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WPCNR STAGE DOOR. From Oscar Sales, Jr. White Plains Performing Arts Center. February 4, 2005: Two legendary actors take the stage at the White Plains Performing Arts Center in a new dramatic play by Jeffrey Sweet. The Value of Names is an intriguing look at the aftermath of the Hollywood blacklisting of the 1950’s. The Value of Names is directed by James Glossman and plays the White Plains Performing Arts Center March 4-13, 2005.
Set on the patio of a beachside home in Malibu in 1981, Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple, Quincy) plays actor Benny Silverman, star of the hit situation comedy Rich But Happy, whose career was interrupted by the Hollywood blacklist. His daughter, Norma, has just been cast in a play to be directed by Leo Greshen, the man who testified against Benny before the House Un-American Activities Commission.
Suddenly, Benny must deal with the troubling history he has tried to forget. At Norma’s urging, Benny meets Leo, played by Louis Zorich (Mad About You, Brooklyn Bridge). The two men, who were once great friends, but have not spoken to each other in thirty years, are forced to confront one another. The Value of Names explores issues of culpability, forgiveness, and how the next generation must deal with the mistakes from the past through a provocative and passionate exchange of ideas.
Growing up in Philadelphia, Jack Klugman knew he wanted to be an actor and after World War II, used his GI Bill to attend Carnegie Tech in Pittsburg. His first big break on the New York stage came with a role opposite Kim Stanley in St. Joan followed by Stevedore with Rod Steiger. On Broadway, he starred in Golden Boy, Mr. Roberts, The Odd Couple, Gypsy (with Ethel Merman), Tchin-Tchin and The Sudden and Accidental Reeducation of Horse Johnson. Jack then moved on to films and television. His numerous film appearances include: Timetable, Twelve Angry Men, Days of Wine and Roses, Act One, The Dective, Goodbye Columbus, The Two Minute Warning and many others. But it is his television starring roles in “The Odd Couple” and “Quincy” that have given him his greatest triumphs and have earned him many prestigious awards including three Emmys, a Golden Globe and a Chloe Award.
Louis Zorich has worked extensively in the theatre. His Broadway credits include: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Follies, 45 Seconds from Broadway, She Loves, Me, Arms and the Man, Death of a Salesman (with Dustin Hoffman), and many others. A frequent performer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, he co-founded the Whole Theatre with his wife, Olympia Dukakis. He has appeared in over 300 television shows and as a series regular in “Brooklyn Bridge” and “Mad About You.”
Jeffrey Sweet is resident playwright at the Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Theatre. He has premiered or developed more than a dozen plays, many of which have gone on to successful mountings around the country and internationally. He was won two American Theatre Critics Association playwriting prizes, the Kennedy Center American Express Award, the Joseph Jefferson Award, a “Best Plays” Citation and the Outer Critics Circle Award. He is currently a faculty member of Lehman College.
The Value of Names also stars Megan Muchelmann as Norma and is directed by James Glossman.
The Value of Names plays the White Plains Performing Arts Center from March 4-13, 2005. Tickets are $32.50-$45 with Senior Citizen and Group discounts available. To order tickets, call the Box Office at 888-977-2250. Visit our web site at www.wppac.com.
The Value of Names is made possible in part with special funding from the David Schwartz Foundation.
WPCNR SCREEN GEMS. From National Amusements. February 4, 2005: THE BOGEYMAN, ALIENS OF THE DEEP (In IMAX) and THE WEDDING DATE arrive at the City Center Cinema de Lux in White Plains this weekend. Here’s the celluloid rundown of shows and times:
ALIENS OF THE DEEP in IMAX 3D in our new IMAX auditorium. James Cameron, director of TITANIC, takes you on a thrilling IMAX 3D voyage two miles below the surface of the ocean, to encounter some of the strangest most fascinating creatures and sights on Earth. Entertainment Weekly gave this film a B+ rating and Ebert & Roeper gave the movie “two thumbs up!”. Rated G
WPCNR GOOD NEWS. Special to WPCNR. February 3, 2005: At a news conference this afternoon to which WPCNR was not invited, it was announced that the White Plains Youth Bureau Tsunami Relief project, in which cannisters were placed in approximately 50 businesses in the down town collected $5,000. The proceeds were turned over to the Red Cross to pay for supplies and medical relief for the Asian Tsunami victims.
WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. Special to WPCNR. February 3, 2005: WPCNR news has learned that selection of members of the Mayor’s Comprehensive Plan Review Committee, Co-Chaired by former Councilman John Martin and Planning Board Chair, Mary Cavalero, has been completed and members were told to expect their first meeting at 7 PM, Wednesday, February 9 at City Hall. The Mayor’s office did not return WPCNR calls for confirmation of who the balance of the committee members are, other than the seven comfirmed previously.
It is expected, according to WPCNR’s source that the February 9 meeting, beginning at 7 PM, and open to the public, will set the procedures and processes for the review of the Planning Department-generated city comprehensive plan review, hastily finished over the last month according to persons familiar with how the document was prepared.
WPCNR DOWNTOWN DAILY. From Rick Ammirato, Downtown BID. February 3, 2005: The 8th Annual White Plains St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee announced that it has selected Michael O’Donnell as this year’s grand marshal. Michael O’Donnell, owner of Finn McCool’s, is a father of three, a 17 year resident of White Plains and has been the head Football Coach at ArchbishopStepinacHigh School for past the 16 years. He is also a founding member of the White Plains St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee.
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee has also announced that the aides selected this year are Kerry Broderick, Edward Dunphy, James Feeney, James Harding, Pauline Oliva, Cara Quinn, Sr. Patricia Sheridan and Joseph Wray. An installation ceremony will be held on Monday, February 7, 2005, 6:30 – 8:30 PM at Vintage Restaurant, 171 Main Street in downtown White Plains. The Sashes of Honor to lead the 8th Annual White Plains St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be distributed at that time.
WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. By John F. Bailey. February 3, 2005: In the first meeting of the Annual Budget Committee, twenty-six members of the citizens committee that serves as the community “sounding board” for the City School District planning its budget, learned that looming certiorari,(tax givebacks to businesses who have challenged and won lowered assessments in the courts), are forcing the city school district to consider bonding for expected crippling givebacks within two years.
The Money Men, Assistant Superintendent for Business, Terrance Schruers, left and Superintendent of Schools, Timothy Connors, presented the budget pressures to the White Plains Annual Budget Committee last night.Photo by WPCNR News.
The information on the certiorari drain was relayed to the Board of Education by their attorney, Mark Scharff, (who sits in on negotiations on challenged assessments, with the City Assessor and other city officials), during an Executive Session with the Board, Monday evening. An exact figure of possible future certiorari was not given by either Assistant Superintendent Terrance Schreurs, Donna McLaughlin, President of the Board of Education, or Mr. Connors. They were awaiting the City Assessor’s public report to the Board of Education later this month. No figures were provided as to the total certioraris paid back this year, though at least $632,000 was paid back to Nordstrom’s.
Assistant Superintendent for Business Schruers, said the district had exhausted $5 Million budgeted for certiorari: (in bonding, $3 million and its remaining cash reserve for certriorari, $2.2 million), in givebacks this year.
He said the district expected to have to allocate $5 million more next year, with the potential for floating bond issues for future paybacks on successful certiorari challenges in 2006-07. The real picture is expected to be made clear when City Assessor, Eyde McCarthy addresses the Board of Education February 28 on the matter of PILOTS and future assessments.
Timothy Connors, Superintendent of Schools, told the ABC Committee that unless the city and the school district found a way to stop the downward spiral of commercial assessments, the School District might be forced to pay for certioraris out of operating expenses, impacting the education budget. But, he said he chose to remain optimistic that Ms. McCarthy would have good news on the meeting of the 28th on PILOTS.
