The Golden Rams won in their Divison-II regional matchup.
The West Chester University softball team beat California (Pa) on Sunday to advance to the Atlantic Super Regionals. Philly.com has the full story here.
Race results in the Komen for the Cure 5k event run Sunday in Philadelphia.
Thousands of runners and walkers partipated in the 23rd annual Susan G. Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure. Here is a list of the West Chester area participants and their overall finishing place. Click on the indivual names to see a much more detailed description of how each participant did by category, age, gender and running pace. 5K Race Results for West Chester area participants: 71 Jonathan Manchin 194 Jorge Loescher 242 Caitlin Hahn 268 Matthew Schaeffer 269 Michael Schaeffer 292 Barbara Lin * 397 Ian McConnell 427 Carol Wagner 463 Lauren McGowan 477 Matthew Hickson 478 Andrew Hickson 479 Frances Hickson 582 Pam Scroggins * *cancer survivor
The Henderson High softball team does something that hasn't been done in 34 years.
Philadelphia's runners are showing support for Boston with their socks during the Broad Street Run.
Participants in the Broad Street Run are planning to show their support for the city of Boston. From the City of Brotherly Love, one popular way to show the love is apparently through one's socks. According to a recent Philly Mag blogger, and a Facebook group that has more than 1,000 members, many area sporting good stores are stocking up on red socks. Those participating in the Broad Street Run, slated for Sunday, May 5, are planning to wear red running socks to show the love for Boston. Get it? Red ... Sox ... Runner and Action News meteorologist Cecily Tynan told her Twitter followers this weekend, "Tried out my red compression socks in a tempo run 2day. Test everything out b4 race day!" If you're wondering where she got her pair, she …
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Runners are being encouraged to bring as little as possible with them this year.
Following the backpack bombings at the Boston Marathon two weeks ago, runners in this year's Broad Street Run in Philadelphia won't be able to tote their gear in a backpack, race organizers announced in a mass email to participants Monday. Taking a page from the Transportation Safety Administration's playbook, race organizers are mandating runners use clear plastic drawstring bags, which will be handed out at the expo Friday and Saturday, to stow their gear this year. “You are strongly encouraged to bring as little as possible with you to the start of the race,” race organizers said in the email to runners. “All items brought into the start area are subject to search and/or confiscation.” Race organizers only indicated backpacks would be …
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12:46 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Oh stop with the over dramatization of things regarding bags. My god the event is not just like many of the other races around the country. It's much more compact then Boston and has more participants. What a bunch of whiners. more ›
Jason Collins is the first active player in a major U.S. sport to announce he is gay.
Many NBA players, including several with Philadelphia-area ties, reacted supportively after fellow player Jason Collins announced Monday in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he is gay. Collins, who is the first athlete in a major American sport to come out of the closet during his playing career, got an early supporter in NBA star, and Lower Merion High School grad, Kobe Bryant. At 11:01 a.m., little more than an hour after the revelation, Bryant tweeted this to his two-million plus followers: Proud of @jasoncollins34. Don't suffocate who u r because of the ignorance of others #courage #support #mambaarmystandup #BYOU The message has since been retweeted more than 31,000 times. Also supporting Collins was the Philadelphia 76ers' …
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2:25 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013
hopefully you're using the word "preference" in the sense of "sexual preference" not "choice..." watching basketball is a choice... being gay is not (unless the person in question is bisexual, in which case, they do have a choice)... i too look forward to the day when this sort of thing doesn't bear announcing, but it was a very courageous move on Mr. Collins's part to be the FIRST current major … more ›
The former St. Maximilian Kolbe School student was picked in the fourth round of the NFL Draft.
He grew up rooting for the Eagles. This fall, he'll be playing for the Giants. West Chester's Ryan Nassib, who played high school football at Malvern Prep before starting for three seasons at quarterback for Syracuse University, was selected by the New York Giants in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft on Saturday afternoon. The former St. Maximilian Kolbe School student was originally projected to go as high as No. 8 overall, but was the 110th selection in the draft. He'll join Syracuse teammate Justin Pugh in New York, who the Giants picked with the 19th pick in the draft. Pugh is also a native of the Philadelphia area, as he attended Council Rock High School South. Nassib passed for 3,749 yards and 26 touchdowns as a senior at …
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The quarterback could be selected in Thursday's first round.
Ryan Nassib's NFL future could be settled on Thursday night. The West Chester native who played his high school football at Malvern Prep and established himself at one of the top quarterbacks in the country at Syracuse University could be selected in the first round of the NFL draft, some pundits are projecting. But while ESPN.com draftnik Todd McShay thinks Nassib will go No. 8 overall to the Buffalo Bills, who are now coached by his college coach Doug Marrone, the quarterback told the Philadelphia Inquirer that he isn't holding his breath. The former St. Maximilian Kolbe School student says that wherever he winds up, he'll take a little bit of Philly with him. "Wherever I go or wherever I've been, I've always made sure I never forgot …
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Security is ramped up this year, including a prohibition on backpacks.
The 119th Penn Relays carnival, featuring track and field teams from West Chester East, Rustin and Henderson, Westtown School and many other high schools around the Philadelphia area, takes place this week from Thursday through Saturday. See below for links to full event schedules for local teams: You can find event schedules for other teams on the Penn Relays website. Visitors should know that at this year's Penn Relays, in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, organizers have tightened security and will not allow backpacks or other large bags inside Franklin Field. Read the full security update. What do you think of the no-bags rule? Please tell us in the comments section below.
Ken Martin
10:27 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Oh I doubt very much that she's a fool. I think you're jealous of her success or have some other issue. You call her names and say you know her. She's a hard working meteorologist and wife and mother of 2 who finds time to train for 10 mile races. It's easy to call famous successful people names more ›