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For the first time in 30 years, American finishes first in 2024 Broad Street Run
The first of the 40,000 people participating in the 45th annual Broad Street Run kicked off Sunday morning at Broad and Fisher streets in the far north. And for the first time in a few years, the finish line was in the Navy Yard.
Student Athlete of the Week: Caitlyn Coghlan
Meet Caitlyn Coghlan, a junior varsity softball player at Neumann Goretti High School who is leading by example and helping her team win. Caitlyn is our PHL17 Student Athlete of the Week. Do you know a student athlete? Nominate them here. Check out our previous PHL17 Student Athletes of the Week, here. CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE […]
Monday’s Time Schedule
San Francisco at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay, 6:50 p.m. Milwaukee at Kansas City, 7:40 p.m. San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 7:40 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 7:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 7:45 p.m.
Larrañaga, Kruger, Dunphy and Nolan to be honored with Joe Lapchick Character Award
NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Larrañaga, Lon Kruger, Fran Dunphy and Dianne Nolan are this year’s recipients of the Joe Lapchick Character Award. Larrañaga has spent the last 53 years coaching in college since he got his start as an assistant at Davidson College in 1971. Larrañaga had stops at American International and Bowling Green before coming to George Mason in 1997. It’s at that school he burst onto the national scene as he guided the Patriots to the Final Four in 2006. The school upset top-seeded and defending champion Connecticut, rallying from a 12-point deficit in the first half. Their run ended with a loss to eventual champion Florida in the national semifinals.
NCAA men's lacrosse tournament bracket 2024: Schedule, TV channels, scores and players to watch
The 17 teams in the 2024 NCAA men's lacrosse tournament field will be announced Sunday night. This year's tournament features a play-in game before the Round of 16. Those teams will be unveiled on the Selection Show on ESPN2 at 9:30 p.m. ET on Sunday night. Last year, Notre Dame...
Former Scranton area pitcher to take the big league mound against Phillies on Monday
PHILADELPHIA — Valley View graduate Mason Black is making his Major League Baseball debut for the San Francisco Giants. That's special enough—but the right-hander from Lackawanna County will take the mound just a quick trip down the turnpike from where he grew up. Black's first big league start...
Perkiomen Valley CB prospect Dimitri Toman expects a big summer
HACKENSACK, N.J. – They say if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. But you also have to learn from them, too. That’s what Dimitri Toman was aiming for during the Under Armour Next Football Camp Series at Hackensack High School’s Tom Della Torre Field in New Jersey on Sunday. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound cornerback out of Perkiomen Valley put together some solid reps all while taking in the expertise of NFL coaches.
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