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ABOVE PHOTO: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver arrive for a news conference during NBA All-Star basketball game weekend, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) By Adam Silver associated press NEW YORK —What will the NBA look like at 100? While it is difficult to predict the future one year from now, let alone…

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(Photos by Webster Riddick) For seven innings, the New York Mets pitching staff silenced the Philadelphia Phillies’ big bats. But baseball is a nine-inning game… By Chris Murray  For the Philadelphia Sunday SUN     For the first seven innings of their series opener versus the New York Mets, the Philadelphia Phillies couldn’t get anything…

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By Napoleon F. Kingcade Once again, this year the Imhotep Charter Lady Panthers and the Mastery North Pumas had the best girls’ basketball teams in the Philadelphia Public League. Imhotep Charter defeated Mastery North Charter, 55-47. The same two teams have played each other in the Public League title game for the last five years….

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ABOVE PHOTO: North Carolina’s Armando Bacot, right, goes up for a shot against St. Peter’s Clarence Rupert during the first half of a college basketball game in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) By Chris Murray  For the Philadelphia Sunday SUN and the Chris…

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Malcolm Jenkins is retiring after a 13-year NFL career in which he established himself as one of the league’s best all-around safeties, most durable players and leading voices for social justice. Jenkins helped both the New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles win their only Super Bowl and made a major impact off the field as…

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Peacocks had the greatest run in the NCAA Tournament for a 15-seed.  By Chris Murray  For the Philadelphia Sunday SUN In their first three games of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, the St. Peter’s Peacocks gave us a stirring reminder of why even people who aren’t college basketball fans fill out their brackets by the millions….

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Philadelphia is playing host to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament this weekend. It’s already been the scene of some of the tournament’s most iconic moments. By Chris Murray  For the Philadelphia Sunday SUN  Whether you are a native-born Philadelphian or someone who has covered sports here for the last 15 years as a sportswriter, there’s…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Saint Peter’s players warm-up during practice for the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Philadelphia. Saint Peter’s plays Purdue in a Sweet 16 game on Friday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) While they aren’t orange like the Flyers Mascot, the Peacocks of St. Peters play a style of basketball Philadelphians can…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree  Photo courtesy Napoleon F. Kingcade By Napoleon F. Kingcade Due to his ongoing leg injuries in his college basketball career, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree has become Villanova’s top big man coming off the bench. But despite his limited action on the court, the Southwest Philadelphia native is still excited to be on the…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Baylor’s Brittany Griner listens to a question during an NCAA college basketball press conference Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Waco Texas. Baylor faces Connecticut in a national semifinal basketball game at the Women’s Final Four on Sunday, April 4, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Rod Aydelotte) By Doug Feinburg ASSOCIATED PRESS Russian media reported…

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