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ABOVE PHOTO: BWSF Co-Founder Tina Sloan Green and other community and political leaders show their support of The Eyekonz Lacrosse League Team during the citation issuance ceremony held in their honor at Mander Recreation Center.  Pictured with the Eyekonz players are  Paulette Branson, Netter Center director of UACS sports; Lacrosse Hall of Famer Tina Sloan…

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ABOVE PHOTO: United States’ Cori “Coco” Gauff reacts after beating United States’s Venus Williams in a Women’s singles match during day one of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England— Coco Gauff grew up admiring the Williams sisters. Picked up a tennis racket as a little…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Boston Celtics’ Al Horford, top, fouls Philadelphia 76ers’ Justin Anderson (1) while battling for a rebound during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)  For the Philadelphia 76ers, the Free Agent signing period was either a very good thing… or a very bad thing….

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Bernard Hopkins made it to the Atlantic City Boxing Hall Of Fame by making sure he was the only person making decisions for his career.  By Chris Murray  For the Philadelphia Sunday SUN  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – During the speech he made to accept his induction into the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame last…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Caster Semenya (RSA) during women’s 800m in the Rio 2016 Olympics Games. (Photo: Shutterstock) By Gerald Imray associated press The governing body of track argued in court that Olympic champion Caster Semenya is “biologically male” and that is the reason she should reduce her natural testosterone to be allowed to compete in female…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Muhammad Ali (Photo: AP) By Michael Rubinkam associated press DEER LAKE, Pa.— The rustic Pennsylvania training camp where Muhammad Ali prepared for some of his most famous fights has undergone an elaborate restoration, opening to the public Saturday as a shrine to the heavyweight icon’s life and career. The famed Deer Lake camp…

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ABOVE PHOTO: David Ortiz, shown with his wife Tiffany at the 2011 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award presentation. Ortiz’s wife said that he is able to sit up and take some steps as he recuperates in the intensive care unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. (Photo: Shutterstock) By Michael Weissenstein and Martín Jose Adames…

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard raised his arms high in triumph and celebrated Canada’s first NBA championship. “We the North!” is now “We the Champs!” Leonard and the Toronto Raptors captured the country’s first major title in 26 years with their most remarkable road win yet in the franchise’s NBA Finals debut, outlasting the…

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The next time you have friends over to watch the NBA Finals or the Super Bowl, and they tell you that athletes should stick to sports, pop some popcorn and put on “When They See Us.” If they don’t get it after that, you might need to find new friends. By Chris Murray  For the Philadelphia…

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Photo: Shutterstock TORONTO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors relied on a champion’s heart to overcome their weary bodies. Klay Thompson scored 25 points before leaving with a hamstring injury, Stephen Curry had 23 and the Warriors ran off the first 18 points of the second half on the way to a 109-104 victory over…

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