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Norwood: Bronx Buccaneers & Others Pay Tribute to Late Volunteer Coach Dwight Downer

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Following the death amid a road collision on Saturday, Nov. 30, of 60-year-old local, volunteer football coach Dwight Downer, players, friends and colleagues have been paying tribute to their friend and mentor. Downer coached local football team the Bronx Buccaneers, who regularly practice in the Williamsbridge Oval in Norwood, as well as Bedford Park’s DeWitt Clinton football team.

Pennsylvania Tops Country in Relationship Break-Up Announcements after 2024 Presidential Election

By SÍLE MOLONEY
So much for unity…. Wild Casino, a Carribbean-based igaming, sports, and political betting site, used trends software and the X [formerly Twitter] Application Programming Interface (API) to track social media posts of relationship break-up announcements in the wake of the 2024 presidential election results, and create the resulting map graphic based on the compiled data. They said Pennsylvania topped the country and New York came in in third place.

Bronx Man Gets Life for Dec 2021 Murder & Attempted Robbery on Aqueduct Park Walkway

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A Bronx man, Ricardo Ferguson, a/k/a “Maybach,” has been sentenced to life in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman for the Dec. 5, 2021 murder of Robert Brown, Sr. inside Aqueduct Park walkway in the University Heights neighborhood of The Bronx. The news was confirmed by Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 6.