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Jack McCaffery is the lead sports columnist for the Daily Times and delcotimes.com. He has spent several decades covering everything from the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers and Sixers, to college hoops, to high school sports in Delco.

Monday, September 14, 2015

Moses Malone's career timeline

Moses Malone, a 76ers legend and the center on their last championship team in 1983, died Sunday at the age of 60.
 
Here are some of his notable career moments:
 
1974: Graduates Petersburg (Va.) High School. Despite his commitment to the University of Maryland, he is drafted by the ABA Utah Stars. Signs a five-year contract worth $1 million.
 
1975: Completes his rookie season in Utah at age 19, collecting an ABA-high 455 offensive rebounds and scoring 1,557 points, an average of 18.8 ppg.
 
1975: Sold to ABA Spirits of St. Louis.
 
1976: Drafted by Portland as part of NBA's dispersal draft of ABA players.
 
1976: Rights traded to NBA Buffalo Braves. Six days later, he was traded to the Houston Rockets.
 
1979: Wins first of three NBA MVP awards, leading NBA with 1,444 rebounds.
 
1982: Wins second MVP award.
 
1982: Leads Houston into NBA Finals, claiming that he could beat the Boston Celtics with four friends from his hometown of Petersburg, Va. The Rockets lose the championship round in six.
 
1982: Signs with 76ers as a free agent. The Sixers compensate Houston with Caldwell Jones and a No. 1 draft choice.
 
1983: Leads Sixers to 65-17 record, wins third MVP award.
 
1983: Before postseason, announces Sixers' ability to win a championship quickly, roundly quoted as predicting that it would be done in three consecutive series sweeps, “Four, four, four.”
 
1983: Leads Sixers to NBA championship with a four-game sweep of L.A. Lakers in finals.
 
1986: Traded by Sixers to Washington Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers with Terry Catledge and a first-round draft choice. The Sixers received Cliff Robinson and Jeff Ruland.
 
1988: Signs with Atlanta Hawks as a free agent.
 
1991: Signs with Milwaukee as a free agent.
 
1993: Signs with Sixers as a free agent, who had hoped to have him act as a tutor and role model for young center Shawn Bradley.
 
1994: Waived by Sixers after averaging 5.3 points in 55 games.
 
1994: Signs with San Antonio Spurs as a free agent.
 
1995: Retires at age 39 after scoring 2,580 major-league points.
 
1996: Named one of the “50 best NBA players of all time.
 
2001: Inducted into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
 
--- Jack McCaffery

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Haverford School, Ryan football stats

Haverford School 48, Archbishop Ryan 28
Haverford School 14 17 7 7 — 45
Archbishop Ryan 7 14 0 7 — 28
First Quarter
HS: Aitken 10 pass from Carter (McNamara kick), 7:49
AR: Gary 31 pass from Romano (Stock kick), 5:56
HS: Mosebrook 7 pass from Carter (McNamara kick), 1:42
Second Quarter
AR: Cannon 15 pass from Romano (Stock kick), 9:43
HS: Twyman 41 run (McNamara kick), 7:14
HS: Carter 42 run (McNamara kick), 2:04
AR: Gary 26 pass from Romano (Stock kick), 0:47
HS: McNamara 22 FG, 0:00
Third Quarter
HS: Twyman 5 run (McNamara kick), 1:17
Fourth Quarter
AR: Novotny 4 pass from Romano (Stock kick), 7:47
HS: Kober fumble recovery in end zone (McNamara kick), 1:05
TEAM STATISTICS
HS AR
First downs 20 24
Rushes-Yards 31-201 34-144
Passing yards 294 250
Total yards 495 394
Passing 20-25-0 20-36-1
Punts-Average 1-43.0 2-36.5
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards 6-54 2-15
(INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Haverford School — Twyman 12-89, Carter 7-62, Godfrey 7-16, Stallworth 3-17, Toal 1-11, Sims 1-6. Archbishop Ryan — McNeil 22-94, Romano 11-43, Minniti 1-7.
Passing: Haverford School — Carter 20-25-294. Archbishop Ryan — Romano 20-36-250.
Receiving: Haverford School — Aitken 7-126, Mosebrook 5-63, Smith 2-37, Toal 2-34, Sims 2-17, Postell 1-11, Fine 1-6. Archbishop Ryan — Smith 8-94, Gary 5-85, Novotny 3-17, Edwards 2-30, Cannon 1-15, Palmer 1-9.
Interceptions: Haverford School — Aitken.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Eklund of 'The Fighter' wins by TKO in Delco

Dicky Eklund won a TKO over Upper Darby's Joey O'Donnell in the main event of the celebrity boxing extravaganza Friday in Essington.

Eklund, 58, was a former contender who once knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard. He's the half-brother and former trainer of Micky Ward and he gained popularity in the film "The Fighter", in which he was played by Christian Bale. He is known as "The Pride of Lowell" Massachusetts.

According to promoter Damon Feldman, O'Donnell could not answer the bell for the third and final scheduled round.

Eklund will fight Michael Lohan in Lowell in November, Feldman said. Lohan, a veteran of the celebrity ring circuit, is the much-publicized father of entertainer Lindsay Lohan.

O'Donnell, 63, had a fruitful amateur career and competed strongly in the 1972 Olympics trials.