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Steve Tappa

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  • Writer, On-Air Personality and Behind-the-Scenes Broadcaster, Freelance
Moline
As seen in: Daily Herald, Pantagraph, Quad-City Times, Dispatch Argus, Journal Gazette & Times-Courier, Muscatine Journal, Corridor Business Journal, Quad Cities Regional Business Journal
Steve Tappa was a sportswriter at The (Moline) Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus from Jan. 1989-Nov. 2019. He now broadcasts for MC22-TV & QCSportsNet.
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Throwback Thursday: Before the NFL, the Quad-Cities built a football legacy Original

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By Steve Tappa Verified
| Quad-City Times Verified
Before Friday night lights, before the Steamwheelers and even before the NFL, a fierce football rivalry between Moline and Rock Island helped shape Quad-Cities football history. According to this Quad-City Times story from 2000, a fan riot after a 1911 high school game inspired the creation of the Moline Indians and Rock Island Independents. Less than a decade later, the Independents became one of the founding members of what would become the NFL.
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Rocky's Carr among local hoopsters leading college signings charge

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By Steve Tappa Verified
| Dispatch Argus Verified
High school basketball takes center stage nationally today when the NCAA's early signing period opens to start the annual flood of top recruits accepting scholarships from the colleges of their dreams. The Quad-Cities shares in that spotlight this year, too, with no fewer than six local hoopsters lined up to ink with schools over the next week.
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Local charities benefit greatly from JDC’s ‘Birdies’

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By Steve Tappa Verified
| Quad Cities Regional Business Journal
Quad Citian Lonnie Jones overcame the desperation of homelessness to become universally celebrated last fall in the PGA Tour’s “100 Faces Across Fairways” publication. That success story came thanks to the help he received from Davenport’s Humility Homes and Services, Inc. However, any of nearly 500 local nonprofits could paint a heartwarming picture of the many benefactors of the John Deere Classic (JDC) and its charitable arm, Birdies for Charity.
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