Jan 25, 2023
Eagles Make Major Announcement to Open New Doors and Pathways
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Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles hosted a girls flag football championship game at Lincoln Financial Field on May 7, 2022.
The future of American sports depends on support from professional franchises both financially and tangibly through their actions. The Philadelphia Eagles continue to set the standard for those important endeavors, particularly when it comes to creating awareness for youth sports.
On Wednesday, The Eagles announced a long-term, strategic partnership with Operation Warm to design, manufacture, and distribute 30,000 sports bras throughout the Philly region. It is part of the organization’s ongoing commitment to recognize and increase access to girls’ youth sports, piggybacking off of last year’s $100,000 sports bra donation.
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie put his personal stamp of approval on the initiative as he works tirelessly to “open new doors and pathways for children everywhere.” The partnership will expand to serve 10,000 to 15,000 additional girls attending middle schools and high schools in Philadelphia. The announcement also coincides with National Girls and Women in Sports Day on February 1.
“What we have seen over the years in our effort to help grow the game of football is that far too many roadblocks are keeping young girls on the sideline,” Lurie said in a press release. “We identified this issue last year and came to the realization that a one-time donation was not sustainable. We wanted to think bigger and more innovatively to find a long-term, scalable solution that could impact the next generation of girls for years to come.”
NEXT at 4: They’re the first NFL team to support young girls in this way. @Eagles are donating female sports equipment to student athletes in Philadelphia, while also launching a high school girls flag football league! @6abc pic.twitter.com/JO8jdMbCRI
— Christie Ileto (@Christie_Ileto) February 3, 2022
It doesn’t get much bigger than Operation Warm, a non-profit organization that donates 95 cents of every dollar raised to outfit children in need. Their mission is to connect underserved children to the community resources they need to thrive, abiding by the motto “more than a coat” as they provide kids with everything they need to succeed, from essential clothing items to “emotional warmth.” Operation Warm has served over 4.6 million children in North America, according to their website.
Eagles Launched Girls Flag Football League in 2022The Eagles launched a high school girls’ flag football league in April 2022 and made a $100,000 donation to Level the Playing the Field to help defer equipment costs. The league held its championship game on May 7 under the lights at Lincoln Financial Field, with Lansdale Catholic beating South Philadelphia High School 13-0 in the final. Mastery Charter Camden High School and Motivation High School were ousted in the semifinals.
Congratulations @LCCrusaders girls flag football CHAMPIONS of inaugural @Eagles Flag Football League who beat South Philadelphia HS 13-0 in championship game @LFFStadium @AOPathletics @AOPS_Schools @Clem2258 @SteveSosnaNBC @TimJRadio @mpcabrey @PhSportsDigest @annetempleton pic.twitter.com/teirnxZ8ZY
— Lansdale Catholic (@LCCrusaders) May 8, 2022
Officially titled the Eagles Girls Flag Football League of Philadelphia, the league consisted of 15 high schools from the Philadelphia Public and Catholic Leagues, and they played an 8-game season. The ultimate goal is to put girls’ flag football on the same stage as other popular high school sports like field hockey, softball, and lacrosse. The Eagles have been petitioning school officials from the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) and Archdiocese of Philadelphia to make it a state-sanctioned high school sport.
“We’re committed to providing access and promoting availability for young women interested in football,” said Jen Kavanagh, Eagles Senior Vice President of Media and Marketing. “We’re relying on them as the fans of the future to energize the sport and take it to another level. And the launch of a girls’ flag football league, and the donation of necessary equipment, is a continuation of that commitment.”
Eagles-49ers Tickets Sell Out InstantlyAs expected, tickets for the NFC Championship Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers sold out in minutes on Tuesday morning. There was a four-ticket limit per household, available on a first-come, first-served basis on Ticketmaster. The queue to buy tickets was 2,000 people deep, according to 6abc. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.
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‘King Richard’ Williams reveals all on major career moves with On The Line documentary & new tell-all book
SERENA and Venus Williams' father has opened up about his next career moves after the success of the Oscar-winning movie 'King Richard' starring Will Smith.
The tennis patriarch, 80, had little involvement in the Hollywood biopic, which told the story of his daughter's journey to success.
5Richard Williams is seeking to write another book after the release of his new documentaryCredit: John Chapple for The US Sun 5The film On The Line was also produced by his own son Chavoita LeSaneCredit: High Frequency EntertainmentBut now he is set to have his own time in the spotlight with the major release of his documentary, On The Line, which premiered at last year's Tribeca Film Festival.
He also revealed to The U.S. Sun he is in early talks for a tell-all second book about life after Serena and Venus achieved worldwide fame, and his three marriages.
Richard is still in the middle of a messy divorce from his wife, Lakeisha, who stands accused of stealing his social security checks, and transferring vehicles and his home into her name, according to bombshell court documents.
But before he works with a ghost writer to lay bare all of the details, he's going back to his roots with the new documentary.
King Richard PAINFUL BATTLE ‘King Richard’ reveals he had 3 strokes before secret 'brain surgery'ONE MORE GAME? Serena Williams' dad reveals details of 'begging' phone call to the star'HIT ME UP' 'King Richard' Williams breaks his silence on Will Smith's Oscars slapDescribed as an "emotional reckoning" featuring unaired interviews spanning the 1980s to the present day, Richard retraces his past "from the poverty-stricken streets of Shreveport, Louisiana to the grass courts of Wimbledon."