More detailed information on the budget picture (pegged last night at $158 Million, up 9.72% from 2004-05), emerged during the course of Wednesday evening’s meeting, but what had most citizens talking was the spectre of dwindling commercial assessments, their potentially catastrophic impact on the school budget and the reasons behind the drain. WPCNR will be providing more details on the budget as they came out last night.
WPCNR PRESS BOX. February 2, 2005: On national signing day, the White Plains Tiger, Ike Nduka, the workhorse of the Tiger backfield this season, signed a Letter of Intent to attend the University of Buffalo on a four year, “Full-ride” Scholarship at a signing ceremony in the Career Center at White Plains High School Wednesday. Mr. Nduka said he selected Buffalo because the city of Buffalo reminded him a lot of White Plains, and he compared the coaching staff to his coaches at WPHS. Mr. Nduka plans to major in psychology at Buffalo, and looks forward to his Division I carreer. He is the second back in two years from White Plains to earn a four year scholarship to a Division I school. With Mayor Joseph Delfino, his proud parents, his coach, and his offensive line looking on, Mr. Nduka made it official.
Ike Nduka with his parents at his side, chooses the University of Buffalo, on a full scholarship. Photo by WPCNR Sports.
THE GO-TO GUY: IKE NDUKA (GOOD OLD NUMBER 28) taking handoff from Kevin Avery (12) about to score. He hopes to be doing the same for the Buffalos of the University of Buffalo next fall. Photo, WPCNR Sports Archive.
A Great Day for White Plains, WPHS, and Ike Nduka, shown with his football coach, the Builder of Champions, Mark Santa-Donato, Mayor Joseph Delfino of White Plains, Ike, and his mother and father. Mr. Nduka said “My heart is full of joy.” Photo by WPCNR Sports.
WPCNR PRESS ROW. By Johnny Cannon. February 2, 2005, UPDATED Feb 3, 2005, 11:45 A.M. with Card:
DONG! DONG! DONG!
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Westchester County Center, the East Coast’s Premier Palace of Pugilism, The Canvas Cathedral of the Fistic Arts, Northeast Promotions and Irish Ropes Boxing present “The Night of Future Champions,” Friday night at 7:30 P.M. (NOT 8) featuring in the Main Event, the up-and-coming undefeated Irish Icon, with 7 knockouts in 7 fights, John Duddy of County Derry, Ireland in an 8 Round match against 8-1-1 Middeweight, Larry Vaughn, of Houston, Texas.
THE YOUNG, THE LEAN, THE HUNGRY: Left to Right: Max The Damager Daguzian, Irish John Duddy, White Plains’ Ann Marie Saccurato, and The Bronx’s Jose Rios with Chip Matthews of Westchester County Recreation and Parks at Fight Night News Conference.Photo by WPCNR Sports.
Friday night’s card features Women’s Boxing matching White Plains’ own Ann Marie Saccurato, the National Women’s Golden Gloves Champion of 2001, undefeated in 9 fights with 3 KOs. Plus The Bronx’s own Joey Rios, and Russell Jordan, and “The Damager,” Queen’s own Max Daguzian.
COUNTY CENTER, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, converts to a boxing ring Friday night with seven big fights. The first fights in the Center in 10 years. The fighters look it over.Photo by WPCNR Sports
“Good Evening everyone, this is Howard Rosell, ringside at the County Center, where we have for you 7 thrilla’s featuring the lean, the muscled, the hungry, the hard-hitting, serious mean fighters on the way up trying to get a piece of the brass ring of life, fighting their way up out of the mean streets, training in gyms pungent with the reek of linament, sweat and testosterone under the watchful eye of dedicated trainers teaching them the art of defense, the combinations and the discipline to fight through to the top of the world’s toughest profession.
Tougher than professional football with no faceguards, no pads to save you from punishment. Where you’re only as good as your cutman and as tough as your heart, these young bulls and million dollar babies live to compete, ladies and gentlemen, and it is my pleasure to be handling the color tonight, along with my ring partner, the man whose voice sounds like a fist, the legendary, Deadend Dunphy, Donderoo?”
