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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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File photo: A group of kids from the Southwest Philadelphia Healthnastics program, ages 3-18, held signs at a protest demanding the Kenney administration do more to address gun violence in the city on Aug. 4, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Changing Communities
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Gun Violence
Neighborhoods

Preventing gun violence with focused deterrence

Homicides and fatal shootings in Chester, PA have been cut in half since October 2020. How on earth did they do it?

Air Date: September 24, 2021 10:00 am

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Men work on fishing ships at Dockside Packing in Atlantic City, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Sustainability

Jersey Shore’s fishing industry wonders: Can it coexist with planned massive wind farms?

The wind farms would occupy some of the most fertile fishing grounds in the nation, prompting a growing battle between fisheries and wind power.

4 years ago

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Housing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Black and Latino homeowners are about twice as likely as whites to get low appraisals

It's the latest example of racial inequities in the housing sector, a well-documented phenomenon that has led to lower rates of homeownership among Black and Latino families.

4 years ago

The Temple Bagel Hut before and after.
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Preservation
Billy Penn

Temple Bagel Hut’s charming red-and-white awnings were replaced with dull, flat gray

Another Philly building with character succumbs to a standard look.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney posed with delegates from FIFA and United States Soccer at Lincoln Financial Field on September 22, 2021. Philadelphia is a candidate city to host the 2026 World Cup. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Sports

World Cup 2026: Philly’s ‘passion’ and natural turf earn points from FIFA

International soccer evaluators came to Philadelphia to review the bid the city has made to host World Cup matches in 2026.

4 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' fans watch the final minutes of Game 7 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks, Sunday, June 20, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Philly’s best boos: A recent history of local sports fan disapproval

We’re famous for it, might as well embrace it. (Compiled in honor of Ben Simmons.)

4 years ago

SEPTA surveillance video shows what appears to be forceful blows of a SEPTA revenue agent knocking a man to his feet. (6abc)
Philadelphia
Policing
Transportation
6ABC

SEPTA investigating after employee punches a man at Frankford Transportation Center

SEPTA officials say the attack occurred Monday around 9:30 a.m.

4 years ago

Cars are seen in a flooded area of Philly
Environment
Public Safety
Sustainability

PECO sets up $250K storm recovery fund for Pa. communities affected by Ida

The company will provide $100,000 to the American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania and Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia for essential needs.

4 years ago

Server Lacey Crosby said he's happy to be working, despite the challenges
Business
Delaware
Economic Development
Public Health

Restaurants struggle with staffing, supply issues, and a recipe to recover from the pandemic

About 1 in 10 eateries in Delaware shut down early in the pandemic. Restrictions have been lifted all summer, but some are still hurting.

4 years ago

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Attorney Ben Crump joined by Micah “Dew” Tennant’s parents Samuel Dunmore (left) and Angela Tennant along with Micah’s aunt Monica Tennant (far right) as he announces a lawsuit against the Pleasantville Board of Education and NJSIAA. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Gun Violence
New Jersey
Public Safety

Family of 10-year-old fatally shot at S. Jersey football game is suing the district, NJSIAA

The family of Micah “Dew” Tennant is suing the Pleasantville Board of Education and NJSIAA for not addressing the “dangerous condition” at the high school stadium.

4 years ago

Evacuees stand inside Philadelphia International Airport
Immigration
New Jersey

Murphy says New Jersey to help resettle about 500 Afghans

New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst served as an arrival point for “many thousands” of Afghans who left their homeland as the U.S. withdrew its troops.

4 years ago

Fire crews at a rowhome fire that broke out in Wilmington, Del. (6abc)
Delaware
Public Safety
6ABC

Wilmington rowhome fire traps residents inside, injures firefighter

Neighbors say officers were urging an upstairs resident to break a window and try to jump.

4 years ago

For more than five years, Steve and Carolyn Filmore have been printing a newspaper for their neighbors in Northwest Philadelphia. (WHYY)
Media
Philadelphia

N.I.C.E Behind the Scenes: Why NW Local still prints for the people

Steve and Carolyn Filmore, publishers of The Local, sit down with WHYY to discuss their involvement in N.I.C.E, their thoughts on objectivity and why print still matters.

4 years ago

Parkway Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Employment
Pennsylvania

Public jobs recovering slower than private sector, straining basic gov’t operations

Effects range from service cuts to an added strain on existing workers, with some municipal operations struggling to function in their basic duties.

4 years ago

United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Crime
Delaware
Public Safety

Former Delaware pastor to pay daughter $1.5 million in sexual abuse case

Two years after he was sued for allegedly sexually abusing his daughter, a federal jury ordered former Delaware minister Ronald Cohen to pay $1.5 million in damages.

4 years ago

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