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They Open the World up to U.S. Athletes

They Open the World up to U.S. Athletes

“We just looked at each other (during a casual meeting) and said we were going to give some athletes an opportunity to see this one day,” Kilmartin said recently. “As time progressed, we would always maintain contact with people we’d played with in Europe. A few years down the road, we realized we could juggle our schedules and with the assistance of Nicholas Melissaris and Mike Palladino, we put this brainchild together.”

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Former HA Star McCue Earns Basketball Tour Spot

Former HA Star McCue Earns Basketball Tour Spot

Many recent college graduates opt to travel after graduation. A week or two in Europe … Perhaps a significant stay in South America or even Asia. Freedom native Jesse McCue is no exception. Instead of backpacking through England, Austria, or Italy in the summer, however, the former Hampden Academy basketball standout will do a European and South American travel tour as part of a basketball team playing exhibition and tournament games this fall.

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