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		<title>Play Ball! Featured on Only a Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NPR&#8217;s Only a Game (Saturday, May 18, 2013) &#8220;Budgets&#160;and Box Scores: Funding Sports in Boston Public Schools&#8221; The NPR story is the grand finale of a week-long series by Doug Tribou and Karen Given of 90.9 WBUR, Boston&#8217;s NPR News Station. Here&#8217;s the week&#8217;s stories: &#160; Boston School Sports &#8216;Turning The Tide,&#8217; Superintendent Says (May<a href="http://playballfoundation.org/548/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The story of a middle school football team  (Boston.com, Sept 16, 2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Rogers Middle School, introducing football a game-changer&#160; (Boston.com, April 4,2013) &#160; By Nick Ironside Special to Boston.com / April 4, 2013 The mother of eighth grade special teams player Freddy Mercado, Jajaira Mercado, has sent some of her older children to the Rogers and has seen wholesale changes at the school since football was<a href="http://playballfoundation.org/the-story-of-a-middle-school-football-team/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Double Dutch &amp; Play Ball!  &#8212; Ten Teams, Ten Weeks  &#8212; 150 Champions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gym is silent as judges count jumps per minute in the first event &#8212; the Speed trial. A team from the Mildred Ave school lights it up with 240 jumps in a two minute period.&#160;Next up is the Compulsory competition featuring basic moves such as jumping in a complete circle on one foot, then<a href="http://playballfoundation.org/double-dutch-play-ball-ten-teams-ten-weeks-150-champions/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bathing Suit-Clad Runners Bring Festive Cheer To Boston’s Back Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; At precisely 1:00 pm on December 8th 700 runners, wearing only red swim suits, will burst out of the Lir Tavern and Whiskey&#8217;s onto Boylston Street for the 12th annual holiday SSRun. Inspired by Santa&#8217;s generous nature and love of cold weather, these happy, hardy men and women will be running to raise money<a href="http://playballfoundation.org/bathing-suit-clad-runners-bring-festive-cheer-to-bostons-back-bay/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Play Ball! Middle School Football Championship Games Light Up the Night!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edwards edges Rogers in Boston middle school football championship game Boston.com, BPS&#160;Sports Posted by Justin Rice &#160;&#160;November 15, 2012 08:25 PM&#160; &#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Mildred Avenue running back Stephon Anderson scored two touchdowns to help his squad defeat the Lila G. Fredericks Pilot school, 26-0, in the Boston middle school Town Championships. The Edwards Middle School<a href="http://playballfoundation.org/play-ball-middle-school-football-championship-games-light-up-the-night/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Fun You&#8217;ll Ever Have &#8212; The Annual SSR for Play Ball!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sign Up Now for the Best Holiday Party in Boston Have you ever run down Bolyston St. in a bathing suit in December?&#160; If you have, you know it&#8217;s great fun.&#160; And, this year, the run benefits Play Ball! programs. We just added another host bar and now have more slots for runners.&#160; So, get<a href="http://playballfoundation.org/the-most-fun-youll-ever-have-the-annual-ssr-for-play-ball/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Tradition Continues &#8212; Play Ball! Middle School Football Season is Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 26th, Boston public middle school students kicked off the Play Ball! football season.&#160; Just four years ago, the Play Ball! Foundation funded a four team football league filled with students who, for the most part, had never played an organized sport. Today we have ten teams and former Play Ball! athletes putting on<a href="http://playballfoundation.org/the-tradition-continues-play-ball-middle-school-football-season-is-here/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Charity gives Boston youth a sporting chance &#8212;  Support for athletics also pays off in the classroom (Boston Globe, June 3, 2012)</title>
		<link>http://playballfoundation.org/charity-gives-boston-youth-a-sport-chance-support-for-athletics-also-pays-off-in-the-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 22:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 &#8212; Boston Globe Reporter Bob Hohler writes about Play Ball!&#8217;s support of Boston Public Middle School Athletics. &#8220;Bringing fun and competition to long-barren athletic venues, the nonprofit Play Ball Inc. has established football, baseball, volleyball, and double Dutch jump rope leagues throughout a cash-strapped system that previously offered middle schoolers only<a href="http://playballfoundation.org/charity-gives-boston-youth-a-sport-chance-support-for-athletics-also-pays-off-in-the-classroom/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Play Ball! Expands Leagues &#8212; New Schools Join &#8212; Competition Heats Up!</title>
		<link>http://playballfoundation.org/play-ball-expands-leagues-new-schools-join-competition-heats-up/</link>
		<comments>http://playballfoundation.org/play-ball-expands-leagues-new-schools-join-competition-heats-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Play Ball! expanded our spring leagues bringing 10 new schools into program.&#160; Our new student athletes brought enthusiasm, determination and their school&#8217;s competitive spirit to the court and the ball field. New schools from Allston/Brighton, Dorchester and Roxbury joined our girls volleyball and our boys baseball leagues.&#160; Our expansion teams have done quite well &#8211;<a href="http://playballfoundation.org/play-ball-expands-leagues-new-schools-join-competition-heats-up/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Super Saturday for Play Ball!</title>
		<link>http://playballfoundation.org/super-saturday-for-play-ball/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Chills &#38; Thrills Mark Play Ball! Double Header On Saturday, Dec. 10th at 1:00 pm, five hundred daring and caring people ran through Boston’s Back Bay, in Speedos, to raise money for Play Ball! sports leagues.  Here’s the video clip from Boston&#8217;s Channel 5 in case you missed the event.  After viewing you may moved<a href="http://playballfoundation.org/super-saturday-for-play-ball/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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