(Legendary Fightcaster, Deadend Dunphy appears on camera)
“Thank you Howard, and welcome to the ancient art deco arena, the WestchesterCountyCenter home to boxing since the 1930s, the first Center fight in 10 years. It’s filling up to the balcony in an anticipation of our first bout. Tonight we’ll be seeing flashing middleweight, lightweights, welterweight and a classic women’s event. We’ll be scoring on the 10-point must system.
But, I don’t think we’re going to see these fights go far. These are kids trying to get a piece of the boxing action. Big wins here in the eye of the big apple mean a lot to these fighters. They’re young, hard and mean, superbly trained, fearless. I don’t expect long fights, many of these fighters have not tasted losses and will be facing their stiffest tests to date. The typewriters are clattering on press row. The cigar smoke is floating over the ring. The first fighters are in their corners. Let’s go to the referee for his instructions to the fighters.”
DONG! DONG! DONG!
Remember how it was decades ago? When Gillette’s Cavalcade of Sports with its jaunty “To Look Sharp” theme (parodied in our headline), presented the Friday Night Fights on NBC?
Westchester County Executive Andy Spano remembers. He’s from the Bronx, and on Friday nights he said his dad used to take him to the old fights at the CountyCenter. Spano, said at the news conference announcing this Friday’s fights, it was his dream to bring back that tradition. Promoter Ron Katz, right, former matchmaker for Top Rank Boxing, said they were looking to draw at least 1,500 to 2,000 fans to the fights to make the concept viable. Photo by WPCNR Sports.
Well this Friday night, Westchester County’s Department of Recreation and Parks is bringing the “Friday Night Fights” back to the County Center in attempt to revive with Northeast Promotions, the boxing tradition at the County Center with seven fights beginning at 7:30 P.M. (Not 8 as reported previously.)
Tickets are priced from $75 ringside to $40 Reserved and $25 general admission. For tickets call the CountyCenter or Ticketmaster.
Now, Howard Rosell.
Now back to Howard at ringside with one of the fighters on tonight’s card, born-and-raised White Plains baby, Ann Marie Saccurato before the events get under way. Down to you, Howard.
Thank you, Ed Herlihy, this is your repawta, Howard Rosell, reporting for WPCNR, “Bringing the Sports Back Live” with me at ringside (DONG! DONG! DONG!) is White Plains’ Ann Marie Saccurato, she’s a former kickboxer, and the toughest resident on White Plains North End. She works as personal trainer by day, and trains at New York Boxing Gym in Yonkers. Ann Marie, what got you started in boxing?”
Ann Marie Saccurato, toughest woman in White Plains North End. Ann at 7-0-2 will be fighting Victoria Cisneros of Albaquerque NY. Vickie is 3-1. Friday Night. Photo by WPCNR SPORTS.
“I’ve been a competitor all my life. I’ve been an athlete, and I’ve always been looking for more, to push myself harder, and Ifound more of that edge in boxing. I actually started in martial arts, and TKD (Tae Kwan Do) for about a year or so. A friend sent me a flyer for the New York Golden Gloves, and I ignorantly, and very naively entered. I did a crash course on boxing and ended up getting a bye into the finals. Lost in the finals, but that ended up propelling my boxing career. I fell in love with the sport. It’s pushed me harder more than anything I’ve done in my life.”
“I’ve had three knockouts, a couple of close fights, two draws.”
How did you turn pro?
“After I won the Golden Gloves, the gentleman I was with at the time brought up the idea of me turning pro. I thought about it awhile and decided it was something I was interested in doing, because women’s boxing was not in the Olympics at that time. If it was, I would have stayed amateur. They are trying to bring it in to the 2008 Olympics, which I would like to be a part of. I ended up hooking up with (Trainer) Luigi Olcese. Luigi helps me out a lot. He’s been my rock through all of this. He’s helped me out financially a great deal. Unfortunately, in women’s boxing you don’t get paid the same, as much as a lot of the guys do.We’re working on that, trying to make strides. Hopefully this will be another stride closer to crossing the equality line between women and the guys.
