Westchester Magazine – Best of Westchester 2009

    July 13th, 2009 Backyard Sports White Plains (914) 304-4052 High-tech this and state-of-the-art that. Whatever happened to plain old fun? It still exists—really. And it’s right in our own backyard. Here’s what we love about Backyard Sports: its focus is on kids, on sportsmanship, on fun. Founder and Scarsdale resident Danny Bernstein hopes Backyard Sports brings back some of the “schoolyard spirit and sandlot magic” that’s been lost over the years. Kids—and Read more [...]

PUTTING THE “BALL” BACK INTO SPORTS

Are sports different today from when you were a kid?  Danny Bernstein thinks so. Bernstein, who lives in Scarsdale with his wife, a pediatrician in Mount Vernon, and their two children, ages 11 and 8, recently left his family’s three-generation sleepwear business to found Backyard Sports, a White Plains-based athletic program for kids 4-14. His intention is “to change the dynamic in the culture of sports, and to bring it back to its roots.” Read More Read more [...]