Author Bio

RYAN LAWRENCE

Ryan is a veteran journalist of 20 years. He’s worked at the Courier-Post, Philadelphia Daily News, Delaware County Daily Times, primarily as a sportswriter, and is currently a sports editor at Newspaper Media Group and an adjunct journalism instructor at Rowan University.

Articles by RYAN LAWRENCE

Spartans missing their senior moments

As a kid coming up through Deptford Township’s school system, Megan Brown originally wanted to be an archaeologist. Before grade school was over, she switched to wanting to be a…

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Moorestown alum making history by taking on possible COVID-19 vaccine

In mid-March, Claire MacDougall, who starred at Moorestown High School in lacrosse and soccer, was doing what everyone else was: watching the country improbably shut down within the span of…

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Arbor Day activities on hold

More than half a century ago, William Arnold dutifully kept up with the  garden outside his home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and his 12-year-old grandson, Al Carp, took notice. A…

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Dispatches from home: A hat tip to modern technology

The sound was both startling and scary, perhaps if not surprising. Did a meteor land on my roof? Perhaps the chimney came crashing down? A week that began last Friday…

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High School seniors sidelined, uncertain of final seasons

As she retraced her steps from the last month over the phone, Vanesa Pino, the star pitcher of arguably the best team at Gloucester City High School and the valedictorian…

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Healthy Kids Running Series goes virtual, begins next week

With parks and playgrounds closed indefinitely, local sports leagues sidelined and kids of all ages unable to even play pickup games with their neighborhood friends, inactivity may be an issue…

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Dispatches from Home: Feeding your brain with free Ivy League classes

Sixteen months ago, my grandfather passed away. I’m 43 years old, so I can’t help but be grateful to have had the luxury of having grandparents in my life for…

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Boyhood dreams come true for Brodzinski

If Greg Brodzinski could fit it into his busy schedule this summer — busy as long as the coronavirus epidemic eases up at some point, of course — he would…

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Dispatches from Home: How to be a proper couch potato

About six years ago, in some dugout at some major league park before some game during the course a 162-game season – a traveling circus-like schedule that makes people who…

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Raising the bar: Holy Cross frosh Bain receives prestigious honors

Holy Cross Prep Academy freshman Avri Bain doesn’t just stay busy, but the teenager has mastered balance in her academic and social lives.  She’s a high achiever in academics, struggling…

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