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by Kevin Wilson, BASN Staff Reporter
The league is populated by boys aged 13-to-14 who are in eighth and ninth grade. There is no weight limit, and the teams are formed around Boys and Girls Clubs throughout Prince George’s.
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Bringing the game to more kids
by Alden Gonzalez and Mike Radano -- Sep 23, 2010 - 9:57:00 PM
On Wednesday, Major League Baseball, the Phillies and the city of Philadelphia announced plans to build the first multi-site MLB Urban Youth Academy in the area, thus joining similar projects the league has steered in Los Angeles, Houston and South Florida over the past five years.
Tut Just Wants To Play
by John Canzano -- Jun 1, 2009 - 9:56:00 PM
You think, "There goes a kid who might ace the SAT someday." He doesn't look like a football player. He's barely 6 feet tall. He's not particularly fast. He can't out-jump his classmates. And he's never played a down of organized tackle football. Yet, it is his dream.
A Lingering Controversy
by Bob Klapisch -- Apr 20, 2009 - 9:50:00 PM
They’ll tell you aluminum gives every kid a chance to be a slugger, thereby increasing interest in the sport. And most disingenuous of all, they’ll say aluminum is about choice, and what’s more American than freedom of choosing your sporting weapon?
Street agents continue to take toll on kids
by Yolande Lezine -- Jan 29, 2009 - 9:50:00 PM
Street agents are all around and their usually people that you least expect. Gone are the days of just wanting to help the kids. Everything cost a fee right now. It's horrible. One day camps are costing about $200.00, and people think that we're in a recession.
Having Second Thoughts??
by Jim Vertuno -- Jan 12, 2009 - 9:50:00 PM
Now state lawmakers must decide whether to keep the $6 million program chugging along, scale it down or eliminate it. The 2009 legislative session starts Tuesday.
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The league is populated by boys aged 13-to-14 who are in eighth and ninth grade. There is no weight limit, and the teams are formed around Boys and Girls Clubs throughout Prince George’s.
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Bringing the game to more kids
by Alden Gonzalez and Mike Radano -- Sep 23, 2010 - 9:57:00 PM
On Wednesday, Major League Baseball, the Phillies and the city of Philadelphia announced plans to build the first multi-site MLB Urban Youth Academy in the area, thus joining similar projects the league has steered in Los Angeles, Houston and South Florida over the past five years.
Tut Just Wants To Playby John Canzano -- Jun 1, 2009 - 9:56:00 PM
You think, "There goes a kid who might ace the SAT someday." He doesn't look like a football player. He's barely 6 feet tall. He's not particularly fast. He can't out-jump his classmates. And he's never played a down of organized tackle football. Yet, it is his dream.
A Lingering Controversyby Bob Klapisch -- Apr 20, 2009 - 9:50:00 PM
They’ll tell you aluminum gives every kid a chance to be a slugger, thereby increasing interest in the sport. And most disingenuous of all, they’ll say aluminum is about choice, and what’s more American than freedom of choosing your sporting weapon?
Street agents continue to take toll on kidsby Yolande Lezine -- Jan 29, 2009 - 9:50:00 PM
Street agents are all around and their usually people that you least expect. Gone are the days of just wanting to help the kids. Everything cost a fee right now. It's horrible. One day camps are costing about $200.00, and people think that we're in a recession.
Having Second Thoughts??by Jim Vertuno -- Jan 12, 2009 - 9:50:00 PM
Now state lawmakers must decide whether to keep the $6 million program chugging along, scale it down or eliminate it. The 2009 legislative session starts Tuesday.
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