Sports
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SeventySix Capital’s Wayne Kimmel Wants to Revolutionize the Sports Fan’s Experience
Wayne Kimmel, a managing partner of SeventySix Capital in King of Prussia, thinks being able to wear your ticket to a Phillies game would be really awesome, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today. Kimmel specializes in scouting for and investing in products that will enhance the sports fan’s experience. Last winter, he took a…
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Science Leadership Academy at Beeber’s Zoey Smith Is a Real Powerhouse
Zoey Smith, a student at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber, first started playing golf at the age of 4 and now she has won a city championship, writes Kristin A. Graham for The Philadelphia Inquirer. This fall, as a 10th grader, she won the Philadelphia Public League girls’ individual golf championship. She was the only…
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Dream Turned Reality: Upstate Man Builds Mini Citizens Bank Park in Backyard
After two years of planning and development, Kurt Klinger, a huge Phillies’ fan who lives in the tiny town of Trevorton in Northumberland County in upstate Pennsylvania, turned his dream into reality by finishing his own Wiffle ball field dubbed the “Mini Bank” after Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia in his backyard, writes Mackenzie Witt…
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A Blue Bell Tech Firm Is Hitting the NASCAR Racing Circuit; Here’s Why
Verinext, a technology firm in Blue Bell, hopes to become more of a household name by sponsoring a race car in NASCAR Xfinity Series, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The firm hasn’t been Verinext very long. The rebranding from Anexinet took place in January almost a year after a merge with Veristor,…
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Penn State Abington Grad Has Special Bond with Fighter Danielle Kelly
Philadelphia’s Danielle Kelly recently won the first female submission grappling title at ONE Fight Night 14, and no one was rooting harder for her than her longtime friend Suzie Pepe. Pepe is a Penn State Abington graduate who first noticed Kelly when she was taking classes at Pepe’s Philadelphia area Brazilian jiu-jitsu studio. Since then,…
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Philadelphia Phillies Saw the Biggest Attendance Increase of Any MLB Team This Season
The MLB saw its biggest attendance increase in the last 25 years, writes Maury Brown for Forbes. The Philadelphia Phillies were among the league’s biggest beneficiaries of the attendance increase. The ball club saw the biggest fan attendance increase from 2022 in Citizens Bank Park, increasing its per game attendance by nearly 10,000 from the previous…
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Perkiomen Valley Girls’ Basketball Team Is Dreaming Big, Striving for State Champs
The Perkiomen Valley girls’ basketball team is willing to put in the hard work and sweat to go after their dreams, writes Owen McCue of City of Basketball Love for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Two years ago, the Vikings set their sights on winning the Pioneer Athletic Conference championship, and after a run to the conference…
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WSJ: Villanova’s James W. Finegan Wrote One of the Best Books on Golf
Michael Bamberg, author of “The Ball in the Air: A Golfing Adventure,” compiled a list of the five best books on golf’s greatest moments for the Wall Street Journal and James W. Finegan’s “Blasted Heaths and Blessed Green” published in 1996 made the list. The American advertising executive, golfer, and sportswriter was a prolific writer…
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Former Eagles Star Recruits Giant Pumpkin Farmer for Unique World Record Attempt
Former Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long has recruited Ryan Cook, a giant pumpkin farmer in Summers County, West Virginia, to help him break a unique Delaware River world record, reports The West Virginia Vibe. Long, who played eleven seasons in the NFL including two with the Eagles (2016 and 2017), wants to float down…
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Mustang Athletics to Form Cheerleading Team at Montco
Break out your pom-poms–Montgomery County Community College and the Mustangs Athletics Department are announcing the formation of a new non-competitive cheerleading team coming this fall. The all-gender team will provide lots of Mustang spirit to the sidelines of varsity athletic games and during community-based events. “It will really add to school spirit,” said Kelly Dunbar,…
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For Eagles Star from St. Joe’s Prep, Failures Lead to Success
In high school, D’Andre Swift once had a seven-touchdown game for his St. Joe’s Prep football team. However, a loss against rival La Salle is even more memorable to him, writes Aaron Carter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s a level of humility that Swift often exudes that plays a small role into his success. The…
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How a Kennett Square Native and Fighting Phils Player Swung into the Minor Leagues
Kennett Square native and West Chester University graduate Nick Ward’s journey to the minor leagues is one of determination that led him to the Reading Fighting Phils. Ward’s early days were marked by his admiration for Chase Utley, writes Richie Scott for Minor League Baseball News. His college baseball career began at Virginia Commonwealth…
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Arcadia University Students Embrace World of Collegiate Esports
Over the last decade, the esports industry has grown in leaps and bounds, especially on college campuses. Many colleges across the United States now have esports programs, including Arcadia University in Glenside, writes Ira Porter for The Christian Science Monitor. Sean Ey, a junior computer science major, is on the esports team at Arcadia. “I’ve…
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Former La Salle College High School Champion Coach Had Football in His Veins
Football had always been a family thing for Drew Gordon, retired champion football coach at La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, who passed away at the age of 73 at his home in Ambler. His father before him played and so did his son afterwards, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Football and…
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Saint Joseph’s International Field Hockey Star Is a True Team Player
During Saint Joseph’s field hockey game against Yale on September 3, St. Joe’s star player Manu Ghigliotti tied the program record for most goals and points in a game, but all she cared about was the team’s 6-1 win, writes Mia Messina for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her focus is always on her team members. “I…
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Payton Manning Recognizes Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts as a Rising Leader in Time100 NEXT List
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is featured on the TIME100 Next list, which recognizes the rising leaders in health, climate, business, sports, the arts, and more, writes Sam Jacobs for Time Magazine. Hurts came into the national spotlight when he led the Birds to the Super Bowl earlier this year. However, he was noticed by…
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Schwenksville Native Trains for Olympics with U.S. Women’s National Field Hockey Team
Ashley Sessa, an Episcopal Academy graduate and Schwenksville native, is training hard with the U.S. Women’s National Field Hockey Team. If the team qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympics, she will make her dream of being an Olympian a reality, writes Isabella DiAmore for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Last year, Sessa was a freshman and star…
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From The Vet to the Verse: This Northeast Philly Sports Fan Writes Poetry for his Favorite Teams
Sixty-two-year-old Glenn Laveson, a lifelong sports fan from Northeast Philadelphia, channels his fervor for Philadelphia sports into poetic expressions, writes Dave Uram for KYW Newsradio. Laveson reminisces about the days when his father introduced him to the world of Philadelphia sports, taking him to The Vet to witness Steve Carlton’s pitching prowess. This early exposure,…
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