BUSINESS
May 24, 2012 | By Pallavi Gogoi and Matthew Craft
NEW YORK — A big final-hour comeback pulled the Dow Jones industrial average nearly back to where it started Wednesday. The Dow was down as much as 191 points earlier as the threat of a financial crisis spreading from Europe shook markets. The euro dropped to a nearly two-year low against the dollar, and oil prices sank to their lowest this year. A late surge of buying erased nearly all of the Dow's deficit, leaving it down just 6.66 points at 12,496.15 by the end of the day. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.23 points to 1,318.86.
NEWS
May 20, 2012 | FOR THE INQUIRER
Luke Pease scored four times and set up five goals for 10th-seeded Haddonfield, which recorded a dozen assists in sinking No. 23 River Dell, 20-11, Saturday in the opening round of the NJSIAA state Group 1 boys' lacrosse tournament. State Group 4. Quinn Mehigan picked up two of his three goals in the first quarter for No. 14 seed Cherokee, and the Chiefs parlayed a fast start into an 11-6 victory over No. 19 seed Morris Knolls. Colin McDonald had a hat trick along with one assist to lead Rancocas Valley's balanced attack, and the 10th-seeded Red Devils used a 10-4 spree over the second and third quarters to pull away from No. 23 Randolph, 13-7.
SPORTS
March 27, 2012
DELAWARE basketball star Elena Delle Donne will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Phillies' home opener on April 9. "Gotta start working on my fast ball! #yikes," she tweeted Monday. Delle Donne was named the Colonial Athletic Association player of the year after helping Delaware (31-2) to a school record for wins, its first national ranking and first NCAA Tournament victory. She led the nation in scoring at 28.1 points per game and her point total of 925 is seventh all-time for a season.
SPORTS
March 22, 2012 | By Kurt Voigt, Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Even Elena Delle Donne couldn't stop Kansas' improbable NCAA tournament run. The nation's leading scorer had 34 points, but Angel Goodrich answered with 27 of her own for the 11th-seeded Jayhawks, who rallied in the second half for a 70-64 win over the Blue Hens on Tuesday night. The only other loss this season by Delaware (31-2) was to No. 5 Maryland on Dec. 29. The school entered the tournament having never won an NCAA game before its opening-round win over Arkansas-Little Rock, in which Delle Donne scored 39 points in 30 minutes of action.
SPORTS
March 19, 2012 | DAILY NEWS WIRE REPORTS
WELCOME TO the NCAA Tournament, Elena Delle Donne. Stick around for a few more days, won't you? Delle Donne, the nation's leading scorer, had 39 points and 11 rebounds to lift third-seeded Delaware to a 73-42 win over 14th-seeded Arkansas-Little Rock in the Des Moines Regional in Little Rock yesterday. The Blue Hens (31-1) earned their first victory in three NCAA Tournament games and ran their winning streak to 21 in a row. It was also the tournament debut for Delle Donne, the former Connecticut signee who transferred back to her hometown Delaware and led the school to the WNIT the past two seasons.
SPORTS
March 19, 2012 | Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Elena Delle Donne made the most of her first NCAA tournament appearance. The Delaware star had 39 points and 11 rebounds on Sunday to lift the third-seeded Blue Hens to a 73-42 win over 14th-seeded Arkansas-Little Rock. The Blue Hens (31-1) earned their first victory in three NCAA tournament games and ran their winning streak to 21 in a row. Delle Donne, the nation's leading scorer at 27.5 points per game, was making her first NCAA appearance after twice leading the Hens to the WNIT.
NEWS
March 6, 2012
Robin Hood Dell appears headed for a name change, but not until 2015. Philadelphia City Council's Parks and Recreation Committee on Monday approved a proposal to rename the concert venue the Georgie Woods Entertainment Center, in honor of the civil rights advocate and radio DJ who brought acts such as Michael Jackson to Philadelphia. The legislation still requires a vote from the full Council, and the new moniker would not go into place for three more years because of a policy requiring that people be dead at least 10 years before a facility can be named for them.
NEWS
March 5, 2012
CITY COUNCILMAN Curtis Jones Jr. plans to submit a bill to a Council committee today proposing that Robin Hood Dell East be renamed the Georgie Woods Entertainment Center. Woods, an iconic Philadelphia disc jockey, entertainer and civil-rights activist, died in 2005 at the age of 78. The bill will be presented to Council's committee on parks and recreation, cosponsored by Council President Darrell Clarke, Cindy Bass, Kenyatta Johnson, Marian Tasco and Jannie Blackwell. "Georgie Woods was a progressive, forward-thinking entertainer who engaged the community on the issues," Jones said, "and it would be an honor to have the grand theater named after him. " Woods spun mostly R&B records at WHAT and WDAS radio from the early '50s, introducing Philadelphians to many famous singers and musical groups, including Sam Cooke, Jerry Butler, the Righteous Brothers, the Osmond Brothers the Beatles and numerous others.
NEWS
March 4, 2012 | By Michael Vitez, Inquirer Staff Writer
When Elena Delle Donne, the leading scorer in the nation in women's college basketball, couldn't sink a shot against Drexel on Feb. 19, she kept hitting the tattoo of her sister, Lizzie, on her rib, saying to herself, "You've got to help me. " She rubbed the tattoo with her shooting hand. "Come on, Lizzie, help me!" Finally, Lizzie did. After having missed 15 of her first 18 shots from the field, Elena hit the game-winner with two seconds left, and the University of Delaware beat Drexel, 40-39.
SPORTS
March 1, 2012 | Associated Press
Elena Delle Donne had 26 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 8 Delaware to a 79-53 victory over William and Mary on Wednesday night in Williamsburg, Va. The Blue Hens (27-1, 18-0 Colonial Athletic Association) became the first team to finish undefeated in the conference since Old Dominion in 2001-02. Drexel 73, VCU 63 - The Dragons used a big second half to earn the third seed in next week's Colonial Athletic Association tournament. Senior Kamile Nacickaite led Drexel (16-12, 12-6)