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Amateur Sports

Amateur Sports

Ludlow: Youth Baseball Brings the Community Together

June 4, 2009

Baseball has been a staple of early life for generations of American youths, but in some inner-city neighborhoods many children never get a chance to get in the game. In communities where parents sometimes struggle

Amateur Sports

Logan: Building Character at the Police Athletic League

June 2, 2009

The Logan Police Athletic League (PAL) Center, located at The Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church at 1100 W. Rockland St., is one of the smallest in Philadelphia.  Yet there is a gigantic amount of hard work

Amateur Sports

Olney: Soccer and Culture at Cafe Liz

May 23, 2009

Bellies up to the bar and cold beers in front of them, brothers Victor and Louis Martins cannot agree. Outside, Philadelphia’s first heat wave of the summer is as good a reason as any to

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Queen Village: Residents Try to Save Their Tennis Courts

May 19, 2009

The debris of winter past blows circles around the hard clay court at Weccacoe Playground. Donna Pancari and Kevin Parker take turns sweeping at the piles of dried leaves and scattered trash screaming mutual directions

Amateur Sports

Philadelphia Gryphons: Work Hard, Play Harder

April 22, 2009

Beer poured from the tap as men gathered in small groups to converse, toss back drinks and listen to the 1980s dance music that blared in the background. It was a dimly lit spot, but

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