Sports
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Bocce Is the Game and Friendship Is the Goal at School Competition
Bocce was king Tuesday at the Glen Mills School as 150 athletes on 16 different teams from nine local high schools turned out for the Indoor Bocce Regional Championships, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. This is the third year for the event. Hosted by the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania, the teams are a…
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Mali Native Powers Harcum College Men’s Basketball Team to Region Championship
The Harcum College men’s basketball team used a late run to overcome a second-half deficit to capture the 2022 National Junior College Athletic Association Region 15/19 Championship with an 87-74 victory over Monroe College (N.Y.). The two teams are longtime NJCAA rivals, and after they split their regular-season series, their matchup at West Chester University’s…
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It’s Opening Day at Subaru Park and Union Fans Look Ahead With Optimism
The fans were energized and the stands full at Subaru Park for the opening day game Saturday between Philadelphia Union and Minnesota United, writes Bob Brooks and the 6abc staff. Kickoff was at 1 p.m. sharp, and though the game ended in a 1-1 draw, fans still felt like they were part of the Union…
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Episcopal Academy Senior Plays on U.S. Women’s National Field Hockey Team
Episcopal Academy senior Ashley Sessa just finished her final field hockey high school season in Newtown Square, writes Jamie Apody and Mark Meany for 6abc.com. She scored 34 goals, leading her team to a 20-1 record. She also plays for the WC Eagles and has been named to the U.S. Women’s National Team. The 17-year-old…
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Lower Merion’s Kobe Bryant’s Rarest Cards Fetches a Record $2Ms
One of the rarest Kobe Bryant cards sold last week for a record $2 million, making it the most expensive card ever sold of the Lower Merion and Los Angeles Lakers star, writes Eduardo Gonzalez for the Los Angeles Times. The sale of the 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Emerald Kobe Bryant card occurred…
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Immaculata Celebrates 50th Anniversary of First Women’s College Basketball National Championship
On Sunday, March 19, 1972, Immaculata University’s women’s basketball team etched its name into sports history as the first women’s college basketball national champions. The team won two additional titles in 1973 and 1974. The Mighty Macs continued their dominance, reaching the Final Four in the following three seasons, placing second in 1975 and 1976…
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WCU Dance Team Earns Top Honors in Hip-Hop at College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship
The West Chester University Dance Team recently brought home gold as the Open Division Hip-Hop champions at the 2022 UCA & UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship. The team won for the first time in program history at the elite competition produced by the Universal Cheerleaders Association and Universal Dance Association and held…
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Villanova’s Caleb Daniels Doesn’t Let Adversity Get in His Way
When the phone call came last April, Caleb Daniels had to find all the discipline, motivation, aspiration and determination he could, writes Mike Nelson for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “I literally, like, fell to my knees,” said Daniels, a player with the Villanova Wildcats. He already knew he had gotten COVID-19. Now he was diagnosed with…
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There’s a Lesson for All of Us in New Book About Kobe Bryant’s Formative Years on the Main Line
There have been several books written about basketball legend Kobe Bryant, and there will undoubtedly be several more. None, however, will have his local connections leaping off the page like they do in The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality by Mike Sielski, a Bucks County resident and an uber-talented sportswriter for The…
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Villanova Freshman Lucy Olsen Pulls Her Weight for the Team, and More
Villanova’s first-year student Lucy Olsen has had the unusual opportunity to start at point guard in every game since joining the Wildcats, writes Tyler Small for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “A lot of people dream of coming in and starting as a freshman, and that was my dream, for sure,” said the 5-foot-9 guard. Olsen ranks…
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With Successful NFL Career Behind Him, Phillip Daniels Focuses on the Next Chapter
West Chester resident Phillip Daniels is following up on a successful career in the NFL by coaching football at Bishop Shanahan High School and staying in shape through powerlifting, writes Patrick Garbin for UGASports.com. Daniels began his ascension in football at the University of Georgia, where he tallied 13 sacks, 18 other tackles for loss,…
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Valley Forge Military Academy’s Will Anozie Makes Top 5 Scorer in Nation
Valley Forge Military Academy has a record-breaking 6-foot-2, 165-pound basketball guard, Will Anozie, in its midst, writes Ed Morlock for pappreplive.com. Anozie is the leading scorer in Pennsylvania and among the top five scorers nationwide with a career total of 1,000 points after scoring 43 points against MaST Charter Tuesday night. He came to VFMA…
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Villanova Men’s & Women’s Basketball Teams Win Even as They Weather COVID-19 Challenges
Villanova University’s basketball teams have been weathering the rise in COVID cases pretty well, thanks in large part to team physician Michael P. Duncan, writes Tyler Small for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “He’s been going through this with us since the start back in 2020,” said Assistant Coach George Halcovage. “With his leadership and guidance through…
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Washington Post: Lafayette Basketball Legend Fran O’Hanlon, Former Bonner Coach, Retires
A “sad and significant day” for college basketball took place Friday, Jan. 21, when Fran O’Hanlon announced his retirement after 27 years as coach at Lafayette College, writes John Feinstein for The Washington Post. O’Hanlon, from Philadelphia, coached basketball at Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill and played basketball at Villanova. As a college…
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Tom Ryan Steps Down After 15 Seasons as Radnor High Head Football Coach
One of Delaware County’s most respected and likable coaches is resigning. Tom Ryan, football head coach at Radnor High School, officially resigned Jan. 12 after 15 seasons, writes Matt Smith for PA Prep Live. “I had 15 great years coaching a lot of great kids,” Ryan said. “I just felt it was time to make…
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Ridley High Grad Worked the Ice for the Flyers. Now You’ll Find Him in Anaheim
It was a homecoming event recently for Folsom native Kevin Diamond Jr. when the Philadelphia Flyers took on the Anaheim Ducks, writes Jordan Hall for NBC Sports. Diamond now lives in Newport Beach, California, and he happens to be ice operations manager at the Honda Center for the Ducks, where the game took place. Diamond…
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New Podcast Chronicles Kobe Bryant’s Lower Merion Years, Meteoric Rise from Basketball Obscurity to Legend
The new 12-episode podcast “I Am Kobe,” hosted by Philadelphia Inquirer journalist and author Mike Sielski, chronicles the early years of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, including his time at Lower Merion High School through his first year for the Los Angeles Lakers, writes Shawn Grant for The Source. The 12-episode series reveals never-before-heard tapes of…
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Eagles Fan and Columnist Announces New Year’s Sports Resolutions
Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist David Murphy is just like any other Eagles fan—a “hard-working 9-to-5er who wants 2022 to be a year where I’m a better version of myself.” Here then, are the first annual resolutions from a hypothetical Eagles fan, writes David Murphy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. I will look carefully at the rest…
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