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To call Marilee Gallagher ambitious is an understatement. A budding sportswriter and feature columnist for the fourth highest read sports blog in the country since October 2011, the Bleacher Report, Gallagher has made it her mission to break the stereotype of women in the field.
Curly-haired and wide-eyed, 21-year-old Gallagher does not look like a die-hard sports fanatic. At first glance she is soft-spoken and polite, but once she gets started on her favorite team, the Phillies, the animated Philadelphian in her comes out. Born and raised outside of Philadelphia, Gallagher’s venture into sports writing happened almost accidentally, and it wasn’t until one day while watching a baseball game with her brother that she realized she had a passion for it. “I connected with baseball and the more games I watched, the more it helped make the game make sense,” said Gallagher. “I followed what…
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