Mike’s World: Marching To Oblivion From Harlem To Hollywood?

By Mike McQuillan A sunlit diamond blinds me on a perfect baseball day. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can unsubscribe anytime)Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By submitting this form, you…

Former Yankee Mariano Rivera And Rodriguez Visits NewYork-Presbyterian’s School-Based Health Center

Baseball Hall of Famer and former Yankee closer Mariano Rivera and council member Ydanis Rodriguez paid a visit to NewYork-Presbyterian’s school-based health center at the George Washington Educational Complex uptown in Washington Heights on Wednesday. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like…

Ralph Lauren’s Yankee Collection Is A Hit From Harlem To The Harare

We fell in love with Ralph Lauren years ago, from the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care Center on 124th Street to Harlem’s Alicia Keys son being a Ralph Lauren model. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You…

Retrospect Of The Charles Oakley Situation

By Mike Robinson Charles Oakley and James Dolan clashed heads at The Garden on national television earlier this February, and the situation has just kept getting stranger and stranger for Knicks‘ fans in Harlem and all of the other boroughs. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine…

NYC Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito And Others Launch #NotAFan

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) has teamed up with Harlem New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to launch #NotAFan, a new campaign to address domestic violence in professional sports. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like…

The Raz Report: Un-Familia Territory

By Marc Rasbury When the Mets’ Reliever Jeursy Familia entered a game this season, Terry Collins and his teammates could pencil in that game as a win. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You…

Harlem Faves Derek Jeter Honored At Kids’ Choice Sports 2015

Five-time World Series Champion Derek Jeter was honored with the Legend Award at this year’s second annual Kids’ Choice Sports 2015 in recognition of his unmatched talent, integrity and sportsmanship on and off the field. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to…

A-Rod’s Perfect Pitch At Harlem NYC Autism Charter School

The pitcher brought his right arm forward and the hitter in the lefty box brought his bat around, and he dribbled the ball foul. But he happily circled the bases anyway because everything counted as a home run Friday at this sun-drenched field. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe…

Yankee Mark Teixeira Helps Harlem Kids

Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira knows he’s lucky to play baseball for a living. So when he’s not working in the Bronx, he’s using the sport he loves to help kids just over the borough border in Manhattan. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes,…

Harlemite “Columbia Lou” Gehrig At Columbia University

As first baseman (1925–39) for the New York Yankees, Harlem born Lou Gehrig played in 2,130 consecutive league games (a record that would stand for more than fifty years), batted .361 in seven World Series, and broke many other major-league records. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World…

The Raz: You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

By Marc Rasbury   Last week, CBS aired the 50th Anniversary Special of the Beatles performing on the Ed Sullivan Show and that got me thinking about one of their songs as it pertains to what took place in the world of sports over the past couple of weeks. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our…

Satchel Paige, Harlem 1941

Here is a great photos of one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history Satchel Paige waiting for pool hall adversary, on a street in Harlem, New York (1941). Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World…