sports Archives - Page 2 of 3

14

A study finding that tackle football before age 12 creates life-long health risk doesn’t appear to be generating much soul-searching by private youth teams. And the public school system, whose…

ByChristian Vasquez 13Comments

24

Apr 2017

ARTS and CULTURE

Youth Baseball Shrinking Dramatically Across the City, Threatening Leagues’ Survival

Leagues from the northwest Bronx to Brooklyn and Staten Island report fielding 50 to 70 percent fewer players this year as other sports, longer school days, rising fees and other…

ByChristian Vasquez 6Comments

04

Jan 2017

Uncategorized

Running for Change in Brownsville

A group of women runners is piling up the miles and tearing down stereotypes.

ByRuth Ford 18Comments

14

Oct 2016

Video

Video: Athletes Playing Politics, from John Carlos’s Fist to Colin Kaepernick’s Knee

Anyone who believes sports and politics shouldn’t mix, or that they typically don’t, must have taken too long a bathroom break between innings.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

07

Oct 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: Fear and Loathing on New York’s Bike Lanes

A thoughtlessly opened car door knocked the author off her bike, for a year. Deeper than the asphalt wounds was a terror of cars and new insight into what a…

ByDorothee Benz 14Comments

20

Apr 2016

Video

Video: Make a Park Bench Your Gym This Spring

Two of the young athlete-advocates from the Bronx’s Mary Mitchell Center demonstrate how a simple park bench can be the key to your plan to get in shape—and talk about…

ByJarrett Murphy

ByLizzie Ford-Madrid 0Comments

02

Oct 2015

Opinion

NYC Might Not be a Great Place for Bikers. But it’s a Great Place to Bike.

After spending some time in the cyclists’ paradise of Boulder, Colo., a New Yorker returns to the difficult and sometimes dangerous practice of biking in New York—and finds that bikers…

ByAlec Appelbaum 18Comments

29

Jun 2015

Opinion

Op-Ed: Fight Over NYC School Sports is About More Than Playing Time

Students who have protested against the lack of sports at small high schools have raised two important issues. One is about sports, the author argues. The other is about whether…

ByJosmar Trujillo 0Comments

25

May 2015

Uncategorized

Little Known About How Much Time Kids Spend in Gym Class

For the second time in four years, a city comptroller has faulted the city school system for failing to provide adequate physical education—but been unable to assess the full scope…

ByAsamia Diaby

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

19

May 2015

Health