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Sports
Published in the August 13, 2009 issue
Lou Rodia on the outdoors
When a 17-mile walk was the order of the day
By Lou Rodia
My maternal grandfather was a farmer who lived 17 miles from my boyhood home. Visits to his farm were frequent and always pleasurable – except for when we were drafted into the farm work force. All farm kids worked on family farms so we were no different. I probably disliked the farm more than any of my 21 cousins.…[more]
The sport where the equipment tries to hurt you
Bull riders know it's not a question of if they'll be injured, but when and how bad
By Mary Rudloff
On July 11, Mike Garrison climbed into the chute at Cowtown Rodeo in Pilesgrove. He centered himself, wrapped the bull rope around his hand and nodded, signaling for the gate to open.…[more]
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- Lou Rodia on Fishing (08/26/10)
- Ventnor owns Cape Atlantic Women's Lifeguard title (08/19/10, Ventnor)
- Sea Isle's 40th Bill Gallagher Island Run draws near 1,500 runners (08/19/10, Sea Isle City)
- Margate tops Ocean City, wins South Jersey Championship (08/19/10, Ventnor)
- Lou Rodia on Fishing (08/19/10)
- Tie-breaker gives Margate Memorials title to Ventnor City Beach Patrol (08/12/10, Margate)
- Renny Steele honored for 40 years on the beach patrol (08/12/10, Sea Isle City)
- Lou Rodia on Fishing (08/12/10)
- Ventnor City men, women win Dutch Hoffman lifeguard races (08/05/10, Wildwood)
- Upper Township Beach Patrol wins women's invitational (08/05/10, Ocean City)
- UTBP's Hayley Conover wins Cape May Point Women's Lifeguard Challenge (07/29/10)
- Elements make for surprising Atlantic City Classic (07/29/10, Atlantic City)
- Sharks not high on fishermen's priorities (07/22/10)
- Fraler, Edwards fastest at Master's Mile Ocean Swim (07/22/10, Ocean City)
- Ocean City Exchange Club readies annual Back Bay and Ocean Fishing Tournament (06/17/10, Ocean City)
- Are striped bass in trouble in Chesapeake Bay? (06/17/10)
- Summer tennis clinics, tournaments in Ocean City (06/10/10, Ocean City)
- Raiders at Meet of Champions (06/10/10)
- Raider baseball falls in state championship (06/10/10)
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