Bronx Sports Report: Walton Softball Steps Up Its Game

The Walton High School Campus girls softball team dominated its B Division opponents last year. This year, after a jump up to the A Division, the Wildcats are working overtime to keep up with the higher level of competition.

Live Yankees Opening Day Roundtable

Coverage of Yankees opening day in the Bronx.

Bronx Sports Report: Jaspers Win Battle of the Bronx (Baseball-Style)

Following Manhattan College’s thrilling comeback victoryover cross-Bronx rival Fordham University yesterday in Van Cortlandt Park, Jaspers coach Jim Duffy summed up the 6-5 win in this way: “It was a crazy game,” he said. “There were some wacky plays out there.”

Bronx Sports Report: Baseball Preview Edition

Because of the mild (non-existent?) winter this year, it may be tough to tell, but it is spring and that means baseball season is firmly upon us! We’ll be following the borough’s high school and college teams closely as well as checking in with Bronx Bombers as they do battle in the extraordinarily tough American League East. For a today’s start with the Yankees, who open their season against the Rays tomorrow.

Bronx Sports Report: Monroe Lady Mustangs Repeat as National Champs and a Madness Wrap

March and all the madness that accompanies it are coming to a close. We’ll wrap up all the insanity from a Bronx perspective, starting with a team of ladies representing the Bronx once again cutting down the nets as national champions.

Bronx Notes: Yankee Stadium Hiring

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Bronx Sports Report: The Madness Begins!

The “One Shining Moment” montage at the end of every NCAA Basketball Tournament is probably my favorite three minutes of television all year. I’ve included last year’s rendition above because (1) It’s awesome and (2) It features several highlights and smiles from Bronx boy Kemba Walker who ruled last year’s Big Dance when he led the University of Connecticut Huskies to an improbable run to the title.

Bronx Sports Report: Borough Catholic Boys Teams Representing and Other HS Hoops Updates

The Evander Childs Campus boys team would prevail in their match-up, captured in the slideshow above by photographer Adi Talwar, against Benjamin Banneker Academy, 58-42,to move into the PSAL Boys A Division quarterfinals.

Bronx Sports Report: The Borough’s Olympic Hopeful, Plus PSAL Hoops Playoff Update

[Video: From Bronxite John Orozco’s fifth place performance at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan last year.] Lots of hoops action to get caught up on, but first a few words about John Orozco, the pint-sized Bronx acrobat who is positioning himself to be one of the breakout stars of the 2012 Olympic Games in London this summer. In today’s Wall Street Journal, Aimee Berg wrote an outstanding profile of Orozco (“Gymnast’s Unlikely Bronx Tale”) and his journey to the top ranks of United States gymnastics. Berg starts the piece off with rich details about Orozco’s early athletic feats: hanging