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At one point Friday, International Longshoreman’s Association Vice President Jim Paylor was so angry he walked out after telling off Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Chairman Brian Preski.
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Marcus Morris recently told his Prep Charter teammates if they didn’t win the 2007 Public League championship, they would have to pick him up off the floor.
Luckily, they didn’t have to worry about trying to lift the 6-foot-9 senior from the…
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When talking about Philadelphia rivalries, Neumann-Goretti-Roman is at the top of the list. In terms of Catholic League boys’ basketball, these are two of the greatest programs of all time, with a combined 40-plus league titles.
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Marketing is a funny thing. Sometimes it does the opposite of what is intended. Look at “Mafioso.” Originally made in 1962, the Italian film is now being released as a wacky comedy. One advertisement even calls it “The Comedy Sensation” of…
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Setting foot into the winter chill this week, Robert Lassiter was dressed for the occasion. He was wearing black earmuffs, red gloves — along with a blue-green robe and foam crown, similar to Lady Liberty’s attire.
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Neumann-Goretti advanced to the Catholic League final by eliminating North Catholic, 73–45, in the Feb. 28 semifinal contest at the Palestra. Senior Rick Jackson dominated the opposition with 26 points, 17 rebounds and eight blocked shots.
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After 10 months of anticipation, Marc Vetri opened Osteria on North Broad Street Feb. 15. Vetri has been hailed by the international culinary community since he opened his self-named restaurant in 1998. Gourmet magazine honored it as one of the top 50 restaurants in America. The…
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Art is mystical, and nowhere is it more so than in Thomas Chimes’ work, now the subject of a major retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It even comes with a pre-packaged mystical philosophy called ‘Pataphysics, an absurdist concept invented by Alfred Jarry in…
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Darlene L. Lewis is a Goretti alum who hasn’t seen the inside of a classroom since her 1982 graduation. As she grew older, the notion of fulfilling a college dream gradually diminished.
Three area teams will be in action this weekend as the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association girls’ and boys’ basketball state tournaments get under way.
The Prep Charter girls will head to Hershey for a March 10 AAA opening-round game against Boiling Springs.