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Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School is a coeducational, Catholic high school in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. History The modern Conwell-Egan was formed in 1993 when the all-girls Bishop Conwell High School was closed and merged into the existing facilities of Bishop Egan High School for Boys in Fairless Hills. Athletics The boys' basketball team won the PIAA Class AA State Championship on March 21, 2015. Notable alumni * Keith Armstrong (born 1963, class of 1982), Tampa Bay Buccaneers special teams coordinator * Jim Cawley (born 1969, class of 1987), former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania * Brian Fitzpatrick (born 1973, class of 1992), 2-term U.S. House Representative (PA-8 (2016-2018), PA-1 (2018–Present)) * Mike Fitzpatrick (1963–2020, class of 1981), 4-term U.S. House Representative (PA-8) * Larry Marshall (born 1950, class of 1968), defensive back, kick returner and wide receiver for NFL's Kansas Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
Fairless Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The CDP is located within Falls Township. The population was 9,046 at the 2020 census. That is up from 8,466 at the 2010 census. History Fairless Hills as it is known today began in 1951, when developer Danherst Corporation began erecting prefabricated homes built by Gunnison Magichomes, Inc. Gunnison was a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Steel. The development was financed by U.S. Steel with a loan of $50 million. It was named in honor of Benjamin Fairless, then president of U.S. Steel, which operated the "Fairless Works" plant that employed most of Fairless Hills' homeowners at the time. The Sotcher Farmhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Geography Fairless Hills is located at (40.178909, -74.853044). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which 0.52% is water. Its climate is humid subtropical (''Cfa' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (colloquially known as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South division. They joined the NFL in as an expansion team, along with the Seattle Seahawks, and played their first season in the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC West, West division. Prior to the season, Tampa Bay switched conferences and divisions with Seattle, becoming a member of the NFC North, NFC Central division. The Seahawks eventually rejoined the NFC in 2002, leaving the Buccaneers as the only NFL team not to play in their original conference. As a result of the league's realignment prior to the season, the Buccaneers joined three former NFC West teams to form the NFC South. The team is owned by the Malcolm Glazer, Glazer family and plays its home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. The Buccaneers have won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Accused (1988 Film)
''The Accused'' is a 1988 American legal drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and written by Tom Topor, loosely based on the 1983 gang rape of Cheryl Araujo in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The film stars Jodie Foster as Sarah Tobias, a young waitress who is gang raped by three men at a local bar. With the help of District Attorney Katheryn Murphy (played by Kelly McGillis), she sets out to prosecute the rapists as well as the men who helped induce the assault. ''The Accused'' was released in limited theatres in North America on October 14, 1988, and premiered the following year at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear. The film was highly controversial upon release due to its graphic portrayal of gang rape. Despite this, it received widespread acclaim from critics, with many praising the performances of the cast and authentic portrayal of its subject matter. It was chosen by the National Board of Review as the 3rd-best film of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Rossi
Leo Rossi (born June 26, 1946) is an American actor, writer and producer. He is a character actor known for his role as foul-mouthed EMT Vincent "Budd" Scarlotti in the 1981 horror film '' Halloween II'', as the serial killer Turkell from the 1990 horror sequel '' Maniac Cop 2'', and as Detective Sam Dietz in the '' Relentless'' franchise. His other films include '' Heart Like a Wheel'' (1983), '' River's Edge'' (1986), '' The Accused'' (1988), '' Analyze This'' (1999), '' One Night at McCool's'' (2001), and '' 10th & Wolf'' (2006). Career Rossi began his career with small roles in films including the Rick Rosenthal-directed – John Carpenter-scripted – '' Halloween II'' (1981) with Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence, in which he falls victim to the suburban maniac Michael Myers. Subsequent roles in Jonathan Kaplan's '' Heart Like a Wheel'' (1983) opposite Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges, Tim Hunter's '' River's Edge'' (1986) with Dennis Hopper and Keanu Reeves, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its home games at Rate Field, which is located on Chicago's South Side, Chicago, South Side. They are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago, alongside the National League (baseball), National League (NL)'s Chicago Cubs. The White Sox originated in the Western League (1885–1900), Western League, founded as the Sioux City Cornhuskers in 1894, moving to Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the St. Paul Saints, and ultimately relocating to Chicago in 1900. The Chicago White Stockings were one of the American League's eight charter Major North American professional sports teams, franchises when the AL asserted major league status in 1901. The team, which shortened its name to the White Sox in 1904, originally played their home games at South Side Park befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch (baseball), plays, with each play beginning when a player on the fielding team (baseball), fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a Baseball (ball), ball that a player on the batting team (baseball), batting team, called the Batter (baseball), batter, tries to hit with a baseball bat, bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the Base (baseball), bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "Run (baseball), runs". The objective of the defensive team (referred to as the fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming Base running, runners, and to prevent runners base running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe McEwing
