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Yankees clear date for Foreman-Cotto

Updated: February 19, 2010, 7:05 PM ET
Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Boxing could be finally returning to Yankee Stadium, more than three decades after Muhammad Ali fought Ken Norton at the old ballpark in the Bronx.

The Yankees said Friday they've agreed to accommodate a family that scheduled a bar mitzvah for June 5, the date that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants to stage Yuri Foreman's junior middleweight title defense against Miguel Cotto at the opulent ballpark. It wasn't clear what accommodations were made, although the bar mitzvah for Scott ...

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