
Sports
Community sounds off on N.J. dreadlocks wrestling incident at emergency meeting
The Buena Regional Board of Education called an emergency meeting Wednesday night to discuss "personnel matters."
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Family of South Jersey high school wrestler forced to cut dreadlocks speaks out
Buena Regional High School wrester Andrew Johnson's brother says he believes a white wrestler under similar circumstances probably would not have been put in that situation.
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ACLU: N.J. wrestling incident isn’t about hair, but rather about race
A New Jersey high school wrestler had his dreadlocks cut off minutes before his match after a referee told him to lose the hairstyle or forfeit his bout.
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70-year-old Bala Cynwyd man sets marathon world record
Gene Dykes might have broken the record by a wider margin if he didn't have last-minute cramp.
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University of Delaware starts work on new athletic complex
The athletic center will be named after 1980 UD graduate Ken Whitney and his wife Elizabeth, who donated $10 million to help fund the construction.
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Listen 1:10As sports betting begins in Philly, local gamblers relish the convenience
SugarHouse in Fishtown has become the first casino in the Philly area to offer sports betting, which means fewer drives to Delaware or visits to "the corner store" for some.
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Philly frustration, 1968: ‘The day that they were all against everything’
Mention the Philadelphia Eagles and last year's Super Bowl win comes to mind. But so does that time fans booed and pelted Santa Claus with snow balls.
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Eagles’ Wentz out for Sunday with stress fracture in back
Carson Wentz's back injury will sideline him for Sunday's game at the Los Angeles Rams.
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A trans man steps into the ring — and wins his debut as a professional boxer
On Saturday evening, Patricio Manuel, 33, became the first openly trans man to compete in a professional boxing match in the U.S.
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N.J. lawmakers consider placing a $100 million bet on the horse racing industry
Many horse racing tracks in New Jersey are taking sports betting, but it's not enough to keep their main business afloat. They're asking for $20 million subsidy for 5 years.
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Listen 1:00It’s not a ‘total pit of despair’ for Eagles fans as team’s hopes dim
For Eagles fans, does a Super Bowl title cover up the bitterness of a failed repeat campaign? Yes and no.
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Trump is 10th sitting president to attend Army-Navy game
The commander in chief flew to Philadelphia for the 119th meeting in the storied rivalry between the service academies.
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Basketball for all: New ‘break’ room at St. Joe’s welcomes fans with autism
The West Philly university recently established a quiet space in its arena where kids with autism can escape from triggering sounds.
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New Jersey’s bear hunt continues amid controversy, lawsuits
The second half of New Jersey’s 2018 bear hunt begins Monday.
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Pa. will see multiple sports betting sites before year-end
Pennsylvania is in the midst of launching its sports betting industry — becoming part of the first wave of states to do so. Aft ...
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