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2 Players With the Philadelphia Eagles Named Tops in the NFL
ProFootball Focus has revealed its top NFL players for the past 25 years, and a former and current Philadelphia Eagle is included, writes Glenn Erby for Eagleswire. Jason Kelce of Haverford earned honorable mentions and Lane Johnson made first team on the PFF list. Johnson is coming off his 12th NFL season, and his second…
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Fairless Hills Family Finds Unexpected Support Network Through Son’s Special Olympics Journey
While athletes reap the most benefits from Special Olympics Pennsylvania, their participating families also gain from the experience, writes Gray Hall for 6abc. So when Fairless Hills resident Billy Rigefsky was first diagnosed with autism, it was a struggle for his family. “It felt like I was underwater all the time, like you’re just trying…
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Horsham’s Select Soccer Center Kicks Off $10M Upgrade
Select Soccer Center in Horsham has launched an expansion project worth more than $10 million, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The 46,000-square-foot indoor soccer complex will build an 82,000-square-foot addition on a neighboring property while also expanding the parking lot. “The purpose of the new building is competitions,” said Tristan Preece, Select…
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‘AFS Got a Good One’: Abington Friends School Names NCAA Champion Its Next Girls Basketball Coach
Abington Friends School has named Tiffany Davis its next girls basketball coach. Most recently an assistant coach with the Community College of Philadelphia’s women’s basketball program, Davis brings a wealth of experience to the AFS sidelines. That experience includes a playing career at NCAA powerhouse University of South Carolina, where she won the 2017 national…
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Abington Friends School Student Rows to Gold at Mid-Atlantic Youth Championship, Advances to Nationals
Ambler resident Piper Konz, a junior at Abington Friends School, recently helped power the Conshohocken Rowing Center’s boat to a gold medal in the women’s youth quad event at the U.S. Rowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships in West Windsor, N.J. Konz and teammates Graciela Preetam, Beatrix Lay, and Egypt Strickland sprinted to open water and a…
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Cobbs Creek Could Be the Most Important Project in American Golf
The Philadelphia region has some great golf. Think Aronimink, Merion, Pine Valley, and the Philadelphia Cricket Club. They are all dreamscapes of golf, and most people will never play them, writes Laz Versalles for Skratch.golf. That didn’t sit right with golf course architect Hugh Wilson, who designed Merion and was a top player there. He…
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Truist Championship at Flourtown’s Philadelphia Cricket Club Boosts Local Economy
Golf fans from around the world flocked to Flourtown’s Philadelphia Cricket Club for the PGA Tour’s Truist Championship, delivering a major economic boost to the region, writes Briana Smith for 6abc. “We’re the oldest country club in America, and we have a ton of history, and it’s great to welcome the modern players and game…
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Richboro Family Gets Matching Tattoos to Celebrate Eagles’ Super Bowl Win
The Erwin-Ford family, who watched the Eagles completely destroy the Chiefs from their grandparents’ home in Richboro, commemorated the moment with matching tattoos, writes Dave Uram for KYW Newsradio. “[My nephew] Chris had made a good point that we never really have to wear an Eagles shirt again because we always have it on us,”…
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Five Montgomery County High Schools Among Pennsylvania’s Top 25 for Student Athletes
Pennsylvania boasts a legendary athletic legacy, with generations of elite competitors across every major sport – from football and basketball powerhouses to Olympic champions and beyond – cementing the state’s reputation as one of the nation’s greatest hubs for athletic talent, writes Joe Spears for USA TODAY. Over the decades, the state’s high schools have…
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40 Years Later, Conwell-Egan Baseball Coach and Ex-Phillie Jeff Manto Finally Gets Temple Diploma
Forty years after leaving Temple, Jeff Manto, Conwell-Egan’s baseball team head coach and former Phillie, finally graduated earlier this week, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. His interest in returning to school was sparked two decades ago, when a woman kept heckling him during a game while he was managing a Phillies minor league…
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Cavan Sullivan Makes U.S. Open a Family Tradition
For Norristown‘s Cavan Sullivan and his brother Quinn, soccer isn’t just a sport, it’s a family heirloom passed from generation to generation, writes Jonathan Tannenwald for the Philadelphia Inquirer. With three Sullivan men now part of the U.S. Open Cup’s 111-year story, the legacy is alive and kicking. It started with Larry Sullivan, who laced…
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Bux-Mont Roller Derby in Hatfield Welcoming Sanctuary for Growing Number of Members
Bruises are inevitable in Bux-Mont Roller Derby, but Hatfield’s team has become a fierce and surprising haven for its constantly growing roster, write Kenny Cooper and Emily Neil for the WHYY. “We’re a safe space for a lot of folks from a lot of different walks of life, and everybody’s welcome in our space, 100…
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Back at Fanatic’s Bala Cynwyd Studios, Bristol Native Mike Missanelli Finishes His Career on His Own Terms
After leaving 97.5 The Fanatic two years ago when his contract was not renewed, Bristol-native Mike Missanelli is back at the station’s Bala Cynwyd studios, happy that he gets to wrap up his career on his own terms, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “I didn’t like being dispatched the first time,” he…
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NASCAR Eyes Philadelphia’s Franklin Field for Upcoming Race
Philadelphia’s Franklin Field may soon welcome a NASCAR race, writes Matt Connolly for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The historic stadium, once home to the Philadelphia Eagles and now host to the Penn Relays as well as Penn’s football, track and field, and lacrosse teams, is being eyed by NASCAR as a potential race venue. Last year,…
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World Indoor Gold Medalist from Downingtown Trained Through Pandemic on Home Track Built by His Dad
Downingtown native and Bishop Shanahan graduate Josh Hoey trained throughout the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the track his father built at their home which brought the whole family closer together, writes Natasha Dye for People. “There was no access to facilities or anything, and we have a farm on the outside of Philadelphia where there…
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Villanova Reunion: Ex-Knicks Teammates Star in New AT&T March Madness Ad
The “Nova Knicks” may not have lasted long on the court together, but fans can still catch the squad reunited—this time, as actors, writes J.J. Post for ESPN. For a brief stretch in the 2024 NBA offseason, the New York Knicks assembled an impressive Villanova reunion. Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Donte DiVincenzo—who…
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Still Mourning Loss of Teammate, Spring-Ford Area High School Baseball Team Surprised by Act of Kindness from Opponents
Spring-Ford Area High School’s baseball team, still mourning the loss of a teammate, was surprised by an act of kindness from their opponents, according to a staff report from 6abc. The moment occurred before the start of the game between Norristown and Spring-Ford’s baseball teams this week. The players from Norristown gave their opponents bracelets…
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Matt Strahm and King of Prussia’s Victus Sports Surprise Local Team with Custom Gloves
Before the Phillies took the field Friday night, one of their own delivered a major-league moment off the diamond—thanks in part to King of Prussia’s Victus Sports, writes Dan Snyder and Sean Tallant for CBS News. Phillies reliever Matt Strahm teamed up with Victus to surprise the Newtown Angels, a special needs baseball team, with…
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