Shouts of thanks and congratulations greeted news that the annual Let’s Play Ball drive had reached its goal to help kids get more than 5,000 new sports balls in time for the holidays and next year.

Passing a ball or rolled up socks back and forth helps children understand whose turn it is next and teaches them about sharing, playing together and being inclusive. These are important social ...

With two-dozen kids watching, I picked up the baseball ... It’s somehow soothing to play a point when you can’t hear the ball hit the racquet. Above there was planes flying into LaGuardia ...

I ended up playing, and losing ... The only “tennis” happening there consisted of a couple kids in jeans trying to bat the ball over the fence with their racquets. Leaving them behind and ...