Joseph Santoliquito
Joseph Santoliquito is an award-winning sportswriter based in the Philadelphia area who has written feature stories for SI.com, ESPN.com, NFL.com, MLB.com, Deadspin and The Philadelphia Daily News. In 2006, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for a special project piece for ESPN.com called “Love at First Beep.” He is most noted for his award-winning ESPN.com feature on high school wrestler A.J. Detwiler in February 2006, which appeared on SportsCenter. In 2015, he was elected president of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
April 27, 2016
Feats
Delco man makes history in 58-day row across the Atlantic
George Pagano, 23, a graduate of Holy Child Academy grade school in Drexel Hill, The Haverford School and the University of Nebraska, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, completing the Talisker Whisky Challenge, billed as "The World's Toughest Row," with rowing partner Caitlin Miller, in 58 days, 5 hours and 6 minutes. The odyssey spanned from Dec. 20, 2015, in La Gomera, Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa, to the finish line in Antigua on Feb. 16, 2016.March 30, 2016
March Madness
Ryan Arcidiacono carrying ’Nova on a back that almost ended his career
The mental picture of that day doesn’t go away so easily. Ryan Arcidiacono’s nerves were working overtime when he gripped the doctor’s office chair with sweaty palms fully expecting what he was about to be told. His narrow face never dipped, he didn’t close his eyes as he was informed basketball would have to be put on hold for the time being.March 20, 2016
High Schools
Philly-area high schools take home four state basketball titles
HERSHEY —A debate can be made about what half of Pennsylvania produces the better football talent. But in basketball, there is no question the Philadelphia area dominates the state. Proof comes each March in the PIAA state basketball championships at Hershey's Giant Center.March 18, 2016
Boxing
Mauro Ranallo: Battling the bipolar stigma
Mauro Ranallo lays supine in a white gown, on white sheets, in a white sterile room, and yet he feels the darkness creeping up on the edges of his face. His heart beats its way up his throat, as his heavy eyelids blink at the ceiling and he wonders if it is strong enough to hold him. The extreme tells his mind to slow down, to ease up and breathe, and a chill overwhelms him. The cursing echoes, thankfully, have been heard: “You’re a real son of a bitch, a coward, for taking the easy way out. How can you do that to your family?” And he pulls back from that brink, curls up and cries.February 26, 2016
Entertainment
How Adam McKay went from Temple dropout to Oscar nominee
Since childhood, the absurd has always mesmerized Adam McKay. Like a bit from a 1970s comedy special where Steve Martin went knocking on random doors asking for people to let him in wearing nothing but a diaper. Then there were the countless times McKay would get up and click on Channel 12 to get lost watching the sketch comedy show "Monty Python’s Flying Circus."February 24, 2016
Nonprofits
Mural of the story: Local CEO helps nonprofits clarify strategic visions – for benefactors
CEO Jeff Westphal, 54, a Conestoga High School graduate, partnered with an Ohio-based strategy consulting firm, Root Inc., to aid five non-profit organizations through a program entitled “Breakthrough Philanthropy.”February 17, 2016
Government
For new streets commissioner, it all started on the back of a trash truck
He’s in a plush corner office now, overlooking Center City Philadelphia, far from the pungent odor of trash, raging blizzards, unbearable heat, large scurrying rodents and the drug dealers who once stopped him at gunpoint.February 9, 2016
Courts
Gloria Allred v. Bill Cosby: Clash of the Philly titans
The flame that occasionally rises in her welcoming dark-chocolate eyes is momentarily gone as she runs down an impassioned tale of the tape, leaning over a thick oak dining table. The bluster is gone. There are no cameras or jutting microphones around. Just her and her solemn voice speaking sternly about injustice.February 6, 2016
NFL
Don't know who to root for in the Super Bowl? There are Philly guys on each team
North Penn’s Brandon McManus will be kicking for the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl, and Cardinal O’Hara’s Corey Brown will be catching passes for the Carolina Panthers. They’re from the Philadelphia area, McManus from Lansdale, where his family still lives, and Brown from Upper Darby, where he returns to in the offseason to work out.Just In
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