Results tagged “cricket”

Tomorrow there's a one-day-only event going on throughout the five boroughs called the Cricket Crawl. The objective is to find crickets in the middle of New York City relying on the latest cell phone technology. NY1 reports that the U.S. Geological Survey and other scientific groups and universities are asking New Yorkers to find crickets, and record those findings on their cell phones. And perhaps the katydids will be re-discovered; "Back in 1920 there was a report that certain common katydids were missing on Staten Island. They didn't hear them any longer. And then recently some people in the Bronx and some here in Manhattan actually said they heard this katydid chirping again." With sounds and locations all reported, it will then be "parced in Discover Life to give an actual real time model and map of where these species are occurring." Follow along here... we're considering recording that little guy that makes a racket outside our bedroom window.

Forget stickball and midnight basketball: Cricket is the new sport keeping the city's youth out of trouble this summer. The NY Times reports the NYPD is expanding an effort begun last summer to sponsor a citywide youth league for cricket, a sport that is even less popular in the U.S. than, say, arena football but has major followings within the city's neighborhoods of recent immigrants. Ten teams with names like the Pak Brighton and West Indies Kings are now competing to play in the city championship game Aug. 27, and it's already winning friends for the police. Team captain Azurdeen Mohammed, 18, says, "It shows the police are interested in bringing the youths away from street life...My guys, when they see the cops, they know they help us out." The police, meanwhile, are banking on these ties to help build stronger connections in communities of Caribbean and South Asian families. Standings and schedules are posted on the league's official blog, and you can see videos of gameplay on the league's YouTube channel.