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

The Bronx Sports Report recently had a chance to talk with Manhattan College’s first-year head coach Steve Masiello who has led the Jaspers to this season’s biggest turnaround in all of NCAA men’s basketball. Last year, Manhattan won a total of six games. Tonight, at home against Canisius, they go for win number 20.

Bicycles and Basketballs Could be in the Armory’s Future

Recently, a group of cycling enthusiasts who have been campaigning to turn the Armory into a giant bicycling center have teamed up with New York Gauchos, a Bronx-based youth basketball program, as well as several other sports-oriented groups, with the intent of converting the structure into an enormous sports, recreation and wellness center.

Bronx Sports Report: Your Bronx-Centric Guide to the PSAL Playoffs

The Public School Athletic League playoffs kicked off this week with a slew of early round match-ups. But now we hit the tournament pause button as the city’s schools take next week off. It will give some teams a chance to regroup, while slowing the momentum of others.

JFK Boys Take Bronx HS Hoops Title

John F. Kennedy exorcised some regular season demons with a thrilling 59-54 upset of Wings Academy Saturday in the Bronx borough title game.

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