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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker Jr. holds the trophy after their win against the Boston Red Sox in Game 6 of baseball's American League Championship Series Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Houston. The Astros won 5-0, to win the ALCS series in game six. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Arts & Entertainment

Braves vs Astros: A World Series 6 decades in the making

When Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves meet Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros, it will be a World Series that's been six decades in the making.

5 years ago

Caryn Fenner, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines' technical director, poses for a photo in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. With the backing of the World Health Organization, Afrigen scientists are assembling the equipment needed to reverse engineer Moderna's coronavirus vaccine. “The excitement is around learning how we harness mRNA technology to develop a COVID-19 vaccine,” Fenner said. ​(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Africa tries to end vaccine inequity by replicating its own

Scientists in South Africa are trying to re-create Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, making an end-run around an industry that has prioritized rich countries over poor.

5 years ago

File photo: A worker uses a leaf blower to move trash onto the tracks at Allegheny SEPTA station. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
6abc

SEPTA union authorizes strike if no agreement is made this week

The current contract expires midnight on Oct. 31.

5 years ago

Even as most students return to learning in the classroom this school year, disruptions to in-person learning, from missing one day because of a late school bus to an entire two weeks at home due to quarantine, remain inevitable as families and educators navigate the ongoing pandemic. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Education

Disruptions to schooling fall hardest on vulnerable students

Those include families without transportation, people with limited income or other financial hardship, people who don’t speak English, and children with special needs.

5 years ago

A piping plover at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Ma
Science

Nests, fledgling numbers for endangered piping plover suffer this year in Delaware and N.J.

Efforts to preserve the shorebird faced setbacks from storms, increased beach use, and predators.

5 years ago

A view of the skyline from University City
PlanPhilly
Community

University City foot traffic returns to pre-pandemic levels

While Center City is still missing 93,000 office workers, University City streets are seeing the same amount of foot traffic as they did before the pandemic.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, left, speaks at a news conference at Island Beach State Park in New Jersey on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, where he announced that the state will give free season-long admission to the park and other state parks to any New Jersey resident who has gotten at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine by July 4. At right is Shawn LaTourette, the acting environmental protection commissioner. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Community

Gov. Murphy proposes $100 million investment in urban parks

Through the Green Acres Program, several projects across the state in cities will receive funding for either improvement or development.

5 years ago

Penn Medicine’s mobile mammography unit offered free breast cancer screenings to women over the age of 40 in a North Philadelphia parking lot on Oct. 22, 2021
Health

A mobile mammogram truck is offering free screenings to women in North Philly

Breast screening rates have dropped during the pandemic in communities of color. A health system is bringing mammograms directly to women in need.

5 years ago

The Bonanza Creek Film Ranch is seen in Santa Fe, N.M., Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021
Arts & Entertainment

Film crew voiced complaints before fatal on-set shooting

The tragic mistake came hours after some workers walked off the job to protest conditions and production issues.

5 years ago

Incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J. speaks during a gubernatorial debate with Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli at Rowan University's Pfleeger Concert Hall Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Glassboro, N.J.
Politics & Policy

N.J. governor race tests Murphy’s progressive politics

New Jersey's decidedly liberal shift under first-term Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is facing a test as he seeks reelection against Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

5 years ago

In this April 29, 2016, file photo, Pope Francis shakes hands with Vice President Joe Biden as he takes part at a congress on the progress of regenerative medicine and its cultural impact, being held in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican
Politics & Policy

Biden to meet Pope Francis amid some rifts with US bishops

Biden is facing strong opposition from many U.S. Catholic bishops over his stances on abortion and LGBTQ rights.

5 years ago

COVID-10 vaccines
Health

FDA says Pfizer COVID vaccine looks effective for young kids

Federal scientists say kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections among elementary school children.

5 years ago

Cast members (from right) Azzari Myers, Eva Vanterpool, Carmi Jackson, and Jamall Phillips rehearse ''Town Hall: Resolution 50'' in Camden’s Northgate Park. The play about environmental racism in Camden will be performed this Saturday, in the park
Arts & Entertainment

Camden teens take on environmental racism in a new play

The play, called “Town Hall: Resolution 50,” posits that the reason Camden has so many infrastructure and environmental problems is because Camden is predominately Black.

5 years ago

Delaware State University
Education

Del. State University joins federal effort to ‘feed the future’ and fight global hunger

Delaware State is the first HBCU to join the U.S. Agency for International Development’s effort to fight food insecurity in Africa and elsewhere.

5 years ago

Heritage Park
Community

How a new park in Media will honor the borough’s historic Black heritage

As the park was developed, it became clear that it was “a logical place … to honor that heritage,” a councilman says. It will be dedicated Nov. 6.

5 years ago

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