Sports

Ranting about lockdown casualties, participation trophies, and more — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 13, 2021 While walking home from Astoria Park the other day, I passed Riccardo’s By the Bridge. (FYI: Nobody in Astoria ever called it anything other than “Riccardo’s.”) The bridge in question was the Triborough Bridge but it’s since been renamed the RFK Bridge. (FYI: Nobody in Astoria ever calls it anything other than “the Triboro.”) Anyway, the centrally located ...

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One of Them Life-Flashing-Before-Your-Eyes Moments — Mickey Z.

One-half of the "Fearsome Foursome": Tommy (a.k.a. “Buse”) and me at age 14 Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 19, 2021 Every now and then, if you’re the kind of person who pays close attention, the ...

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Long Before Serena, There Was Althea Gibson — Mickey Z.

(public domain) Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 16, 2021 Althea Gibson was one of the greatest and most important tennis players of all-time. Btw, she was female and she was black. In her 2003 obi ...

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Pre-COVID Life as a Gym Rat — Mickey Z.

(BlackLabelArt) Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 14, 2021 Thanks to the COVID-19 (over)response, March 10, 2021, marked one full year since I had worked in-person as a fitness trainer. It was one f ...

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Hanging Out with Arnold at the Gym — Mickey Z.

(YouTube screenshot) Mickey Z. — Worlds News Trust March 1, 2021 I recently told you a little about my gig at the Vertical Club (VC). Think of it as Studio 54 with bench pressing (or is that redundan ...

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That Time I Became Robin Hood — Mickey Z.

Eduard Muzhevskyi / Science Photo Library Mickey Z. — World News Trust February 7, 2021 With “Robin Hood” in the news recently, it’s made me hark back to a time when I engaged in some “steal from the ...

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9 Movies and Songs to Steel Us for 2021 — Mickey Z.

YouTube screenshot from Rocky (1976) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose December 21, 2020 2020 is not done with us yet. We are divided and exhausted and focused on the present. Yet, we have to simultaneous ...

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Can You Spell W-I-S-E-A-S-S? — Mickey Z.

Screenshot from eBay Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 1, 2020 Outside of hanging out with my friends, I never really liked school. Since I was able to do well without much effort, the situation ...

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That Time When Negro League Legend Josh Gibson Hit a Ball Out of Yankee Stadium | Mickey Z.

Josh Gibson scoring a run for the Homestead Grays in a game against the Newark Eagles at Griffith Stadium in Washington in 1942. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Mickey Z. -- World News Tr ...

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Here’s What A White Ally Looks Like (part I) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 11, 2020 In 1937, baseball was a segregated, primarily Eastern sport… but in the off-season, major leaguers often competed against Negro Lea ...

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Climb Every Mountain (Well, Maybe Not) | Mickey Z.

Gangkhar Puensum seen from Gophu La Pass; it is Bhutan's highest mountain at an elevation of 7,570 m (24,836 ft) and most likely the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Image: Photo by Gradytheb ...

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