Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto Swap Praise Instead of Blows at ApolloFebruary 28, 2012 5:16pm | By Jeff Mays, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer Click to see all pictures (8 photos) (L) Floyd Mayweather and (R) Miguel Cotto pose at a press conference to promote their upcoming fight on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas at the The Apollo Theater on February 28, 2012 in New York City. (Chris Trotman/Getty Images)HARLEM The crowd was hyped, the music was loud and two gold-colored thrones sat on the stage of the Apollo Theater during the second leg of Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Miguel Cotto‘s tour to promote their upcoming title bout in Las Vegas. The event had all of the pomp and circumstance of a big-time boxing match but none of the venom as the men shook hands and even complimented one another, with Mayweather calling Cotto “one of the best.” “It was a dream of mine to come to the Apollo,” Mayweather said as his entourage, including rapper 50 Cent, looked on. “I never thought I would be on this stage.” But all the niceties will end when the brawlers get in the ring, Mayweather reminded the crowd. “When it comes down to it, it’s one on one,” he said. The world-class boxers will meet for the WBA super welterweight world championship at the MGM Grand on May 5. “I want this day to pass quickly and get training,” Cotto said. “On May 5, I’m going to make every Puerto Rican proud.” The event, which was open to the public, drew hundreds of people who formed a line in front of the Apollo that snaked around the block. |
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Teens to Study History of Hip-Hop at New-York Historical Society
Teens to Study History of Hip-Hop at New-York Historical SocietyFebruary 29, 2012 8:38am | By Leslie Albrecht, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer This spring the venerable New-York Historical Society’s Saturday Academy will offer a series of free courses meant to bring history alive for young people. The series, which also includes free SAT prep for students in grades 10 – 12, runs from March 10-April 28. In the hip-hop class, called “Hip-Hop In Context,” students will listen to pivotal songs like “Cop Killer” by Ice-T’s 1990s group Body Count, but they’ll also explore hip-hop’s place in New York City’s wider cultural life, instructor Dylan DePice said. In addition to rap music, students will also study graffiti and break dancing and their place New York’s history. “Hip-hop started in the 1970s, but I’m going to go back even further and talk about the history of the U.S. That leads us to a moment in the ’70’s where the Bronx is sort of this ignored little area of the city where there’s all this youth rebellion that becomes hip-hop,” DePice said. The class will cover the dawn of hip-hop, with the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,” explore the differences between East Coast and West Coast rap, and discuss how politically minded groups such as Public Enemy and N.W.A. Gave way to the bling era of the 2000s. |
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CUOMO STARTS SPEECH WITH SWIPE AT PATERSON AND SPITZER: Gov. Andrew Cuomo drew gasps, laughter and applause last night at the Citizens Budget Commission when he bragged that New York has gone 14 months without a governor admitting to major felonies: http://bit.ly/xInC9a
NEW THIS MORNING: * With his campaign treasurer facing fraud charges, New York City Comptroller John Liu is considering how to move forward with his run for mayor and faces speculation he may leave office, the Post reports: http://nyp.st/yku2m9 * The state Office of Children and Family Services has quietly and persistently tried to limit public access to case reports on child deaths that show how government agencies responded to earlier abuse reports, the Times says: http://nyti.ms/A5icld * A series of new wind power projects in and around New York City raises the prospect of developing wind as a significant part of the regions power supply, the Times reports: http://nyti.ms/z1xmEP * Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department is just beginning to review the NYPDs surveillance of American Muslim neighborhoods for any potential civil rights violations, the AP writes: http://on.wsj.com/wIM19N * Corrections union head Norman Seabrook used racial and ethnic slurs in a speech to Rikers Island officers that was secretly taped and posted online by a union nemesis, the Daily News reports: http://nydn.us/wlh7eC * The number of state workers earning more than the governor has grown to 1,252, a 26 percent rise over 2010, with SUNYs Alain Kaloyeros and SUNY Downstates Dr. Antonio Alfonso earning the most, the Post says: http://nyp.st/xDwJwa |
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African-American – News February 28, 2012 Louis Farrakhan: Nation of Islam leader warns racism could lead to… (Daily Mail) Lt. Gov. Bolling Breaks Tie As Senate Passes Voter ID Bill (WUSA9) Pittsburgh board apologizes for school experiment (Connecticut Post) Oscars make an effort to be inclusive (The Miami Herald) |
Tomorrow is Leap Day!
Tomorrow is Leap Day! Here are the rules for leap year, just to set the record straight. A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4, but century years are not leap years unless they are divisible by 400. And always remember this: Leap year was neer a good sheep year. |
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* New York cities struggling with rising pension bills are increasingly borrowing from the same state pension fund they owe money to, delaying costs while banking on an economic rebound, the New York Times reports: http://nyti.ms/ya1BOC * State education officials are considering legislation to shield teachers from further disclosures to protect a statewide evaluation system after the release of New York City teacher rankings, the Wall Street Journal writes: http://on.wsj.com/zJK2EM * Some parents of students at PS 89 in the Bronx, which had the most poorly rated teachers in 2010, plan to send their kids elsewhere, though a school official dismissed the flawed rankings, the Post reports: http://nyp.st/zhmBge * Sen. Mark Grisanti was banned from Seneca casinos after an altercation earlier this month, while former Assemblyman Jack Quinn, a potential replacement candidate, still backs Grisanti, the Buffalo News reports: http://bit.ly/wXDhRF * A staffer of former state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.s healthcare firm will testify that he asked his campaign to use straw donors to get around campaign finance limits, the Post writes: http://nyp.st/yW1u3T * The Occupy Wall Street movement is set to get corporate funding from the founders of Ben & Jerrys and other business leaders, with $300,000 raised so far and a $1.8 million goal, the Journal writes: http://on.wsj.com/xtcCM6 |
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African-American – News February 27, 2012 Westchester Honors African-American ‘Trailblazers’ (The Daily Mamaroneck) VIDEO: Black History at Arlington National Cemetery (Patch) NAACP leaders blast TN’s voter ID law (The Tennessean) NAACP celebrates culture with poetry (Marion Star) Nation of Islam’s Farrakhan to speak in Chicago (WHBF-TV Rock Island) |
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