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  • 1 month ago | alcalde.texasexes.org | Jason Cohen |Chuck Harris |Minza Mirza

    Once a month at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, The University of Texas holds a head coaches’ meeting. It’s a chance for the men and women who run UT’s 21 varsity sports teams to check in with each other, as well as with Chris Del Conte and the rest of the athletics staff.   Director of Swimming and Diving and Men’s Head Coach Bob Bowman attended his first one after being hired away from Arizona State, which had just won the 2024 NCAA championship.

  • 1 month ago | alcalde.texasexes.org | Myah Taylor |Eliza Pillsbury |Jason Cohen

    Last year, Arianna Tway made history. The UT Radio-Television-Film senior became the first-ever student technical director for a Texas Athletics game at the Moody Center. Tway controlled everything the audience saw on the jumbotron at the venue, home to the Texas Men and Women’s Basketball programs. She pushed buttons connected to live cameras and graphics that would appear on screen upon her touch.

  • Dec 31, 2024 | bxtimes.com | Jason Cohen

    In 2021, Bronx resident Shirley Dawkins lost her father to COVID-19 pneumonia. She used food to deal with the depression, which resulted in her gaining 100 pounds. Dawkins, 51, of Co-op City, missed her dad Walter Dawkins a lot and she did not recognize the person she saw in the mirror. Dealing with her weight and diabetes, she needed to make a change. “I took food as my comfort,” she told the Bronx Times.

  • Nov 14, 2024 | bxtimes.com | Jason Cohen

    Born in Guyana, South America, Bronx resident Dion Small wondered as a child whether he wanted to grow up to become a pilot or work with animals. He chose the latter and has spent his life helping furry creatures. Small, 55, of Pelham Bay, started his career at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center (AMC) as a veterinary technology extern in 2002 – and has been with AMC ever since.

  • Nov 8, 2024 | bxtimes.com | Jason Cohen

    People flock to City Island in the summer for its seafood and atmosphere, but it is also home to a martial arts dojo that is helping turn boys into men. In 2010, Pelham Bay resident Edwin Castro opened Dragons Path Academy at 229 City Island Ave. The academy offers several programs for physical fitness and instruction in the art of self-defense including Hapkido, taekwondo, kickboxing and other martial arts.

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