Indexed locally for search; full article text on mcall.com.
Dre's Take — The Story Behind the Performance.

Morning Call archive

Archive

5 headlines matching your filters. Indexed for search — click through to the original Morning Call page.

Indexed locally for search — headlines, people, teams, and short excerpts from reporting originally published in The Morning Call (1998–2010). Full article text on mcall.com; DRE'S TAKE links out and does not republish Morning Call copy.

Track & Field
The Morning Call

Price’s decade of dominance **Easton grad owns Pa., national high school records, part of world-record relays in college. **2000 – 2009 THE DECADE **DARK DAYS AND BRIGHT MOMENTS **FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE DECADE

Chanelle Price won with grace and speed. She won everywhere, except the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. But Price, the greatest female track and field athlete to ever come out of the Lehigh Valley, will likely get another chance at the Olympics in 2012. “I want to run 1:56, 1:57,”…

EastonChanelle Price

· Andre D. Williams

Read on mcall.com →
Basketball
The Morning Call

Iverson fueled Sixers’ run to Finals in ’01 **Though Philadelphia fell to Lakers, he provided impetus for a memorable season. **2000 – 2009 THE DECADE **DARK DAYS AND BRIGHT MOMENTS **NO. 5 REGIONAL STORY

Allen Iverson was the Philadelphia 76ers’ version of Lil Wayne during the 2000-2001 NBA season, using his crossover dribble and fearless drives to make the Wachovia Center rock like a hip-hop concert. Fans jammed the arena while Iverson and the Sixers rolled on the court,…

76ersAllen

· Andre D. Williams

Read on mcall.com →
Football
The Morning Call

Scott: Big gains, big losses **For better, or sometimes worse, football player Austin Scott dominated the local sports landscape for much of the decade. **2000 – 2009 THE DECADE **DARK DAYS AND BRIGHT MOMENTS **NO. 6 LOCAL STORY

Three games, three carries, 14 yards. That was the extent of Austin Scott’s brief and disappointing experience with the Cleveland Browns in the 2008 preseason, a far cry from what happened nearly every time he touched the ball six years earlier. And for Scott, his ex-coaches Rob…

ParklandNazareth

· Andre D. Williams

Read on mcall.com →