Joseph Earl McEwing (born October 19, 1972) is an American professional baseball coach and former utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, and Houston Astros, and coached for the Chicago White Sox and Cardinals. Nicknamed "Super Joe", he was the prototypical utility player who could play any position on the field. Early life McEwing graduated from Bishop Egan High School in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania in 1990. While in high school he played for both the basketball and baseball teams. He played college baseball at the County College of Morris in Randolph Township, New Jersey. During the 1991 season, he set a school record for single-season batting average, hitting .465. In 2001, the college retired his uniform number, six. Professional baseball career In 1998, he had a total of 51 doubles with Triple-A Memphis and Double-A Arkansas. His first full season in the majors was also his best. McEwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The team plays its home games at Lincoln Financial Field in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. The franchise was established in 1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets when a group led by Bert Bell secured the rights to an NFL franchise in Philadelphia. Since their formation, the Eagles have appeared in the NFL playoffs, playoffs 31 times, won 16 division titles (including 13 in the NFC East), appeared in four pre-AFL–NFL merger, merger NFL Championship Games, winning three of them (1948 NFL Championship Game, 1948, 1949 NFL Championship Game, 1949, and 1960 NFL Championship Game, 1960), and appeared in five Super Bowls, winning Super Bowls Super Bowl LII, LII and Super Bowl LIX, LIX. The Philadelphia Eagles rank among the best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division. Established in 1959 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), the Chiefs started playing in 1960 as the Dallas Texans, owned by league founder Lamar Hunt. In 1963, the team moved to Kansas City, and adopted its current name. The Chiefs joined the NFL in 1970 as a result of the AFL–NFL merger; entering the 2024 season, the team is valued at over US$4.85 billion. After Hunt's death in 2006, his wife, Norma, and children became legal owners of the team. After Norma's death in 2023, the Hunt children inherited her stake in the franchise. Clark Hunt, one of the Hunts' children, has served as chairman and CEO since 2006 and is the ultimate authority over personnel decisions. He is also the team representative at league owner meetings. The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Marshall (American Football)
Lawrence Eugene Marshall (born March 2, 1950) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back, kick returner, and wide receiver for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins. Marshall played in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, and Los Angeles Rams The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles, Greater Los Angeles area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC West, West .... He has the distinction for having 300 career touches (162 punt returns and 138 kick off returns). Marshall attended Bishop Egan High School in Fairless Hills, PA from 1964 - 1968 and under the direction of Coach Dick Bedesem, helped the Eagles to back-to-bacPhiladelphia City Titlewins in 1966 and 1967. 1950 births Living people Players of Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Fitzpatrick
Michael Gerard Fitzpatrick (June 28, 1963 – January 6, 2020) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 2005 to 2007 and 2011 to 2017. He was first elected to Congress in 2004 and represented the district from 2005 to 2007, but he was defeated by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania politician), Patrick Murphy in 2006. He declined to run for his old seat in 2008 but ran again in 2010, and won a rematch with Murphy. He was re-elected in 2012 and 2014. A supporter of Term limits in the United States, term limits, he did not seek re-election in 2016 and was replaced by his brother Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician), Brian. He was considered a moderate Republican (modern United States), moderate Republican, and consistently ranked among the most bipartisan members of Congress. Early life, education and law caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Fitzpatrick (American Politician)
Brian Kevin Fitzpatrick (born December 17, 1973) is an American politician, attorney, and former Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI agent who has served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania since 2017. His district, which was numbered the Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district, 8th district during his first term and the Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district, 1st district since 2019, includes all of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, a mostly suburban county north of Philadelphia, as well as a sliver of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County. A moderate Republican Party (United States), Republican, Fitzpatrick was elected in 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania#District 8, 2016. After a League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, court-mandated redistricting of Pennsylvania's congressional districts in 2018, Fitzpatrick has since been reelected to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
