Fate of the Wildcats
The Bok football team is 7-0 overall and 3-0 in league play. Ben Franklin shares an identical record, creating a two-way tie atop the Public League's AAA Division. It will be broken...
Exploring the future
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Rodney Green isn't just another Philadelphia Public League athlete to earn a Division I basketball scholarship; he's the first Philadelphia charter school student-athlete to get a Division I scholarship. As a junior, the...
Outta there, but not forgotten
With beautiful new Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field taking over the South Philadelphia landscape, it's easy to forget about old Veterans Stadium. Sure, it's only been about a year -and-a-half, but...
A love-hate relationship
Mike Koplove still remembers watching the Phillies play the San Francisco Giants Aug. 15, 1990, at home with his dad, Steve. When pitcher Terry Mullholland took his no-hitter into the seventh, the two...
Syracuse gets the ‘Scoop’
Antonio "Scoop" Jardine is used to the endless stacks of college recruiting letters filling his mailbox. Arizona, Wake Forest, Syracuse and Villanova were just some of the schools in hot pursuit of the...
Fore newcomers
Alan Tong doesn't hide the fact he found golf boring. "I don't have the patience to stand still when I am doing something," he said. His impression has drastically changed since joining the...
In the swing of things
If it comes down to playing softball or tennis, without hesitating, Dana Anello will pick softball every time. It's not a hard choice, either. Softball is where she is an All-Public third baseman...
Diamond visions
When an athlete retires from a 10-year Major League Baseball career, things are supposed to slow down. There are no cross-country road trips and the body no longer needs ice packs to heal...
Sports Brief: 9-22-05
Jimerea Lee knew she liked Orlando-based Central Florida University, but being a plane ride from her West Philadelphia home and not knowing much about the campus had it ranked behind fellow Division I...
Court support
It's the last point of the last match. Neddicka Waterman knows if she gets this point in, the High School for Creative and Performing Arts girls volleyball team will celebrate its 3-0 opening-day...
