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ABOVE PHOTO: LSU’s Angel Reese reacts in front of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark during the second half of the NCAA Women’s Final Four championship basketball game Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Dallas. LSU won 102-85 to win the championship. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) By Darlene Superville ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday scrapped the…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid shoots as Boston Celtics’ Grant Williams (12) defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) As the Philadelphia 76ers head into the playoffs, will this finally be the year that Joel Embiid becomes the NBA’s MVP? And can…

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ABOVE PHOTO: South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley celebrates with the net after defeating Maryland in an Elite 8 college basketball game of the NCAA Tournament in Greenville, S.C., Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) By Alanis Thames ASSOCIATED PRESS South Carolina senior guard Brea Beal knew she could trust Dawn Staley before she…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Captain Willis Reed, Knickerbockers basketball team in the Knicksí dressing room after victory, May 8, 1970. (AP Photo) By Brian Mahoney ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first…

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By Napoleon F. Kingcade PHOTOS COURTESY: Imhotep Charter ABOVE PHOTO: Imhotep Charter Panthers stage a championship celebration following their 72-43 victory over the West Philadelphia Speedboys. On February 25, Justin Edwards was named the Most Valuable Player of the Philadelphia Public League boys championship game, which was held at Temple’s Liacouras Center. The 6-foot-7 senior…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Philadelphia Eagles cornerback James Bradberry speaks during an NFL football Super Bowl team availability, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Phoenix. The Eagles will face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 57 Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt York) By Arnie Stapleton ASSOCIATED PRESS Stephon Gilmore is on the move again, Darren Waller is getting traded…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Maisha Kelly (far right) with cheerleaders, and members of the Drexel Athletics department.  (Photo courtesy: Drexel Athletics Department) By Jim Brown From the time she was a student at the C.W. Henry Elementary School, Mt. Airy native Maisha Rachel (Palmer) Kelly had a passion for track and field.  Today that passion and hard…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Irv Cross poses at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., in this April 8, 1999, file photo. Cross, the former NFL defensive back who became the first Black man to work full-time as a sports analyst on national television, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. He was 81. The Philadelphia Eagles, the team Cross…

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By DAN GELSTON PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Irv Cross was a man of faith and devout fan of football who could no longer in his final years attend Bible study or watch NFL games with friends. The degenerative brain disease that festered inside the former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback had triggered depression, mood swings and the type…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid, right, goes up for a shot against Cleveland Cavaliers’ Jarrett Allen during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) By Tim Reynolds associated press Kevin Durant went to Phoenix. Russell Westbrook moved from Los Angeles to Los Angeles. Kevin…

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