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[ April 16, 2021 ] Amateur Sports: In the Midst of the Pandemic, One Sport Thrived Amateur Sports
[ April 15, 2021 ] Northeast: Nonprofit Expands Services as Pandemic Continues COVID-19
[ April 14, 2021 ] Environment: How One Organization is Working Toward Building a Greener City COVID-19
[ April 13, 2021 ] North Philadelphia: Mayor Kenney Announces Commission to Combat Environmental Injustice Environment
[ April 12, 2021 ] Social Issues: Philadelphia Community Gardens Have Impact Beyond Food Food

Amateur Sports: In the Midst of the Pandemic, One Sport Thrived

April 16, 2021 Dylan J. Fritz 0

A new store and an established community of disc golfers are working together to grow the sport. […]

COVID-19: Volunteers at Camden County’s Miracle League Hope to Play Baseball Again Someday

April 2, 2021 Sam H Neumann 0

The baseball league, which caters to children with disabilities, has not played since the fall of 2019 and there are no immediate plans to return. […]

Kensington: Youth Leader Provides Sports Activities Through Pandemic

March 24, 2021 Megan Noelle Combs 0

Felix Agosto has been the head of MVP360, a nonprofit organization that facilitates youth sports teams for seven years. When COVID shut down youth sports leagues, Agosto pivoted his impact to career and social-emotional coaching over Zoom, through the Leadership Academy. […]

Amateur Sports: Roman Catholic Soccer Coach Chronicles His Team’s Last Year

March 22, 2021 Dylan Robert Coyle 1

Raymond DeStephanis found out Roman would have an abbreviated 2020 fall season through social media. […]

COVID-19: Track Coaches, Athletes Reflect on Lost Spring Season

November 4, 2020 Donovan F Hugel 0

When the Penn Relays were cancelled in March, many high school athletes lost out on an opportunity to impress college recruiters, including the team at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey. […]

Overbrook: High School Wrestler Reflects on Career, Friends, and Future

May 18, 2020 Jonathan Michalski and Winston Harris 0

With the help of Beat the Streets, Daishawn Tilghman found a passion that will carry him on to college. […]

Allegheny: Roller Derby League Creates Family Culture in Contact Sport

March 16, 2020 Sarah Tunnell and Jay Neemeyer 0

Though an uncommon sport, roller derby embodies the “gritty” culture associated with Philadelphia sports. […]

Cobbs Creek: After Delay, Sims Rink Reopens With Skaters Eager to Hit the Ice

December 20, 2019 Daniel Wilson and Graham Foley 0

Sebastian Bttacavoli doesn’t like to wait. As an 11-year-old living with autism, waiting doesn’t come easily in everyday life. But after finding a niche playing goalie for the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation’s 12 and […]

North Philadelphia: Rock Climbing Wall Helps Children Overcome More Than Physical Obstacles at Cecil B. Moore Library

April 22, 2019 Chad Gelfand and Ngozi Nwanji 1

Throughout his six years at the Cecil B. Moore Library at 23rd Street and Ridge Avenue, Sun Moon Bey, librarian and lead maker, has seen many changes, but none more gratifying than the successful revamp […]

Kensington: Shaping the Person, Then the Player

April 1, 2019 Lawrence O'Connor 3

One could say Mark Lavelle was born to coach. At age 15, before some kids even begin playing team sports, Lavelle was already coaching neighborhood kids in Kensington as a way to keep them away […]