Beyond the Scoreboard

Mark Duda's football program at Lackawanna College changes lives. The former NFL player announced this week that a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease has caused him to retire after this season.

AJ Moncman hears what he can’t see. The student assistant for the East Stroudsburg University football team is blind. He serves as an inspiration for the team — and for other members of the coaching staff, who say he’s helped change the way they look at the game.

Tom Cillo spent 33 years plowing streets, fixing roads and maintaining parks in Williamsport. Now the 58-year-old is a freshman on the Lycoming College football team. If he plays a snap this season, he’ll be one of the oldest to ever play in a college football game.

The Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department encouraged members to get screened for cancer during a three day clinic. And a Scranton roller derby skater is in Innsbruck, Austria this week, competing in the Roller Derby World Cup.

Charlotte "Bear Jew" Jacobson has had one goal in mind for the past year: To skate with Jewish Roller Derby in the Roller Derby World Cup. In just a few days, she will.

As St. Clare/St. Paul advanced through the playoffs and to the state championship game, three fathers watched with a different perspective.

A former West Scranton High School valedictorian is the NCAA runner-up in his weight class. He will soon pursue a Ph.D. in chemistry. Beyond the Scoreboard is a new occasional sports feature highlighting the unique stories of local athletes.