Sports
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Profiles in Fishtown
Basketball in His Blood
Dennis Hill is Honored by Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame For twenty-four years, Fishtowner Dennis Hill worked for the Philadelphia Police Department. For seven years after that, he was the…
Jeff Kilpatrick | 05/09/2012 -
Community in BridesburgBridesburg Cougars Celebrate 40 years
You can’t help but notice when you’re traveling on Richmond Street from Port Richmond into Bridesburg that you’ve entered into Cougar Country. The well kept, always crowded fields in the…
Patty-Pat Kozlowski | 04/25/2012 -
Sports in Port RichmondBatter Up! Rog Petersen’s 4th Annual “Bat, Ball & Brush” Art Show at Atlantis
All month long, Atlantis, the Lost Bar (located at 2442 Frankford Avenue) will be featuring the work of local artist Roger Petersen. Rog is hanging his 4th Annual “Bat, Ball…
Jeff Kilpatrick | 04/18/2012 -
CommunityRiverwards F.C. Mud Dogs
Annually, for the past three years, players from the community have participated in the Ocean City, Maryland, St. Patrick’s Indoor Soccer Tournament. The tournament is hosted by Ocean City’s Recreation…
Spirit Staff | 04/11/2012 -
Sports in FishtownBilly Shank Sets a Winning Tradition
As the seconds ticked down on Friday night’s Pennsylvania AAA State Basketball Championship in State College, so ended another epic run by the Neumann-Goretti Saints and Fishtowner Billy Shank. Winning…
Matthew Brannon | 03/28/2012