Where is Women’s Boxing Today?
“Right now the only people who make money in the sport for women are Christi Martin, Lucy Riker. Hopefully, we’re trying to bring women’s boxing more to the forefront, get more support, more respect and make strides that way.”
What’s next for women’s boxing, Annie?
“Right now they’re running a card out of Vegas, I believe, and I’m trying to do one in Florida, representing all of the top female fighters, an all female card. So that’sjust starting. Hopefully they’re all steps in the right direction really propelling the sport, along with the movie that’s out right now Million Dollar Baby.”
What kind of fight are you going to give us tonight, Ann Marie Saccurato?
“You’re going to see a lot of excitement. You’re going to see all the boxing. You’re going to see the footwork. You’re going to see the dancing. Especially if you’re going to come and see me fight. I can dance with the best in my heels, but I’m a fighter. A fighter’s a fighter, a boxer’s a boxer.”
Now, let’s go to Deadend Dunphy, who’s with Super Lightweight Jose Rios of The Bronx who’ll be fighting Chad Lawshe of Mobile on Friday night’s card:
Thank you Howard,Jose you were born and raised in the Throgs Neck section of The Bronx, was it tough?
JOSE RIOS. Photo, Courtesy, Northeast Promotions.
“Everywhere you go, it’s tough. It’s what you make of it.”
How did you get into the fights?
“When I was young, I thought I was a little tough guy in school. And in school, when you fight, you get in trouble. In the ring, you get bumps and bruises and you bleed and when you hit somebody back and you hurt them. It was O.K. It was actually what the coaches like I was drawn to that. Not only that. I saw how it was a family environment in the gym. It was fun to be there. It taught me just so much. How to be a man. Self-respect. Discipline.”
Who first noticed you?
“My trainer, Angel Alejandro. Before we started boxing together, he was a neighbor in my building, we lived together. He asked me to come down to the basement where they used to open up a little room, have kids box. Teach them and train them. He put me to fight. He saw my talent. He said, this kid has something. He brought me to the gym and then, forget it ever since then it’s history.”
What’s your training discipline?
“Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays we do heavy sparring sessions. No running. On days I have off we do a tremendous workout. We do roadwork early in the morning for an hour and a half. We do 2 to 3 hours in the gym off heavy bag, rope, calisthenics everything you could possibly think of. And on Saturdays, I go up into the mountains and I run. Boxing is my fulltime job now.”
How do you get paid?
“I have a sponsor Rusty Ansell who’s helping me out, so I am getting through the weeks, anything I need he provides. He’s in Ocala, Florida. He saw me at the Golden Gloves.”
Now to Howard and The Damager, Max Daguzian of Queens, who will be in his second professional fight Friday night after a draw in his first outing. He’ll be fighting Chad Lawshe, Super Lightweight out of Mobile, at 8-3 with 3 KOs. Howard?
Max, you’re new to the fight game, how did you like your first fight in Middletown, New York, three months ago?
“The first one was fantastic. The crowd reacted awesome. I just loved it. It was a beautiful experience. Something new. Hopefully I’ll fight at least eight fights a year.”
Isn’t that a lot of wear and tear on the body?
“No, not really. As long as I train right, eat right, think right. I train about five days a week. Give my body some rest.”
Do you have a sponsor?
“I’m gonna make a name for myself.”
How did you get into the fight game?
“Basically, my brother used to box. He was boxing out of BeststyleBoxingCenter, he brought me into the gym and I took it on from there. I won the Gloves, won the (New YorkState) Empires (Games), went on to the regionals, fell short in the nationals in the U.S. championships. I was so close to making the Olympics, but I fell short (in 2000). I took a four year layoff. It’s a motivator. You got to do better.You can’t quit. Always, always, it’s always like that. Someone’s always trying to drag you down. Someone is always trying to take away your confidence But you know what, only you can build up that confidence. Only you can do it, because you feel what you feel.”
What’s your best punch?
