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Features in KensingtonKensington Tigers End First Varsity Season With Nail-Biter Victory
The Kensington Tigers ended their first varsity season on a high note, defeating neighborhood rival Edison 6-0 on Fri., November 14 at Thomas A. Edison High School (151 W. Luzerne…
Max Pulcini | 11/19/2014 -
Features in KensingtonKensington Tigers Defeat Strawberry Mansion to Notch First Varisty Win
The Kensington Tigers football team notched their first victory at the varsity level after a 36 - 6 victory against the Strawberry Mansion Knights. The game was played on neutral…
Max Pulcini | 09/10/2014 -
Community in FishtownCaring for Two Decades: Pat Cain’s We Care Soccer Camp Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
This summer, We Care Soccer Camp celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Started in 1994, the camp was conceived and is still run by Fishtown coach Pat Cain. Most summers, We Care…
Jeff Kilpatrick | 08/20/2014 -
Family in Port RichmondSt. Anne’s Falcons Have Got Game: Local CYO Program Taking Sign Ups Now
As football, America’s Game, continues to receive more and more well-publicized flack from critics and former players who find the sport risky, a group of local football coaches wants to…
Max Pulcini | 07/23/2014 -
Family in Port RichmondLeprechauns Sports Association Keeps Tradition Alive in Port Richmond
For more than 50 years the Leprechauns Sports Association has brought a winning tradition to the young and budding athletes of the River Wards. John “Herbie” Smith founded the non-profit…
Max Pulcini | 07/16/2014 -
Education in Port RichmondSports Make Change Come Easy at Memphis Street Academy
Change never comes easy. When American Paradigm Schools took over John Paul Jones Middle School in 2012 they knew they had their work cut out for them. Administrators and teachers…
Max Pulcini | 07/06/2014 -
Education in Northern LibertiesPhiladelphia Futures Hang With Phillies at North Bowl
In Jayson Stark’s “Worth The Wait: The Tales of the 2008 Phillies,” Carlos Ruiz, Philadelphia’s catcher, noted that when his team clinched a berth in the 2008 World Series, all…
Max Pulcini | 04/23/2014 -
Features in FishtownThe Riverward’s Rocket
To the average American, job interviews are nerve-racking affairs. What do I wear? What will I say? Am I qualified enough? The answer to those questions all fall into the…
Max Pulcini | 04/02/2014 -
Photos in Kensington2014 Hancock Rec SBBL Awards
On Fri., March 14, Hancock Recreation Center celebrated its 2014 Sixers Neighborhood Basketball League season with an awards ceremony. The ceremony honored the members of the 12-and-under co-ed basketball league…
Max Pulcini | 03/12/2014 -
Features in Northern LibertiesEye on Business: Everybody Hits Philadelphia
The Super Bowl has come and gone. The NHL is still on Olympic break. March Madness is still a month away. And we have been coping with the coldest, snowiest…
Max Pulcini | 02/26/2014 -
Opinion
The Local Lens — Feb. 6, 2013
I’m a little late with this Super Bowl column, but that’s probably because I’ve never really been a football fan. My father was a football fan (he was a quarterback…
Thom Nickels | 02/06/2013 -
Sports
Super Bowl Sunday: A National Holiday (Even For Eagles Fans)
Super Bowl Sunday—a true American holiday where families across the country gather around altars of high-definition TVs, buffalo wings and nacho cheese dip to celebrate the religion that is pro…
K. Andrew Deffley | 01/30/2013