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By:  Kevin Trainor/Managing Editor Alan Joinville is originally from Haiti, but has lived in the Philadelphia area since the 1980’s.  He stands on the sidelines of Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia watching the third place game between Puerto Rico, and Jamaica.  Forty Eight nations make up the Unity Cup Championship.  It is a process that started out in September in the city parks.  From Mt. Airy to Richmond, Byberry to Elmwood, Overbrook to Holmesburg, and all points in between. Philadelphia’s ethnic communities have been battling out in open spaces, and afterwards enjoying each other’s company. Alan is pleased.  The league has been a success for the second year running.  Last year Sierra Leone took the Cup home.  This year, Liberia.  The two-month long tournament is the product of a joint effort between the City of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department, and Goya.  Nations from Israel to Ireland, Cambodia to Nigeri...

By: Kevin Trainor/Managing Editor It is 12:30pm on a Sunday at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.  Business is good on the casino floor with poker tables full with gamblers who have, and will, be there for hours.  It is dreary out, and the brightly lit interior, the hotel lobby, stand in contrast to the foggy Potomac River just outside.  The MGM sits on a bluff overlooking the river, and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge linking Maryland and Virginia.  It is in Prince Georges County, a county ravaged by crime, and economically challenged.  The county council, and the state of Maryland pushed hard for the resort property adjacent to the upscale National Harbor area.  The bald eagles nesting atop channel marker two just offshore seem unaware. As busy as the casino is with locals, and a few busloads of gamers, it may be busier.  That’s if the sports gaming case going to the U.S. Supreme Court early next year rules in favor of breaking the monopoly of the Las...