Sports
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2028 Olympic Game Hopefuls, Intending to Sink the Competition, Trained in Conshohocken
Some of the best rowing prospects in the U.S. spent the summer at the Conshohocken Rowing Center. There, they honed the skills needed to row their way onto the team competing at the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics. Michael Houston waded into the details for Inside the Games. The athletes are vying for a spot…
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Netflix Looks at NBA Gambling Scandal Involving 2 Former Cardinal O’Hara Students
Two former Cardinal O’Hara students, Tim Donaghy and Jimmy Battista, who would later become the subjects of a federal investigation into an NBA gambling plot are the subject of a Netflix sports documentary, writes Stephan Gibbs for Spiky TV. Donaghy, an NBA referee, placed bets on basketball games he officiated, changing the point spread with…
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Lancaster Hot Air Balloon Festival & Country Fair Provides a Bucket-List Experience in a Basket
The 2022 Lancaster Hot Air Balloon festival lifts off Sept. 16 in nearby Bird-in-Hand Pa. By the time it concludes on Sept. 18, attendees will have gazed at the sight of dozens of onsite technicolor balloons, perhaps ridden in one themselves, enjoyed a steady rotation of multi-genre musicians, enjoyed local dishes, engaged with their kids,…
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Local Boys of Summer — Who Left Their Youth Years Ago — Continue to Take to the Baseball Diamond
Throughout summer 2022, four divisions of the Bux-Mont Senior Men’s Baseball League suited up, trotted to their positions, and battled it out. The season has ended, but many of these senior players (45+ years old), plan to be back next year. Paul Kurtz, KYW Newsradio, covered this story of baseball devotees in a league of…
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Limerick Siblings Claw Their Way to Recognition in Maine Lobster Crate Race
Limerick siblings Caitlyn and Tyler Wylie recently earned mention for their performance in the 2022 Great International Lobster Crate Race in Rockland, Maine. Ken Waltz, of The Courier-Gazette boiled down the details of their participation in this unusual athletic competition. The race has been a summer tradition in Rockland for decades, born of a desire…
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Wall Street Journal: Phoenixville Coach Lays Out Routine That Can Help Keep Runners on Their Feet
Reggie Waller, founder of Waller Endurance Coaching in Phoenixville and a coach with USA Triathlon, has created an exercise routine that helps runners undo the damage of sitting, writes Jen Murphy for The Wall Street Journal. The six hip and glute exercises are intended to help keep not just runners, but others as well. The…
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Pa.’s Biggest Gaming Convention Brings 4D Reality to Montco
Gamers will flock to GXL Colossal — the tristate area’s biggest gaming convention — at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks this October to get a look at Sector X’s ground-breaking 4D virtual reality arena. Registration is now open for general admission and “Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC)” opportunity with several new premium seating…
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Norristown Resident Modestly Participates in Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride
Norristown resident Geoffrey Smith braved his first Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride last year when an event organizer — who is also a friend — invited him. Smith wasn’t quite ready to strip completely in 2021, and that decision was perfectly okay. The free-and-breezy celebration is designed as public commentary on body acceptance, meaning participants are…
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Integrate for Good Scores Former Phila. Flyer for Fall Community Heroes Gala
Integrate for Good — the area nonprofit organization empowering children and adults with disabilities to share their talent through inclusive volunteerism, community leadership and meaningful employment — announced former Philadelphia Flyer, Brian Propp as its Keynote Speaker at its second annual Community Heroes Gala. The Nov. 3 event, themed “A Night at the Races,” will…
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Paoli Author, Historian Tells Story of Two Phillies Greats in New Book
Paoli author William Kashatus provides a fascinating inside scoop on a pair of Phillies greats in his new book Lefty and Tim: How Steve Carlton and Tim McCarver Became Baseball’s Best Battery, writes J.F. Pirro for Main Line Today. A former teacher at the University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University, Kashatus has authored around…
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Tourism Board’s 2022 Rev-Run Continues Past Last Year’s Half-Million Dollar Tape in Total Valley Forge Park Support
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) presented $35,000 to Valley Forge National Historical Park from funds raised through this year’s 16th annual Valley Forge Revolutionary 5-Mile Run (Rev Run) held in person and virtually in April. Since its inception in 2006, Rev Run has raised nearly $550,000 for park infrastructure improvement projects and…
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NFL QB Who Did His Part to Help the Baltimore Ravens Feather Their Nest Now Resides in Schwenksville
In his current career as a golf club master fitter/building supply sales associate, Schwenksville resident Josh Woodrum will sometimes get an overly long eyeball from a stranger. The starer, universally a football fan, will then ask, “Weren’t you once a Baltimore Raven?” The source of Woodrum’s affirmative answer was on the roster of Jamison Hensley’s…
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Famed Golf Architect, Watching TV Coverage of Play on a Course He Designed, Notes Unexpected Alteration
Ron Prichard, famed golf-course designer and Lansdale resident, recently watched a championship match televised from Memphis’ TCP Southwind course. Like other fans, he found the shootout engaging. But as the course’s designer, his viewpoint was especially focused. Jack Hirsch drove the story for Golf.com. The Par-3, Hole-11 tee shots of players Will Zalatoris and Sepp…
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With Unflagging Energy, Girls Football Tourney Takes to the Turf in Conshohocken
The official NFL season is still in the wings; however, game fans can nonetheless enjoy a Sunday pigskin turf war in Conshohocken. It’s not traditional, but it’s fast, competitive, aggressive, and passionate: It’s girls flag football. Marcus Espinoza took to the field to cover the story for FOX29 News. Women’s flag football is a sport…
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When the Stomachs of the Nittany Lions’ Football Players Growl, This Lansdale Dietitian Answers
Leanne Louden may not be biologically connected to her adopted mother, but in addition to their emotional tie, the two share a fundamental appreciation for health and nutrition. Andrew Destin traced its source — and current applicability to the Nittany Lions — in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Louden was adopted as an infant from China and…
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Pottstown Ultramarathoner, Having Overcome ADD, Tackles 36-Hour Race in North-Central Pa.
Pottstown’s Niko Teller probably woke up this Monday morning a little sorer than most weekend warriors. That’s because instead of yard work or house repairs, he spent his Saturday and Sunday on one of the most grueling sports challenges in the world, the Eastern States 100. Rob Senior jogged though the particulars in The Mercury.…
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Area Golfers to Participate in Montco-Centric Golf Tournament Designed to Drive Diversity
The Advocates Pro Golf Association (APGA) Tour and the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board (VFTCB) bring back three of the Phila. region’s top golfers as part of the field for the second annual APGA Tour Valley Forge. The APGA, established in 2010, is a nonprofit organization with the mission to prepare African Americans and other minority…
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‘Picked by the One Team I Was Rooting for My Entire Life,’ Pottstown Native Now a Member of Phillies Organization
Pottstown native Jordan Dissin is now officially a member of the Phillies organization after signing a contract with the team that selected him in the 12th round of the Major League Baseball Draft, writes Ty Daubert for Phillies Nation. Dissin, a Malvern Prep grad, was the 362nd overall pick out of Saddleback College in Mission…
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