“My left hook. Everybody’s going to recognize Max Daguzian. The Damager. I’m mentally ready. I’m focused. I’ve got my eyes on the prize. I’m a very gentleperson outside the ring.”
We’ll be looking for that left hook, Max, now sending it back up to Deadend Dunphy with Middleweight from Ireland, fighting for the first time in the U.S., IRISHJohn Duddy.
Irish John Duddy.Photo, Courtesy Northeast Promotions.
Thank you Howard. Johnny what brought you to America?
“Looking at professionals back home (in CountyDerry) in England and Ireland. In America, over the centuries you have the best boxers, the best coaches, and I think the best way to get to the top is to get on and mix it with the best, learn with the best and that’s why I’ve come to America for.”
How do you like America so far? And, as you can tell by the accent, he’s really Irish, folks:
“I think it’s fantastic. I currently train at Irish Ropes Boxing Club in Far Rockaway (Queens), Eddie McLoughlin. He’s the one who brought me over here and opened the door for me. Since I’ve come here, I feel like I have to pinch myself every once in a while because it feels like a dream come true. I’m loving the life of a professional fighter. I’ve had seven KO’s, 5 in the first round.
I’m getting a great (box) office. They’re getting great numbers for every event that I house. My coach Harry Keith. He’s working with me every day. I’m training at Gleason’s Gym. Rubbing shoulders with the greats. If I don’t get there, I think this is the best opportunity that I have to get closer.”
What do you like about boxing?
“I love the attention. When I’m in that ring, people are there to see me. Whenever my hand gets lifted up at the end of the fight, that crowd is cheering for me.That is the greatest experience I have so far. The love of the game. I’m trying to prove to myself how good I am. This is what I’m going to find out.”
What’s your routine during the week?
“Jogging at 6 o’clock in the morning, about 6 miles. At 10 o’clock, I jump a train and go to Irish Ropes or Gleason’s to do me training sessions. After that I’m becoming a great house mom, I clean the house and do the dishes and laundry for my girl friend because she be away working. It’s not that exciting a life. But it’s my dream come true. I’ve been given the opportunity to eat sleep and talk boxing and I’m just thankful for having the opportunity to be here.”
Do you scout your opponents?
“We do get films of our opponents. My people are going to be looking at it. They’ll work on it. We’ll leave it to them to ask the questions and I’ll answer them in the ring. I just looking forward to the experience.”
What’s your best punch?
“My left hook. I throw a lot of combinations. I’m very busy. Very forward, a very aggressive fighter so I don’t concentrate on landing any one single punch. I just try and get off as many as possible, a lot of combinations. I’m a good both-handed fighter so right hand or left hand, whatever. Hopefully I’ll put on a good show.”
Well, there you have it Howard, and we’re just about ready for the first round and the fighter introductions.
Yesteryear Lives Once More Friday night.
Well, Howard and Don Dunphy are gone, but that was the flavor of the Friday night fights. This Friday, White Plains and all of the tri-state get to see boxing come back to the arena that recalls the feel of St. Nicholas Arena, Sunnyside Gardens, the 69th Regimental Armory, and of course, the old 8th Avenue Madison Square garden, where balconies hung over the ring bringing you close enough to hear the punishing slap of glove on jaw, heavy pounding bodywork and be close enough to see the spit fly out of a fighter’s mouth from a right cross landing, and see the gleam of blood over a cut eye.
The CountyCenter, St. Nick’s, Sunnyside. Those were places to fight. Not those glamour palaces in Vegas or the Boardwalk. The ticketsellers were ugly and mean. The aficionados of the cruel sport were mean. It was a man’s world, that women loved to go to and show off.
Because there’s always something about a good fight. The shine of sweat on a naked torso. The baring of a mouthpiece of the fighter before he danced to the center of the ring. The deft work of trainers in the corner, working on cuts. Pouring water over a drenched sweaty fighter’s face.
There was the fight announcements ritual, that I parodied at the top of this column.
