Sports
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Boothwyn Native, Pioneer of Touchdown Celebrations Denounces Dancing in NFL
Boothwyn native and Chichester High School graduate Billy “White Shoes” Johnson, who pioneered celebratory dancing after a touchdown, is not behind the rehearsed and time-consuming performances the NFL is now cracking down on, writes Terence Moore for Sports on Earth. Johnson executed his first celebratory dance for a dare during his sophomore year at Division…
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Haverford College Alum Hired as General Manager of Minnesota Twins
Thad Levine’s career has taken him from the mound at Roy Randall Diamond on the campus of Haverford College to one of the top seats in the business of Major League Baseball. Levine was recently hired as the senior vice president and general manager of the Minnesota Twins, according to a report in the St.…
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Glen Mills Resident Runs His Business Like He Runs Marathons
Kevin Nolan is ambitious. He’s driven. And he gets things done — in both his personal life and business. The 57-year-old from Glen Mills runs Nolan Painting, based in Havertown, just like he runs across the country. He now has finished a marathon in every one of the 50 states since getting his start in…
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To the Victor Go the Spoils; Villanova Unveils Championship Banner, Receives Rings
The Villanova Wildcats gathered on campus at the Pavilion to lift their national championship banner and receive their rings during a student-only ceremony last Friday, writes Dan Gelston for The Associated Press. The celebratory event saw the team dancing and dunking, and even included a little jig from former coach Rollie Massimino. Coach Jay Wright presented…
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Clock Expires on Havertown Family’s Legacy of Calling the Game
For only the second time since 1955, professional sports in America are without a Crawford calling the game. The profession that impassioned three men’s lives was set to go without their presence, but legendary NBA referee and Havertown native Joey Crawford couldn’t keep himself away from the action. He’s still watching, but from the vantage…
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With Playoffs Looming, Philadelphia Union the Embodiment of Chester, Delaware County
Delaware County’s professional soccer team is the can’t-help-but-root-for union of a rough and gritty work ethic with Major League Soccer talent. “Embodying Philadelphia – or Chester, as it may be – is about embracing that hard-working, blue-collar identity,” Jeff Kassouf writes for FourFourTwo, an international soccer magazine. “It means pressing every team, whether at home…
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Philadelphia Union Players Score Big in Battle Against Cancer
A trio of Philadelphia Union stars are trading a little down time for a big impact in a showdown with a foe that doesn’t stop advancing when the clock runs out: cancer. Union players Charlie Davies, Chris Pontius, and Keegan Rosenberry recently lifted the spirits of cancer patients at the Crozer-Keystone Cancer Center in Broomall.…
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Chester Native, Foil to Kobe Bryant Now an Ivy League Basketball Coach
John Linehan, a 1996 graduate of Chester High School and the NCAA’s all-time steals leader in Division I, will now coach college basketball in the same city where he excelled as a college player. Linehan, whose 385 career steals at Providence remain the gold standard in college basketball, has been named an assistant men’s basketball…
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Details Emerge on Villanova’s Pavilion Renovations
Details of the current plans for renovating Villanova University’s Pavilion have emerged on SB Nation’s VUHoops.com, writes Jonathan Tannenwald for the Philadelphia Inquirer. While the burning issue of insufficient seats will not be addressed, according to the latest information, there are major changes planned. These include the relocation of the arena’s main entrance to the…
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Golf Course at Glen Mills Among Best, Most Accessible in Philadelphia Area
When considering the best golf courses in the Philadelphia area, the Golf Course at Glen Mills is at the very top, writes Evan Macy for Metro. Golfers face an exciting challenge there, as the large rolling greens are hard to read, routinely creating difficult, 80-foot putts. Despite the lack of trees, the wide-open layout creates…
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Springfield Native, Former NBA General Manager Fires Back at Team’s Owner
Springfield native Geoff Petrie is arguably the greatest athlete Delaware County has ever produced. The two-time NBA Executive of the Year and former general manager of the Sacramento Kings excelled not only in basketball, but also in football and baseball at Springfield High School in the mid-1960s. Petrie was drafted by the Washington Senators for…
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Ridley Grad, UFC Star Discusses His Craft, Fatherhood
Paul Felder was a scrappy kid who grew up in the Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia, before his family moved to Folsom, where he graduated from Ridley High School. In retrospect, Felder’s interest in karate and martial arts was certainly a harbinger of his current career as a mixed-martial artist with the Ultimate Fighting Championship…
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Villanova Considers Upgrading Pavilion Next Season
While it might not be the worst Division I basketball arena in the region, Villanova’s Pavilion does have its shortfalls, and the university is planning to address them, possibly as early as next season, writes Mike Jensen for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Villanova is currently raising funds to renovate the arena while preserving the external footprint.…
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Flashback Friday: Boxer Jack Dempsey’s Publicity Stunt in Chester Backfires
The following is the second installment of a weekly series that turns back the clock to celebrate a mostly-forgotten moment in Delaware County history. Heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey, one of a number of cultural icons from the Roaring 1920s whom most of us learned about from our history textbooks, almost sabotaged his career – right…
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Philadelphia Union Strikes Naming-Rights Deal for Training Complex with Power Home Remodeling
The city of Chester’s biggest asset has always been its strong sense of community. That kinship among its residents has now extended to two of its biggest employers. The Philadelphia Union, who play in Talen Energy Stadium on the banks of the Delaware River, has agreed to a naming-rights partnership with Chester-based Power Home Remodeling…
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State-of-the-Art Indoor Training Facility for Baseball, Softball Players Opens in Ridley Township
Top Lumber Academy, a premier indoor baseball and softball training academy in Ridley Township, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Saturday. The state-of-the-art training facility located in the Ridley Business Center in Holmes features 5,000 square feet of playing surface, with the ability to change the field configuration to any customer’s needs.…
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Archbishop Carroll Grad Hopes to Make NBA Roster as Training Camps Open
Archbishop Carroll High School alumnus Derrick Jones recently signed a contract with the Phoenix Suns, and will begin his quest to earn a roster spot in the NBA today, when his team opens training camp in Flagstaff, Ariz., on the campus of Northern Arizona University. Jones, a 19-year-old native of Chester, had his college career…
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Springfield Grad to Receive NBA Championship Ring
Dan Geriot’s basketball career at Springfield High School still resonates in Delaware County, even though it ended a decade ago. As a 6-foot-8 forward who could play on the perimeter, Geriot scored 2,157 points in his scholastic career, the second most in the county’s basketball-rich history. Later, the 2006 Springfield graduate improbably led Richmond to…
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