Tackling the top
Ed McDuffie is getting plenty of mail these days from colleges across the country. The letterheads include Penn State, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Rutgers and Virginia. At 6-foot-4 and 310 pounds, the St....
Big Wheels
Trailing 5-3 with three minutes left in the Keystone Games' roller-hockey championship, 12-year-old Nick Droszcz tells his coach, "I promise you we will not lose this game." With one second left in regulation,...
X-traordinary
The First Union Center parking lot turned into a dump last Thursday morning when 400 truckloads of dirt were hauled into lot "C." By next week, the giant pile will be transformed into the...
The Perfect Summer
Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Robin Roberts and Richie Ashburn all had their respective weekends in Cooperstown, N.Y., when they were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. South Philadelphia's Vito Cianci recently...
On base for competition
Young South Philly baseball players dream about one day starting for their high-school teams, earning All-Public or All-Catholic honors and helping their squads win championships. At age 14, they aren't quite ready to play...
Full Swing
Kurt Gibson Jr. places 30 golf balls in front of him and, one by one, moves a ball closer for target practice. The yellow 150-yard marker is within striking distance, but it's too...
