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Injured point guard Eric Snow is scheduled to have his right ankle operated on today in Houston in a surgical process that Philadelphia 76ers team doctor Jack McPhilemy expects will lead to the end of Snow’s ankle ailments. Snow will have bone grafting with placement of two…
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Read on mcall.com →All the proof has been provided. More will surely follow over the next four months of the NBA season before the playoffs begin. By then, the Philadelphia 76ers should be sitting pretty high, in all likelihood as Atlantic Division champions and as the top seed in the Eastern…
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Read on mcall.com →Less than two seconds remained in overtime when Notre Dame freshman Jeff Dailey had the ball kicked out to him in the corner, just inside the 3-point line. A fastbreak thriller, the type of game fans enjoy and players have more fun with, was just an 18-foot jump shot away from…
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Read on mcall.com →Julius Johnson had scored off tap-ins and slicing moves down the lane in helping Whitehall overcome a six-point second-half deficit and build a two-point lead with 29 seconds remaining. Then Johnson, a senior who plays with a Big City attitude — lots of talking, fierce and…
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Read on mcall.com →Central Catholic was out of groove and down by two points when Danny Hinds broke loose, basically demanding to have the ball in his hands. He is the senior leader, the go-to player who’s on the recruiting list of several Division I men’s basketball programs. So when the game is…
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Read on mcall.com →It hasn’t become so bad at Washington Wizards home games that fans are wearing paper bags, but boos are routinely heard around the MCI Center. A sellout crowd of 20,674 packed into the Wizards’ Nov. 3 home opener against the New York Knicks, an 80-76 Washington loss. Over its…
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Read on mcall.com →You better watch out. You better not hesitate. The reason why is Theo Ratliff, the Philadelphia 76ers 6-10 center who jumps above the rim and who often comes out of nowhere to block shots. He started rejecting shots with authority in the season opener against the New York…
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Read on mcall.com →They have to watch what they say, and be careful what they do, on and off the court, otherwise NBA players, coaches and owners are subject to fines by commissioner David Stern and his discipline board. That’s the way it looks, that’s the way it has been, and that’s the way it…
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Read on mcall.com →Unstoppable is not just Bethlehem Catholic. It’s also Central Bucks West, winner of 58 straight football games. Dominating is not just Bethlehem Catholic. It’s also Central Bucks West, winner of three straight PIAA Class 4A titles. “We want you,” is not what Central Bucks West…
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Read on mcall.com →He wanted the ball. He wanted his line to open up gaping holes. And each time he got into the secondary, all Marian Catholic senior tailback Al Donadi wanted to do was to continue juking into the end zone. And whatever Donadi wanted, he got in the PIAA Class 2A Eastern semifinal…
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Read on mcall.com →Stroudsburg kicker David Butts had waited the entire season for a situation where he could win a game with his foot. He could not have planned the game or the moment any better than Thursday’s 51st Thanksgiving Day meeting against East Stroudsburg. It was his final scholastic…
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Read on mcall.com →Stroudsburg tailback Frank Azarelo’s 1-yard run in the second overtime brought fans from both stands to their feet, clapping and cheering while Mountaineer and East Stroudsburg players either kneeled or stood and prayed as the suspenseful Thanksgiving Day game neared a potential…
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Read on mcall.com →East Stroudsburg’s Rob Moylen had a right shoulder separation and he was playing an uncomfortable position last Thanksgiving Day when the Cavaliers played crossbridge rival Stroudsburg. Moylen had been a linebacker since he first began to understand how to really play the sport,…
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Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson’s and Larry Brown’s relationship is far from an issue now, but in reality it never was anything more than egos clashing. Think about it. They’re both strong-willed, and both want to control the Philadelphia 76ers. Think about it. Brown, the head coach, calls all…
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Read on mcall.com →It started early with an interception that set up a long scoring drive of 72 yards in six plays, that consumed 4 minutes, 8 seconds. Believe it or not, that was a long scoring drive for Bethlehem Catholic against Easton in the District 11 Class 4A championship game Friday night…
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Read on mcall.com →The hype, the back-and-forth jawing with the opponent, the unstable nerves athletes get as a big competition nears have not been there for Larry Holmes, and probably will not come before he fights Mike Weaver Friday night at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center.…
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Read on mcall.com →The most rewarding high school football game of Larry Holmes Jr.’s career had just finished, a 41-14 victory over Parkland last Friday in the District 11 Class 4A semifinals. And within minutes, he was on his mother’s cell phone trying to reach his dad in Biloxi, Miss. “I got…
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Read on mcall.com →The last time the Philadelphia 76ers lost a regular-season game, the 104th Boston Marathon had just been swept by two Kenyans, Florida residents weren’t slowing up the democratic process, and guard Eric Snow had scored 20 points in a game just twice in his career. That was April…
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Read on mcall.com →They were veteran players for hire and they have not been costly. Rick Mahorn. Billy Owens. Harvey Grant. And now Vernon Maxwell. Maxwell, who was signed by the Philadelphia 76ers four days before the NBA season started, joins Mahorn, Owens, Grant — all players who were signed…
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Read on mcall.com →They needed nobody to tell them what they already knew. ‘We knew the whole week that we were going to win, honestly,’ said Easton quarterback Matt Loebsack. ‘We had the confidence.’ ‘The difference between this game and the last game is I felt a lot more confident, and when you…
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Read on mcall.com →It’s a score that continues to be talked about because it was an upset last year that halted Parkland’s undefeated season and continued Easton’s postseason run. Easton 7, Parkland 6. “It was the toughest night I ever played in my life,” said Easton senior defensive lineman Larry…
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Read on mcall.com →For most people who admire legendary past African-American basketball players, names such as the late Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Julius ‘Dr. J’ Erving and Michael Jordan probably come to mind first. That’s because they are revered…
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Read on mcall.com →It has been a fun week at East Stroudsburg High fotball practices. Sunday could be a fun day, too, perhaps reminiscing about good things that happened in the Mountain Valley Conference championship game against Parkland. To make for a happy Sunday, the Cavaliers (6-3) must beat…
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Read on mcall.com →Tim Massaquoi made Michigan his college choice before the high school football season kicked off, ending speculation over which Big Ten program he’d choose and allowing him to concentrate on scoring touchdowns for Parkland this season. But in nonleague games against Emmaus and…
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