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By Chris Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com special contributor After our Reading High basketball team beat Wilson for the Berks County championship in 1990 I was interviewed by a reporter from the Reading Eagle; I didn’t recall his…

By Tony Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com senior contributor Someday soon, Lonnie Walker IV can only hope, his day will come in the NBA. So far, in his fourth full season and with his third team, circumstances, politics and…

By Tony Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com senior contributor Devoted sports fans likely will remember sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos issuing a Black Power salute on the medal stand at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. …

By  Tony Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com senior contributor Recently we commemorated the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King's history-making "I Had a Dream" speech. The iconic event took place 60 years ago and was…

By  Tony Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com senior contributor As a kid I remember listening to boxing on our trusty Philco radio, the blow-by-blow guy by the name of Bill Stern. Boxing was big back then, behind only big league…

By  Tony Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com senior contributor I have always hated the display of The Wave at ballgames.  I especially hated the practice during close, late-inning games with tension and playoff implications in the air. …

Longtime sportswriter Tony Zonca will be inducted into the Carbon County chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday. The ceremony will be held at the Franklin Twp. Fire Hall in Lehighton. Zonca is a special…

By Tony Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com senior contributor As a player, coach, umpire and a beat writer I have been around the game of baseball for more than 70 years. I have seen the game change and not always for the…

By  Tony Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com senior contributor The current group of Red Knights became just the second big-school team to capture three straight District 3 basketball championships. The first? Coach Bill…

By  Tony Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com senior contributor Before Lonnie Walker IV became a basketball icon for Reading High, before he began setting scoring records and establishing himself as the best player in the state, he was…