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Jason Kelce Documentary, Covering 2022-23 Season, Premiers on Amazon
A feature-length documentary on Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro Center Jason Kelce of Haverford will premiere Sept. 12 on Amazon’s streaming video service, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. “Kelce” follows the Eagles team captain during the 2022-23 season that ended with a Super Bowl appearance. The documentary from Prime Video is described as “intimate and…
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Philadelphia Union Game Saw Highest Ticket Prices Ever, at $4,000
Tickets were at a premium Tuesday at Subaru Park in Chester for Philadelphia Union’s Leagues Cup Semi-Final match against Inter Miami FC, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Sellers were asking as much as $4,000 for a ticket. The average ticket price at a Union game is about $40. The draw was international soccer…
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Media Little League Finds Out Friday If It’s in the World Series
The Media Little League team is one win away Friday afternoon, Aug. 11, from advancing to the 20-team Little League World Series in Williamsport, writes Isabella DiAmore for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Media Little League defeated Washington, D.C., 16-3, Tuesday, Aug. 8, in the Little League Mid-Atlantic Regional tournament in Bristol, Conn. That win moves…
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New York Post: Joe Kecko of Chester Named to Football Hall of Fame
Two of the New York Jets‘ best defensive players, Joe Klecko and Darrelle Revis, were enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, Aug. 5. For Klecko, it was a challenging and ultimately triumphant journey to fame, writes Mark Cannizzaro for The New York Post. Hall of Famer Joe Klecko’s path started at…
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Havertown Filmmaker Mike Tollin Working to Legitimize SlamBall
Mike Tollin of Havertown, a Hollywood mover-and-shaker, knows how to take the long view when he’s working on a project, like reviving the sport of SlamBall, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “It’s perseverance. You can look up any project we’ve had, and it’s often several years, if not more than a decade, of…
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Rare Wilt Chamberlain Lakers Jersey From NBA Finals Up For Auction
A Los Angeles Lakers jersey worn by Philadelphia’s Wilt Chamberlain in the 1972 NBA finals is being auctioned by Sotheby’s. Wilt Chamberlain’s Philadelphia experience began with his standout performance at Overbrook High School, continued with his professional career with the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors and the Philadelphia 76ers, where he won an NBA championship in 1967,…
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Havertown Women Promote Pickleball Community on Facebook
Hannah Rose Nussbaum of Haverford keeps pretty busy with her Facebook pickleball community group as she extolls the virtues of the game for beginners in the Philadelphia area, writes Fallon Roth for Billy Penn. She’s part of a small group of experts showing up in the local pickleball scene. People come to her group, “Greater…
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Chadds Ford’s Martha King Named Timbersport Champ a 3rd Time
Lumberjill Martha King of Chadds Ford is the first woman to win three U.S. Championships at the Stihl Timbersports U.S. Championships competition, writes Hayden Mitman for NBC 10 Philadelphia. King competed over the weekend in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She took on competitors across the country in the National Women’s Championship competition in a hard-fought wood-shopping sports…
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Kelly Greens Are Back and Eagles Fans Are Lining Up to Buy Them
Eagles fans didn’t care that it was 3 AM at Lincoln Financial Field. They lined up anyway to get the newly-issued Kelly green jerseys, writes Beatrice Forman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The jerseys are making a comeback and people like Allison Cawley, 37, of Havertown, are clamoring to get them. Cawley made Jell-O shots Friday…
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Video Shows Villanova’s Brendan Hausen Making 48 Consecutive 3 Pointers
A viral video on X (formerly Twitter) this week demonstrates that the Villanova Wildcats may have an emerging sharp-shooting talent that will be hitting the collegiate basketball scene starting this season, writes Frankie Taddeo for Sports Illustrated. Brendan Hausen, a 6-foot-four-inch sophomore shooting guard, posted a video to his social media page this week showing…
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Ridley Park Native Ethan Pecko Drafted as Houston Astros Pitcher
Ethan Pecko grew up in Ridley Park and has always been a fan of Philadelphia baseball, writes the Tribune News Service for the Boston Herald. “Baseball was a sport that always just kind of stuck with me,” he said. “I was a fan from 4 years old until now.” Now this fan’s dedication to baseball…
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Nike’s Kobe 4 Sneakers Returning to Honor Lower Merion High School Grad
Several sources are reporting that Nike will re-release the Philly-flavored Nike Kobe 4 in 2024 in honor of the late Kobe Bryant who was a graduate of Lower Merion High School, writes Robert Mavi for LeBron Wire. The five-time NBA champion was born in the Philadelphia area, but his family moved soon after to support…
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Bonner-Prendie Football Team Takes on UK Foes in Ireland
The Monsignor Bonner & Prendergast Catholic High School Friars Football Team is preparing to head to Ireland as it participates in the Global Ireland Football Tournament, writes Matt Bennett for Patch. The team will take on NFL Academy from the United Kingdom at Energia Park Stadium in Dublin on Aug. 25. “We are extremely proud…
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Basketball Community Remembers Penn Wood High’s Rap Curry
The basketball community is remembering former Penn Wood Athletic Director and St. Joseph’s University basketball star Rap Curry who has died, writes Joseph Santoliquito for City of Basketball Love. Curry, 51, had a tremendous impact on the area’s basketball community. He was a 2008 Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame inductee and a star guard…
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MLB partner EL1 Sports Acquires Newtown Square Training Site
Youth sports company EL1 Sports, an MLB partner, has purchased On Deck Baseball and Softball Training Center in Newtown Square as a new training site, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Tacoma, Washington-based company added On Deck, along with D1 Baseball and Softball Academy in Huntington Valley and sites in Michigan and Illinois…
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Chadds Ford’s Lumberjill Martha King Goes for National Title
Chadds Ford lumberjill world champion Martha King is again vying for the U.S. STIHL Timbersports National Women’s Championship title in the intermediate division as she prepares to compete July 28 in Milwaukee. King has already won the National Women’s Championship twice, in 2019 and 2021. The 34-year-old also took the International Women’s Cup in Vienna…
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Amateur Golf Society Lets Golfers Compete at Their Own Pace
It began as a pandemic-proof way to promote beer. Now, the Amateur Golf Society, based in Radnor, is on a mission to grow the region’s golf community, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. COVID-19 shut down bars and restaurants, and Dan Hershberg needed to find another way to promote beer that was being made…
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Wilson Sisters Eye West Point as They Keep Their Basketball Passion Alive
Brooke Wilson, a senior at Archbishop Carroll, is facing off-season basketball training for the first time this summer without her best friend, older sister Taylor Wilson, writes Isabella DiAmore for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Taylor, a 6-foot forward, is training at West Point, joining the military academy as a cadet while she continues her basketball career.…
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