Born into a poor peasant family of six children at the end of the 19th century in Italy, Maria Goretti's life was difficult from the beginning. Her family worked as farm hands and the children had ...

Neumann-Goretti clinched a spot in the opener. In the PCL-undefeated Saints’ 49-40 win over five-seed Cardinal O’Hara, N-G completely turned around a 37-35, third-quarter deficit by outscoring the ...

And then there were two. After top-seed Neumann-Goretti and three-seed Archbishop Carroll forged victories in the Philadelphia Catholic League semifinals Feb. 17 at Villanova University ...

On Sunday afternoon, Neumann Goretti faces Archbishop Carroll for the girls’ PCL title, while Roman Catholic takes on Father Judge in the boys’ final. Roman junior Nazeer Bostick scored a game-high 23 ...

READ MORE: A look at the best boys’ Catholic League final games played at the Palestra over the last decade Judge can also rely on junior wing Derrick Morton-Rivera, whose father, D.J. Rivera, won two ...

The Philadelphia Phillies, a team that has flirted with greatness but always seemed to come up just short, made a calculated, perhaps overly optimistic, decision this offseason. Jesús Luzardo, the ...

The Philadelphia Flyers, a team caught in the murky waters of a rebuild that doesn’t quite know if it wants to be aggressive or patient, are staring at a fundamental issue: center depth. Or rather, ...