The fighters making their way to the ring in satin robes with their names on the backs, like “Lewis,” “Sugar Ray,” “Dempsey,” “Marciano.” There were the women of the fights, beautiful showpieces brought by rich powerful men who paid $100s of dollars for their ringside seats for the privilege of having spit blood and the smells of sweating desperate men trying to hurt each other in their nostrils.
Friday, the CountyCenter brings it all back.
You won’t see the pall ofthe legendary cigar smoke hanging in rafters. You won’t see the fast-talking wiseguy sportswriters with panatellas hanging from their pecking fingers of flash-typing on their portables. There won’t be a lot of white-shirted, bow-tied reporters in cheap suits with straw and felt fedoras perched back on their heads who used to crowd press row ringside. There will be no sounds of hot lead copy clattering out on rows of Smith Corona typewriters, with all the staccato rat-tat-tat of a Sugar Ray combination. All the while they were writing, the “scribes” would be chain-gulping coffee with press cards stuck in their hat bands, with Lucky’s hanging out of their mouths. (The CountyCenter is smoke-free. We’ll miss that.)
I loved the blow-by-blow by the great Don Dumphy, who delivered “the punch-by-punch” in front of a microphone that looked like a microphone, none of this headset crap, whose raspy turse delivery sounded like a flurry of punches and had the grit that sounded like a fight – just as Mel Allen sounded like baseball was.
But the gong will be there. The bow-tied referee, and please, can the ring announcer wear a tuxedo? Can please, can the mike be lowered from the ceiling? There will be beautiful Ring Girls, too to announce the rounds.
Now back to Deadend Dunphy for the first round.
“The fighters are leaving their corners. Saccurato circling her opponent, light on her feet, lean meanlooking tough, she moves in, very aggressively going after her opponent on the ropes now delivering a left to the body, a right. Her opponent ties her up. Right away Saccurato is coming out, just as she said she would.
Circling each other now. Here comes Saccurato again with a flurry to the head. Oh a solid right, counter punch caught her unawares, staggering her. She parries ties up. Dances back and lands a devasting upper cut to the jaw, a right cross, and misses a haymaker with a left…
Boxing. It’s back!
For latest information go to www.nepboxing.com. Or Call the CountyCenter for ticket information at 914-995-4050, or order through Ticketmaster.
The Sweet Science Returns to the Cathedral of the Fistic Arts. Photo by WPCNR Sports.
WPCNR MAMARONECK AVENUE AMBLER. February 2, 2005: The former space occupied by The Food Emporium is back in business, as a new CVS outlet opened for business there Monday. The 24-hour-a-day operation offers perscriptions, convenience foods and the essentials opposite The Jefferson complex.
CVS LANDS AT OLD FOOD EMPORIUM SITE.Photo by WPCNR News.
WPCNR PUBLIC AWARENESS ALERT ADVISORY No. 3. February 2, 2005: In the public interest, WPCNR continues its observations of obvious threats to the public well-being on the roads, in the skys, on the streets, all around the little big town. Today’s “P-Triple A Alert” scopes in on the bottleneck Eastbound out of the city at the intersection of South Kensico Avenue and Westchester Avenue. The merge-down of three lanes into one at that intersection as motorists vie for space in the one lane narrowage is aggravated by the brain-dead placement of a bus stop that creates a squeezeout when a Bee-Line stops to pick up passengers. A bus behemoth nearly resulted in my fender being sheared off by an aggressive SUV leaping across my mergepath the other day. At rush hours in the evenings, this is a lovely experience.
The lack of on-surface X-Outs and a sharp thick arrow indicating to motorists that a merge is necessary creates a dangerous contention for lane room, as three lanes narrow to two on the far side of the intersection. Either the county or the city should seriously think about moving this bus stop, painting arrows or creating a third light for the right hand lane, orchestrating the merge. The WPCNR Mobile Unit was nearly sandwiched by a bus squatly blocking the right lane the other day. If it can happen to me, a person familiar with this travesty of an intersection, it can happen to strangers more easily. Watch your fenders folks. Photo by WPCNR News.
