Talk Bronx New York

  In 1968, after the tragic assassination of his brother, New York Senator Robert Kennedy, as the people of this nation reeled from shock, Ted Kennedy delivered the eulogy at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

I was among the people who listened as he declared: “My brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.”

 The Kennedy brothers had a special relationship with New York. I saw it in the eyes of thousands as they greeted  presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in a ticker tape parade up lower Broadway in 1960. I marveled at the enthusiasm of the crowds as they surged around the open convertible bearing the couple. Clearly people related to this handsome, smiling young man and his beautiful wife. As they rode up the Canyon of Heroes, it was almost like we were witnessing the prelude to a coronation, as indeed it was.

Earlier I was with Jack Kennedy at a rally in the Bronx on Fordham Road and the Concourse when he told the crowd: “I come to the Bronx as an old Bronx boy. I used to live in the Bronx.”

Ted Kennedy: In His Own Words
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Who South Bronx hands the ball off to doesn’t seem to matter. Michael Drake Jr., Marcus Webster and Raymond Norman all produce the same result: points.

And plenty of them.

South Bronx have outscored opponents, 286-66, this season, including a lopsided, 42-6 win over previously unbeaten Franklin Roosevelt in PSAL Cup division football at New Utrecht on Saturday. The victory clinched a playoff spot for South Bronx (8-0) and moves it into first place.

“It was important to win the game,” coach Jose Cosme Jr. said. “We didn’t know what our future held. We had to find out what type of team we were yesterday.”

Drake Jr. rushed for 170 yards and two touchdowns, including one of 80 yards, on seven carries. Webster carried the ball four times for 114 yards and a touchdown. Fernando Carmona completed 2-of-4 passes for 42 yards and had a 34-yard touchdown pass to Michael Walker. Norman ran for 70 yards and a touchdown on four carries. All three have rushed for over 500 yards and at least five touchdowns this season.

“Anyone we give the ball to can go for big yards in any given game in our back field,” Cosme said. Read more..

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