SALUTE TO THE CHAMPIONS: Conshohocken 12U Royals
The Royals are the Conshohocken Little League 12U Major Division champions. The team is coached by Jeff Gubicza and assistant coaches Lee Famous and Scott English.
View ArticlePARENT: Minor league teams can't flourish in big league town
The hair-band heavy metal blared, and since it was 1987 and this was the Spectrum, that wasn't unusual. Except it kind of detracted from what was taking place down on stage level ... because there was...
View ArticleJohn James Audubon Center in Lower Providence holds bird banding demonstration
LOWER PROVIDENCE - If you have ever been walking alone near a forested area and felt like eyes were watching you, it could have been a well-camouflaged Eastern screech owl cloaked in the colors of the...
View ArticlePHILLIES: Kendrick struggles in loss to Braves
ATLANTA - The one thing Kyle Kendrick consistently has had going for him throughout his career is durability. Whether it is in the starting rotation or out of the bullpen, the right-hander has spent...
View ArticleAMERICAN LEGION: Gem from Fort Washington's Jacobson lands JP Mascaro in...
LIMERICK - For eight innings Sunday afternoon against Fort Washington, Owen McCue gave it all he had.Normally, a four-hit, one earned run complete game is enough to lead a team to win, especially with...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Little League State Tournament kicks off in Skippack
SKIPPACK - The Little League State Tournament began at Palmer Park in Skippack Sunday. Winners on the first day of play were Taney, Warwick, Red Land, and Collier. The tournament continues all week...
View ArticleLower Providence Fire Department rescues two entrapped after crash at Egypt...
LOWER PROVIDENCE - Lower Providence Fire Department cut the door off of a car on Egypt Road Sunday after a two-vehicle crash entrapped two subjects in one vehicle.At approximately 1:11 p.m., fire...
View ArticleTeam defense sets stage for Union's late draw
Lost in a dose of late-regulation controversy and stoppage-time steeliness from Sebastien Le Toux, there was an unsung hero in the Philadelphia Union's 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire Saturday night....
View ArticlePHILLIES: Lee ready to return, with lots of eyes on him
ATLANTA - Cliff Lee will return to the mound Monday for the Phillies, and Ruben Amaro Jr. expects the veteran left-hander to be a different pitcher than the guy who allowed eight runs (three earned)...
View ArticleGOLF: McIlroy adds Claret Jug to collection
HOYLAKE, England - Walking off the 18th green as the British Open champion, Rory McIlroy kept gazing at all the greats on golf's oldest trophy.On the claret jug, his name is etched in silver below Phil...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: Warwick holds off Montoursville
SKIPPACK - There is an old expression that baseball is a game of inches and, like many pieces of folksy advice, there is almost certainly some truth to that, as anyone in the crowd of Sunday...
View ArticleGOLF: Woods says Watson should pick him for Ryder Cup
HOYLAKE, England - Even after his worst 72-hole finish in a major, Tiger Woods says he would pick himself for the Ryder Cup team.His first major of the year, and second tournament since March 31 back...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: Collier upends Lionville
SKIPPACK - Sam Tortorella pitched four solid inning and hit a fifth-inning three-run blast to dead center to separate Collier from Lionville in what turned out to be a 9-5 Collier win at Palmer Park on...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: Red Land homers too much for Back Mountain
SKIPPACK - Red Land lives and dies by the home run ball and they were alive and kicking on Sunday.Red Land second baseman Kyle Hannon hit home runs in the first and third innings and his teammates...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: Taney steers past Clarion
SKIPPACK - In a game like baseball, where timing and momentum play a huge role, a long layoff could wreak havoc for a team. One need look no further than the 2007 Colorado Rockies, a team that won 21...
View ArticleNazi war crimes suspect, 89, hospitalized in US
PHILADELPHIA - A Nazi war crimes suspect accused of aiding in the killings of 216,000 Jewish people at a death camp and now awaiting an extradition hearing has been hospitalized.A court order issued...
View ArticlePolice: Couple killed by suspects hired for chores
PHILADELPHIA - A retired Philadelphia couple was strangled by two men hired to do household chores after the wife caught one trying to steal money, authorities said Monday.Rufus and Gladys Perry, who...
View ArticleNorfolk Southern freight train kills two in eastern Pennsylvania
EMMAUS, Pa. - Authorities say that two young men are dead in eastern Pennsylvania after being struck by a freight train.Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim told the Express-Times newspaper of Easton...
View ArticleTarget set to open in Upper Merion; police, fire departments prepared
UPPER MERION - King of Prussia's fire and police departments are prepared for action when the largest Target store on the East coast opens its doors in one of the busiest shopping areas in the...
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