STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Teddy Atlas liked to spend as much time as he could with his legendary father, the namesake of his charitable foundation, Dr. Theodore A. Atlas, usually during house calls the physician made until he was 80.
Hurricane Sandy destroyed his home, his van and his business. But Aiman Youssef, 43, was so thankful that he was able to save his mother, his nephew and his dog from the storm that mangled Midland Beach, Staten Island, he promised Jesus he would dedicate one full year to nothing else but helping others.
The Golden Gloves, which will be back in our borough on April 2, are 87 years old this year, a sports invention of a different time and place, back when boxing was as big as baseball and when baseball was king.
New Year, same pain. Eddie Saman, 44, had been living in his hurricane-wrecked house on Center Place in New Dorp Beach, Staten Island, a war zone in the flood zone, using a potbellied stove for heat.
“Hold on, Mike, I got a guy coming in with a truck, hold on a second,” said Teddy Atlas, during a Tuesday afternoon phone interview with NYFightBlog. After 10 seconds, the ESPN analyst and sometime boxing trainer came back on the line and continued to describe the relief effort to help citizens on Staten Island […]
If he had his way, Teddy Atlas would postpone his annual Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation Dinner to concentrate on the work he’s been doing the past week — getting much-needed supplies to the victims of Hurricane Sandy.