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Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Danny Shelton (71) against the San Francisco 49ers during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
Browns defensive tackle Danny Shelton has been lifting more than just barbells and dumbbells since the moment he officially became an NFL player, when he stepped on stage at the NFL draft, bear hugged Roger Goodell and hoisted him into the air. So it should come as no surprise that Shelton’s...
A young participant of the 2017 FFAS Summer Youth League receives her bag filled with school supplies from FFAS executive committee member Saili Ott on July 15 at Pago Park Soccer Stadium. [FFAS MEDIA/Brian Vitolio]
Hundreds of school supplies such as notebooks, pencils, line paper and school bags were handed out to more than 500 participants of the 2017 FFAS Summer Youth League that ended on July 15, 2017. Besides the school supplies, pizzas were given out to the 62 teams from 11 clubs for a near total of 750...
Pictured are some of the kids who came out on Saturday, with Coach Michael Pereira (standing far left)  [photo: Mark Espiritu]
It was another great turnout this past weekend for the American Samoa Basketball Association (ASBA) summer clinics. As organized and planned on Saturdays, ballers from the Central District are usually joined by their peers from the Fagaloa District for scrimmage games at the ASCC gymnasium. This...
Winners of Saturday's Triathlon Olympic Division: Scott Alpuerto (first place) and Matt Bracken (2nd place). The Olympic challenge featured a mile swim, twenty-four-mile bike route, and a six-mile run. See story for full details.  [photo Mark Espiritu]
The American Samoa Triathlon Association – a collaboration between South Pacific Watersports and American Samoa Prosthetics – held its ‘twice a year’ triathlon this past Saturday. According to Joe Tavale, owner of American Samoa Prosthetics, "The event started as a way to keep people busy and fit,...
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The summer baseball clinics hosted by the American Samoa Softball Association (ASSA) in collaboration with the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) ended a week ago Saturday, with no injuries, despite complaints from several parents about the "horrible conditions" at the baseball field. (In...
American Samoa's Under-17 (U17) National Women’s Beach Handball Team with head coach Carl Floor Sr., (far right) who is also president of the American Samoa Handball Association, and coach Joey Sagapolu (far left), on Wednesday at the Pago Pago International Airport when the group arrived home from the 2017 Under 17 Beach Handball World Championship Games in the Republic of Mauritius. The team has clinched a spot in the October 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aries, Argentina.  [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]
After clinching a spot and qualifying for the next year’s Youth Olympics, the American Samoa Handball Association’s next focus is training the territory’s Under-17 Women's Beach Handball Team, in preparation for competition at the international level. American Samoa's U17 National Women’s Beach...
 Fiji celebrate winning their third straight Pacific Nations Cup title. [Photo: Oceania Rugby]
Samoa rugby coach Alama Ieremia says his team is still grieving after Saturday's heavy defeat by Fiji which denied the Manu a direct qualifying berth for the 2019 World Cup. The 38-16 loss at Apia Park, Samoa's fourth successive test defeat, reduced them to 16th in the world rankings, their lowest...
Aspiring basketball players participating in the ongoing ASBA summer clinic for the Central District, pictured with their coaches Diehl Langkilde and Milton Taufaasau. See story for full details.   [photo: Mark Espiritu]
The American Samoa Basketball Association (ASBA) youth clinics, one of the most anticipated summer programs for the territory's youngsters, kicked off late last month and will wrap up in early August. The clinics are separated into three groups - each representing a district: Fagaloa, West and...
Norene Iosia named to Junior Women's National Team. [photo: Hawaii News Now]
First it was Hector Petri with his javelin and then it was Kau'ilani Misipeka with the shot put and discus. Now another Samoan athlete is making headlines. This time, in the world of volleyball. Norene Iosia, a setter for the University of Hawaii's women's Rainbow Wahine volleyball team, was last...
Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi  [SN file photo]
Samoa has started preparations for hosting the 2019 Pacific Games, despite the window for expressions of interest in hosting not closing until the end of the month. Samoa were the first country to declare the interest in hosting the Games, after Tonga pulled the plug last month, citing financial...

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