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Holmes pining for fight in Trenton ** If he is to make a comeback, he would like to make it in Trenton, where his career began in 1973. All he needs is an opponent, a date, and $200,000.

Michael Jordan has a ways to go before he catches up to Larry Holmes. His former Airness would have to retire and unretire from the NBA at least two more times. And Jordan, now a Washington Wizard sidelined with a sore right knee, would have to play into his 50s. “I think he…

EastonLarry Holmes Jr

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Football
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Burgio thankful to be playing this Thanksgiving ** The Easton runner, who has 16 TDs, missed last year’s game with injury.

Easton senior tailback Sean Burgio is entering another Thanksgiving Day with his dinner plans on hold. But he’s not all that concerned with keeping his grandparents on his mother’s side in limbo, because they live in Phillipsburg, which is Easton’s annual Turkey Day football…

EastonLafayette

· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Preseason Patriot ranking has Burke, Leopards seeking respect ** Coaches, media say Lafayette will finish seventh. The Leopards beg to differ.

Opening the basketball season with opponents his team would be favored to beat is not something that entices Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon, even if that decision ultimately leads to the Leopards getting blown out. After opening its season at Albany of the lightly-regarded…

LafayettePenn State

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Basketball
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Arizona makes a statement with win over No. 2 Maryland ** Unranked and probably underrated, the Wildcats outhustle the Terrapins.

It was madness inside Madison Square Garden between two of last season’s Final Four participants — No. 2 Maryland and mistakenly unranked Arizona. The pollsters do overlook sleepers, if defending national runner-up Arizona can be called that. Sleep on them if you will. Maryland…

Temple

· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Saint Joseph’s and Xavier heavy favorites in A-10 ** The schools are expected to win their divisions, with Temple in hot pursuit.

The Atlantic 10 Conference has seven new coaches and a new member from Richmond. But the best thing the upgraded 12-team, realigned conference has is two nationally ranked programs in Saint Joseph’s and Temple. And the two rival Philadelphia schools have two rival Philadelphia…

TempleLafayette

· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Saint Joe’s scores with much hailed Jameer Nelson ** Family, school and friends are rooting for the standout from Chester.

Jameer Nelson’s celebrity status extended well past the Saint Joseph’s University campus before he even made his first collegiate basket last Nov. 17. He didn’t even need to win the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year award or play on last summer’s gold medal-winning USA Junior…

TempleVillanova

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Basketball
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Leopards need to get healthy, and then they could get hot ** The promise on College Hill needs time to heal, mature and heat up.

The guessing game doesn’t work on College Hill. So don’t ask Lafayette men’s basketball coach Fran O’Hanlon to pick a number of games he might win in the 2001-02 season. He can’t do it. He doesn’t want to do it. Besides, a fair prognostication cannot be made now. The Leopards…

LehighLafayette

· Andre D. Williams

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Football
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Flowers has blossomed as quarterback for Bears ** When Josh Warren was injured, the redshirt freshman stepped right in.

The major topic of discussion when Kutztown redshirt freshman Rob Flowers gets together with his cousins during the holidays is football. They have so much to share since most of them play or have played college football in the past. Most of them, though, didn’t have to play…

StroudsburgMuhlenberg

· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Burke is ready for his senior season on College Hill ** The ECAC also honored Lafayette’s co-captain for his return from a serious injury.

It was the 11th day of December last year, a trial-filled day that Lafayette senior guard Brian Burke couldn’t stop thinking about as he stood at the podium accepting the ECAC Award of Valor on Oct. 2 in Hyannis, Mass. Stories of players returning to play Division I basketball…

LafayetteLehigh

· Andre D. Williams

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Football
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Pinchek enjoys spot as a leader ** He has taken over as the lead running back for Parkland with the injury to star Austin Scott.

“Go, Nick, go.” That’s a cheer Parkland junior Nick Pinchek has waited two years to hear more regularly than just a few times a game when he would be given token handoffs. No, the game plan has changed at Parkland. Pinchek is now a key part of the game plan, the running back on…

ParklandAllentown Central Catholic

· Andre D. Williams

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Track & Field
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Her confidence bounds with her abilities ** Eighth-grader Brianna Broyles of Allentown is a dashing 5-footer who is on the fast track to success as a runner.

The atmosphere at Madison Square Garden can be overwhelming for any first-time visitor. You might expect it to be especially so for a 10-year-old from Allentown who has never competed outside Pennsylvania. But to Brianna Broyles, an eighth grader at St. Francis of Assisi School…

EastonWhitehall

· Andre D. Williams

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Football
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Pressure seems to be on Parkland, Melosky ** There’s high expectations for Trojans, despite a new coach and the loss of QB Lane to basketball.

New Parkland head football coach Rob Melosky turned to the immaculate building over the hills from the practice field 13 days ago, raised his arms and the enthusiasm in his voice rose. He has the job, the facilities, the program that the other Mountain Valley Conference teams…

ParklandEaston

· Andre D. Williams

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Football
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Easton’s Holloway packs 150 pounds of heart and power **The defensive back’s desire on the football field is realized when he delivers his first hit.

Allen Holloway doesn’t look that tough on the football field. He’s just 5-10, 150 pounds. But Easton’s senior free safety had opposing offensive players wondering last season, “Did you catch that number?” Holloway was everywhere, making plays, sticking hard. “He has some real…

EastonAllen

· Andre D. Williams

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Basketball
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Ex-Dieruff star Robinson trying to get life in order ** 14 months after serving time for drugs, he helps win a tourney, talks of a future.

Calvin Robinson Jr. saw the opening and took advantage quickly, cheers almost guiding him as he dribbled toward the basket at Allentown’s Roosevelt Park two Sundays ago. It had been four years since he had people rooting for him so loudly. But with the game clock winding down in…

DieruffLehigh

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Basketball
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Quiet man Cheeks set to make noise in Portland ** Long-time Sixers player and assistant has quite a challenge in his first NBA head coaching job.

The gymnasium at the Philadelphia 76ers’ draft headquarters at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic College had nearly emptied Wednesday night/Thursday morning when the phone rang around 12:20 a.m., drawing immediate attention. Everyone knew it was Maurice Cheeks calling. It…

76ersAllen

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