Baseball fights to rebuild in cities with minority outreach
In Philadelphia, a battered neighborhood field hosts a Grays Ferry Rookie League game for 8 to 12 year olds as MLB funds programs like RBI and a Compton Youth Baseball Academy to draw minorities into the sport. Black player representation has fallen from 24 percent a generation ago to about 10 percent, prompting clubs to push parks, training, and urban outreach to broaden the game's base.
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Philadelphia
Jerry Boligitz
Grays Ferry
Major League Baseball
Phillies
Doug Glanville
Institute For Diversity and Ethics In Sport
Compton
Calif
Inner Cities
RBI
Tom Braswell
NBA
Richard Lapchick
Braswell
New York
Boston
Miami
Houston
Los Angeles
From Invincible to Beat by Jones at Trials
Marion Jones once dominant faces a tougher path to Athens as she misses Olympic 100 and struggles in long jump qualifying at the U.S. trials. Amid BALCO fallout and drug-suspect scrutiny, the 28 year old fights to reach the Games while peers call her a great athlete and a mother.
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Sacramento
Calif
Marion Jones
U.S
Jones
Athens
Ane
Grace Upshaw
Upshaw
Trevor Graham
Charlie Francis
Ben Johnson
Montgomery
Francis
Balco
Bay Area Laboratory
Allen Johnson
Nore
She
San Diego medal collector quietly guards Olympic trove
Art Prior, a 63 year old San Diego resident with 16 Olympic medals, has built a private collection since 1972. He scavenges garages, catalogs and auctions to add medals, many obtained through economic need or dealer networks, and displays them at the San Diego Hall of Champions this summer.
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Art Prior
San Diego
Prior
Cincinnati
Salt Lake City
Wade
Ingrid O’neil
Vancouver
Wash
O’neil
Uzbekistan
Jim Greensfelder
Recker Returns to Indiana to Rebuild NBA Dreams
Luke Recker, once a high school all American and touted Hoosier recruit, returns to Indiana seeking a career revival with the Pacers after transfers, a car crash, and stints in Italy and the NBDL. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle lauds his resilience as he eye’s rookie camp.
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Indianapolis
Luke Recker
Recker
Becker
Italy
NBDL
Indiana
Pacers
Indiana University
Hoosiers
Arizona
Durango
Colo
Rick Carlisle
Iowa
Miami Heat
Alonzo
Asheville
Tour de France climbs test Armstrong in Massif Central
Armstrong and five other contenders head into the Tour's first mountain stage in Guéret, a 147 mile trek with nine climbs including a 32 mile ascent to 5 243 feet. He sits sixth overall, 9 minutes 35 seconds behind leader Thomas Voeckler, after Tuesday's stage won by Robbie McEwen. The Texan expects a tough day with up and down climbs and worries teammates but says the team is healthy and ready.
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Gueret
France
Lance Armstrong
Pyrenees
Alps
Armstrong
Robbie McEwen
Australia
Thomas Voeckler
Massif Central
McEwen
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