Kicking soccer into gear
When the St. Maria Goretti Lambs open their soccer season next week, a valuable assistant coach will be missing from the sidelines. Marie DiStefano, who coached the Lambs' junior-varsity team for seven years, decided...
Hitting for heroes
In his more active days, Gary Spano played adult softball five nights a week at Capitolo Playground. The South Philly native now stays in the game by umpiring for the Amateur Softball Association. ...
Richardson joins Globetrotters
South Philadelphia native and former NBA player Jerome "Pooh" Richardson joined the Harlem Globetrotters' front office this month to assist the basketball team with scouting, coaching and player development. One of his first assignments...
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...
