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Cricket season opens in the Bronx

May 06, 2013
By Niki Blasina

In Van Cortlandt Park, international dignitaries and cricket officials celebrated the growth of the sport in the United States.

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Beep baseball is crafted for the blind

May 06, 2013
By J. Duaine Hahn

The Long Island Bombers and the New Jersey Lightning faced off at Central Park during an exhibition game for blind and vision-impaired players.

 

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Opening Day live blog: Scenes from two stadiums

The Mets and Yankees have home game openers Monday -- and the weather has cooperated. It must finally be spring.

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Cano’s postseason slump not so surprising

February 06, 2013
By Daniel Bush

What research tells us about the impact of stress and pressure on performance  

Out in the world: García Lorca in New York

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    Thanks to Lorca in New York (April 5-July 21 2013), a celebration of Lorca’s American sojourn, the Spanish poet is receiving renewed interest in the city he once described as the “vomiting multitude

The living dead are evolving: The Zombie apocalypse takes over media

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    Zombie research experts – yes, they exist -- debate the validity of zombie films based on an expanding definition of the undead.

     

For religious actors, a clash of cultures

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    Mona Shaikh must balance a dedication both to the theater and to religious observance. 

Playing the fool: An interview with Broadway “Cinderella” star Greg Hildreth

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    Hildreth plays the fool for a living, and wouldn’t have it any other way. 

A prized Italian painting makes its American debut

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    A painting by Diego Velázquez is the lone artwork in a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum.

The second coming: Christian dubstep in the digital age

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    The music known as Christian dubstep is an unlikely pairing of two worlds.