Billed as a hit
Mark Donato, Jonathan McAllister and Kenny Koplove could be sitting in a cool, air-conditioned house playing NBA Live or Madden 2005 on a Sony PlayStation. Instead, the three friends and Philadelphia Senators teammates...
Ready for the Hornets’ nest
Rasual Butler has experienced his share of highs and lows during his three-year NBA career. Some nights he was in the Miami Heat's starting line-up alongside All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal, while others were...
Leaving Las Vegas
Could the Ss. John Neumann-Maria Goretti girls' basketball team be serious contenders for the Catholic League title? That question will be answered early next year. What the Neumann-Goretti Saints do know is they...
Roar of the Tiger
Rogers "The Tiger" Mtagwa remembers arriving in South Philadelphia five years ago with no money and no comprehension of the English language. Hungry to make a living as a professional boxer, Mtagwa, of...
Rizzo Rink a stone cold draw
When the National Hockey League canceled an entire season due to a labor dispute, South Philly hockey players and their parents still wanted to see action on the ice. They just didn't need to...
Linked to life
Alex Durelli has no time for rest. On a 95-degree July afternoon, the 6-year-old can only think about golf. If he has a bucket of 150 balls, every one will be placed on...
Looking past the lockout
Fred Lampe remembers spending many nights talking with his Roman Catholic High teammates wondering when, and if, the lockout would ever end. As much as the 18-year-old forward wanted to see his favorite...
Saints to try their luck
Jasmine Daniels is spending July living out of her suitcase. Her Neumann-Goretti basketball teammates will head home today from a Messiah College team camp, but she'll hop on a plane to Nashville for...
No hibernation for Huskies
Prep Charter boys' basketball coach Dan Brinkley doesn't care much for roller coasters. And he announced that to his Amateur Athletic Union team, the Hunting Park Warriors, as the group prepared for its...
Going for a big win
Thirteen-year-old A.J. Vagliani is lying in his hospital bed with the television remote hidden beneath him. The Stella Maris catcher wants to watch SportsCenter on ESPN, but moments earlier, he promised his mom,...