The movie tells the tale of how he fought back against systems and racial oppression and violence, "breaking every rule of the lily-white tennis establishment to forever change the sport".
The film, which is directed by Stuart McClave, includes his son Chavoita LeSane, 49, as one of the producers, and the pair say they are looking forward to its full release this year.
Richard, who struggles with communication problems after multiple strokes, told The U.S. Sun: "It comes out in February, I just wanted people to see me a little better," joking he's still "ugly" but agreed to appear on screen to tell his story.
Most read in The US SunSICK LAUGHTER Cops heard saying 'that was fun' in horror footage after Tyre Nichols beatingSUCKER FOR THE SPOTLIGHT Sherri Papini's thirst for limelight is blasted as new movie airsSCANDALOUS Kourtney Kardashian flashes her bare butt in raunchy PDA pics with Travis BarkerNO STRINGS ATTACHED I tried the Skims micro-bikini in front of my ex - the top was tinyHis son Chavoita said: "The documentary is in my dad's words. I know a lot of people focus on the Venus and Serena story, but I feel we all know the Venus and Serena story.
"They grew up in front of the cameras. But I feel like the world doesn't know the Richard Williams' story. Like who created them, what was the thinking, what madness?
"How does a parent create a number one and a number two [in sport] that's phenomenal, especially in a very racist sport. It's tennis.
"How do you get two kids to believe in themselves that much? I have children now, it's hard to get them out of bed and make them go to school in the morning, you know?
"I wanted his POV [point of view] to be seen, his true voice to be heard. I'm ecstatic. Everybody who's seen it, they are all blown away.
KKK STRUGGLE"The documentary was filmed about a year ago, maybe a year and a half. He speaks to the best of his ability [after his health struggles in recent years].
"A lot of great people that participated in this documentary, it really captures my dad's voice and it was important to me for it not to be a Venus and Serena documentary.
"That's the story for the girls. Learning to play tennis from a drunk guy named Old Whiskey. My dad's story has so many different complexities. It's crazy. Like how prejudiced we are within our own race.
"He would go out there [but] because he didn't have on the clothes they had on, because he didn't have the new tennis balls, because he didn't have the best tennis rackets ...
"The people who knew the blacks who knew how to play tennis didn't wanna play tennis with him. Those are crazy stories. Those are his stories.
Visionaries are people who aren't afraid to be different."
Chavoita LeSane on his father, Richard Williams"Growing up in Shreveport, wanting to be a golfer, going out to golf in the early morning, then having to deal with the KKK just because he took a liking to golf clubs and golf balls. So those are the stories I want to stand out now.
"My dad's sort of been throughout my life more of the storyteller with me. So we would ride for hours and I would just listen to all of the stories and the stuff he would tell me about being a kid in Shreveport.
"I know a lot of people may think I'm crazy or may hate this statement or whatever but I really don't give a care, I think my dad's like a modern-day Frederick Douglass or Malcolm X or Dr. King in a sense because he's a visionary, and visionaries are people who aren't afraid to be different.
"And I'm not saying he's in politics or anything weird like that, but he's not afraid to go against the grain. He's not afraid to say, 'You know what? I'm different. And I'm not afraid to be different. I'm not afraid to be who I am, even though everybody else is telling me I need to be this.'"
Richard initially told his story in his memoir, Black and White: The Way I See It, which was released back in May 2014.
TELL-ALL BOOKHis son said he struggles to talk about the past since his strokes some years ago, and revisiting some places he frequented in his youth wasn't easy.
"He doesn't like thinking on and speaking on the past nowhere near as much as he used to, but I can remember stories he would give me about Lil' Man and his other friends.
"He would talk about stealing from stores and how he would time himself stealing, stuff I made sure was in the book Black and White.
"Now, he doesn't speak much on the past at all. He says the past is the past.
"I remember we went back to some of the areas [for the documentary], to where he saw people being hung. I think Lil' Man was hung from a tree and he saw his hands cut off.
"It terrified him so bad it brought him to tears while we were there and we left immediately.
"Before, it wouldn't have bothered him like that. So I just know since my dad had the strokes, he's different."
But he's still also planning to put pen to paper again with the help of a ghost writer, with his son revealing there's a book deal on the table.
Read More on The US SunLACK OF 'PROTOCOL' Alec Baldwin 'must have known' armorer had 'no experience,' says expertOPENING UP Damar Hamlin addresses fans for the first time on camera since cardiac arrest"The first book was really about him and the beginning of his life," Chavoita said. "It didn't go into much about life in the game of tennis and his marriages.
"He'll pick out his [ghost] writer, but we can't say too much about it at the moment. It's exciting, there's a lot to come that we are looking forward to."
5Home movie footage of Serena and Venus will be used in the new film out next monthCredit: Getty 5The 80-year-old went back to his roots visiting Shreveport, Louisiana, for the upcoming movieCredit: John Chapple for The US Sun 5Richard is set to pen a book featuring stories about his three marriages, as he fights ex Lakeisha in courtCredit: Getty Topics- Books and reading
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