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DELCO Poll Results: Phillies Slugger Ryan Howard Stays!
While its highly unlikely Phillies’ management care about what DELCO Today readers think, but according to results of yesterday’s DELCO Poll asking whether the Phillies should keep Ryan Howard on the team’s roster or release him to find a spot on another Major League team, 62 percent of respondents said the The Fightins should keep…
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DELCO Poll: Preserving Ryan Howard’s Legacy
According to Daily News columnist David Murphy, “[Ryan] Howard has been a model teammate, and he hasn’t said a word about his ever diminishing role.” and that even if the Phillies wanted to trade him there isn’t another major league team with, “a need at first base or designated hitter.” With the beer bottle-throwing incident…
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Still in Celebration Mode, Villanova Visits White House
Villanova has been in celebration mode ever since Kris Jenkins buried a 3-pointer as time expired to propel the Wildcats to the NCAA basketball championship almost two months ago. The merriment continued Tuesday as the team visited President Obama at the White House. “We have the best-dressed man in college basketball, the George Clooney of coaches,…
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Broomall Native and Celebrity Boxing Matchmaker Damon Feldman Gets His Own Reality Show
Once a competitor himself, Damon Feldman is now bringing celebrity boxing matches to the small screen with a new reality show, writes Neal Zoren for the Daily Times. While his boxing career started inside the ring, Feldman, a Broomall native, made a name for himself promoting bouts in which celebrities exchanged blows in the ring.…
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Spurred by Memories of His Grandfather, Media’s George Pagano Rows the Atlantic to Raise Money for ALS
Eating freeze-dried food and sleeping between nonstop three-hour shifts for 58 days, a Media man rowed the entire width of the Atlantic Ocean. Spurred on by a grandfather who died too young from Lou Gehrig’s disease, George Pagano and rowing partner Caitlin Miller successfully completed the 2,747-nautical-mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge between the Canary Islands…
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Basketball Hall of Famer and Nike Director Shares Wisdom with Villanova Graduates
George Raveling – director of International Basketball for Nike, Basketball Hall of Famer, and former college basketball coach – inspired Villanova graduates with his words of wisdom at the school’s commencement ceremony, writes Anne Neborak of the Main Line Suburban Life. Raveling, who received his honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, was introduced by Villanova’s basketball…
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Sons of Ben Should be Proud of Their Soccer Zealotry
According to soccer support group Sons of Ben, not having an official team to support did not mean you couldn’t go to games and raise some ruckus, writes Kyle Grantham for the Wilmington News Journal. The group, that was founded 11 years ago on what would have been Benjamin Franklin’s 301st birthday, had one mission…
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Havertown’s Macnow Earns Hall of Fame Credentials
Havertown resident Glen Macnow – who has been working in sports media, both in radio and newspapers, for three decades – will be inducted in the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, writes Bruce Adams of the Main Line Media News. Macnow will join an elite fraternity, as past inductees include former 76ers coach Larry…
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TripAdvisor.com Senior Contributor Touts Fly Fishing at Ridley Creek
Joe Zlomek, a TripAdvisor.com senior contributor and the managing editor of the Pottstown Post, recently touted the fly fishing aspects of Ridley Creek in Middletown Township in a recent column. You can practice fly fishing year-round in the protected and regulated – but highly entertaining, sportsmen say – catch-and-release area that extends for slightly more…
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Delco Sports Museum Moves to Radnor Township Building; Grand Opening Set for Saturday
The Radnor Township Building has recently been transformed from an ordinary government building to a distinct venue that displays a treasure trove of sports artifacts, writes Linda Stein of 21st Century Media. The building, located at 301 Iven Avenue in Wayne, is the new home of the Sports Legends of Delaware County Museum. It will…
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After Basketball Success, Villanova Expects Flood of Applications
After its men’s basketball team captured the national championship in thrilling fashion, Villanova can expect a flood of applications, writes Brad Tuttle of Money magazine. According to Tuttle, the link between success in a college’s sports programs and its student applications is well-chronicled. However, the impact is stronger when small private schools like Villanova achieve…
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Villanova Alum Gifts $22.6 Million to Renovate Pavilion
Villanova alumnus and investment banker William B. Finneran has gifted $22.6 million to his alma mater in the wake of its men’s basketball team’s thrilling national championship, writes Jeff Blumenthal of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The donation is earmarked for the renovation of the Pavilion as well as programmatic support for the men’s basketball program.…
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Villanova’s Championship Bittersweet for One Delco Family
When Villanova recently knocked off North Carolina to win its second NCAA championship, it was a bittersweet moment for the family of Pasquale Dougherty, according to Action News. Dougherty, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from Villanova and who flew to Kentucky to witness the historic upset over Georgetown in 1985, was…
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SAP’s McDermott Wins Almost Half a Million for Charity in CEO Tournament Pool
Bill McDermott, the CEO of software giant SAP in Newtown Square, picked against the school just down the road from his house, the college where his friend, Father Peter Donohue, is president, and the place where he attends Sunday Mass when he’s in town. Unlike his father and son, who both correctly picked Villanova to…
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Villanova Gear Flying off the Shelves Amid Final Four Run
The Villanova basketball team’s success in the 2016 NCAA Tournament has resulted in a financial boon for area retailers, from Modell’s to the on-campus bookstore, writes Suzette Parmley of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Since the Wildcats’ upset over top-seeded Kansas on Saturday enabled them to advance to the Final Four in Houston, top-sellers such as the…
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The Roots of Penske Racing Extend Back to Delco
Roger Penske’s name is synonymous with auto racing. The 79-year-old, Lehigh-educated native of Ohio is the chief executive of an international automotive and transportation services empire with almost 50,000 employees, more than $25 billion in annual revenues, and a personal net worth estimated by Forbes at $1.4 billion. Penske is also America’s most successful racing…
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