFC kicked off the first of five borough nights .
Bronx night resulted in a NYCFC 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire.
In addition, First Lady of New York Chirlane McCray served as the honorary captain.
Author: Rich Mancuso
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.
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