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Teenagers in an urban gardening program tearing up the asphalt at Brook Park in the Bronx. They’re planning to plant more vegetables to donate to local residents

 A symphony of dull thuds and sharp clanks heralded — what else? — the planting season at Brook Park in the Bronx. Teenagers took turns swinging sledgehammers and pickaxes as they tore up the remains of an ancient basketball court inside the Mott Haven park, where they have already planted eight large boxes now bursting with tomatoes, peppers, greens and other natural goodies.

“This used to be a parking lot,” said Raymond Figueroa, a program coordinator with Aspira, the youth group sponsoring the urban planting. “We’re opening up the asphalt so we can plant some more.”

And before you could ask, he launched into a list of the stuff they had already planted earlier this year.

“We got tomatoes,” he said. “We got eggplants. We got peppers. We got collard greens. We already did one harvest, which we donated to a food pantry that feeds 500 people.” Read more..

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 Muhammad Ali waves to cheering crowd in the Bronx, site of his 1976 title defense against Ken Norton

  “The Greatest” was back at Yankee Stadium Thursday night, and we’re not talking about the 1927 Yankees or the even the ‘98 team.

Muhammad Ali, who defended his heavyweight title at the old Yankee Stadium by beating Ken Norton in 1976, presented two hospitality awards to Hal Steinbrenner and the Yanks in a ceremony before their series- opening victory against Boston.

The 67-year-old former champ, wearing a blue shirt and sporting sunglasses, also posed for pictures flanked by Yankee players and rode around the field in a golf cart, waving to cheering fans as music blared and highlights of his fights played on the scoreboard. A cluster of fans chanted, “Ali, Ali” and he smiled and waved. Near home plate, Ali, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, sat on a stool.

“It doesn’t get much better than that,” Steinbrenner said of meeting Ali. “His legacy just transcends generations and that was proof. It’s great to have him here, an honor. The man was a legend in so many ways, in and out of the ring.”

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