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How Dawn Staley Went From 25th and Diamond to the Top of the Basketball World

1 month ago | phillymag.com | Michael Bradley

Longform Philly Special: How Dawn Staley Went From 25th and Diamond to the Top of the Basketball World There’s no athlete in the history of Philadelphia with a more impressive résumé than Staley, and now she’s on the brink of leading her South Carolina Gamecocks to yet another NCAA title. How much does she have left to achieve?
Is Bergen Catholic NJ's Best High School Football Program?

Sep 3, 2024 | njmonthly.com | Michael Bradley |Julie Gordon

Bergen Catholic football coach Vito Campanile keeps his players motivated during game time. Photo: Courtesy of Bergen Catholic/John HundStudents at Bergen Catholic High School won’t see their three-time defending state-champion football team play a home game this season until late September, when historic rival Don Bosco Prep comes to Crusader Stadium.
St. Joe’s Prep Dominates Pennsylvania Football. When Does Everyone Else Get a Shot?

Aug 16, 2024 | phillymag.com | Michael Bradley

Longform For the past decade, the North Philly Catholic school has run roughshod over high school football in the state. Now their vanquished foes are crying foul, and are taking the fight to Harrisburg. There is only one student working out in St. Joseph’s Prep’s nearly 4,000-square-foot weight room on a late-May afternoon.
Detailing the USA Women's National Teams Dominance

Jul 31, 2024 | slamonline.com | Michael Bradley

This story appears in SLAM Presents USA Basketball. Shop now. They posed for photographs, hamming it up while displaying their medals. They beamed with pride as the National Anthem was played. And some of them even cried. Then, they reflected on what they had accomplished: a seventh straight Olympic Gold medal and the type of rare dynastic run that makes them one of the most legendary teams in basketball history.
Winning Time: Chronicling the History of USA Basketball’s Men’s National Team

Jul 30, 2024 | slamonline.com | Michael Bradley

This story appears in SLAM Presents USA Basketball. Shop now. When the 1992 Olympic Dream Team used a ridiculous, 46-1 first-half run to turn its opening game against Angola into an emphatic statement of what was ahead for the rest of the world in Barcelona, it did more than just validate forward Charles Barkley’s prediction that Angola was “in trouble.”It began a brand-new era for USA Basketball.
Meet Isabeau Levito: NJ's 16-Year-Old Figure-Skating Star Who's Eyeing 2026 Winter Olympics

Dec 20, 2023 | njmonthly.com | Michael Bradley

Many parents have endured the frustration of convincing a cranky toddler to eat dinner. They plead. They beg. Bargain. Cajole. “If you finish your vegetables, you can watch TV.” “Clean your plate, and you can have dessert.”It is often a futile effort. After Chiara Garberi Levito watched her daughter, Isabeau Levito, pantomime Johnny Weir’s free-skate routine during the 2010 Olympics, she had the ultimate weapon in their dinner wars.
SLAM's 2023-24 NCAA Men's College Basketball Preview

Nov 6, 2023 | slamonline.com | Michael Bradley

College basketball is back. There will be tons of upsets throughout the 2023-24 college basketball season, of course, but we’re betting the last teams standing next April will be some familiar names. Don’t @ us. Here’s our official 2023-24 Men’s College Basketball season preview. 1. Duke: The returns of Kyle Filipowski, Jeremy Roach, Tyrese Proctor, and Mark Mitchell, along with another crop of four and five-star standouts, will make Jon Scheyer look like a pretty darn good coach this year. 2.
Longform Archives - Philadelphia Magazine

Nov 3, 2023 | phillymag.com | Sandy Smith |Michael Bradley |Bradford Pearson |David Murrell

I'm a scraper If you're a human and see this, please ignore it. If you're a scraper, please click the link below :-) Note that clicking the link below will block access to this site for 24 hours. Property What Will Become of Philly’s Vacant Office Space? City Life Can Keith Jones Lead the Flyers Out of the Wilderness?
Can Keith Jones Lead the Flyers Out of the Wilderness?

Oct 21, 2023 | phillymag.com | Michael Bradley

Longform Pretty much everyone was surprised when the Flyers tabbed trash-talking Jones to be president of hockey operations and lead them out of the darkest decade in franchise history. Jonesey wouldn’t have it any other way.
What would Australian law have to say about Luis Rubiales’ ‘unsolicited kiss’ in Sydney?

Aug 31, 2023 | msn.com | Michael Bradley

On one hand we have 81 female Spanish footballers, including the entire national team that just won the Women’s World Cup, the entire coaching staff (excluding the head coach), FIFA (football’s global ruling body), the Spanish football federation and the Spanish government, and everyone with eyes in their head who can recognise sexual assault when they see it. On the other we have the head of Spanish football, Luis Rubiales, and his mum.