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Rick Pettine is an experienced sports, music, nature, and events photographer from the Philadelphia region. He covers Philly and the surrounding tri-state area, including Chester, Montgomery, and Delaware counties. He also serves as the Sports Director & Chief Photographer for "Independent Philly"

Philadelphia Union edges out New England

[ by Rick Pettine ] September 20, 2025 – Chester, PA — The Union held onto a one goal lead to edge past their Eastern Conference opponent New England Revolution at Subaru Park. The first half was scoreless as both teams had their chances. However in the 70th minute in the second half, Bruno Damiani found the […]

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Penn State rolls over Villanova, 52-6

[ by Rick Pettine ] September 13, 2025 – State College, PA — On a warm Fall day in front of 109,500 fans in Happy Valley, the Penn State Nittany Lions had no problem defeating the Villanova Wildcats. However the fight they got from Nova, especially in the first half, was more than expected. Penn State amassed […]

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Villanova tops Colgate in season opener

[ by Rick Pettine ] September 6, 2025 – Villanova, PA — The Villanova Wildcats opened their 2025 season by defeating the Colgate Raiders 24-17 under a twilight rain. It was a close game, but Nova’s veteran experience from graduate student transfer QB Pat McQuaide (7) proved to be the difference. In addition to one passing and […]

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Formula Cars at New Jersey Motorsports Park

[ by Rick Pettine ] August 2, 2025 – Millville, NJ — A weekend of racing took place in nearby NJMP, sponsored by the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA), one of the oldest national organizations in vintage racing. Formula Cars from around the world competed. These featured Formula Race Promotions (FR), Formula 4 United States Championship (F4 […]

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Special Olympics comes to Suburu Park

[ by Rick Pettine ] May 29, 2025 – Camden, NJ was host to a very special event in the shadow of Subaru Park, home of the Philadelphia Union MLS soccer team. Special Olympics Pennsylvania held their Interscholastic Unified Sports (IUS) Spring 2025 soccer tournament for several Philadelphia-regional participating schools.   The Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program is aimed at […]

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