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A Different Kind of Father’s Day

November 7th, 2011

Read this article as a pdf Back on the basketball court in Queens, no such preparations were contemplated by most of the participants. Honestly, Father’s Day means nothing to the vast majority of kids we work with. Some know nothing at all of their fathers. Others have fathers who pop up—every so often—on the fringes…

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Are You Going to Punch Me?

April 11th, 2011

That must have been the man’s thought when he opened the door and discovered who was there to visit him. This was not the reunion of two buddies about to reminisce about the good old days. The two men at the door didn’t have a relationship … they just had a connection. They were connected…

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Surf Playground

November 22nd, 2010

If there is any place on the planet where dreams and despair converge with greater intensity, I don’t know where it would be…

Video Highlight on The YES Network

September 15th, 2010

Yankees Magazine takes a look at manager Joe Girardi as he hosted an event at Yankee Stadium for Street 2 Street.

Waiting in Allentown

August 6th, 2010

I’ll never forget what that kid said to me. It happened at our Street 2 Street basketball tourney this August in Allentown, PA. It wasn’t long ago, to be honest, when all I knew about Allentown was contained in the old Billy Joel tune. “We’re waiting here in Allentown—for the Pennsylvania we never found…” If…

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