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After a couple of years in which we had a lot of fun and, I think, posted some of the best sports material in the city, it was time to try something new. There are, when all is said and done, simply too many sports blogs in the most sports crazy city in America already, [...]
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April 14, 2011
Discuss
Exciting News Coming Soon
Well, folks, we’re about to close up shop here. Sort of. We’re actually moving and going with a slightly different sports theme. It’s a project I am very excited about. Instead of being lost in the morass that is local sports blogs, after a little bit of research I discovered that something we do well [...]
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April 04, 2011
Sports Fans Are Insane (NSFW)
This is brilliant. Bit by local comedian Steve Gerben.
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March 16, 2011
Penn-Princeton: Tonight the Rivalry is Renewed
There is only one regular season that matters in College Basketball, and that is the Ivy League season. Because there is no conference tournament, every regular season game takes on a level of importance that no other D-1 League has. And the most important game Penn has played since Fran Dunphy left for Temple will [...]
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March 08, 2011
Conlin Gives Up on Dom Brown
Bill Conlin is the latest to throw Dom Brown on the scrap heap after a week of spring training. After writing about a couple of the biggest busts in Phillies history, Conlin writes: Domonic Brown appears to be riding the same tsunami of unfulfilled expectation. I heard somebody say the other day that Baseball America‘s [...]
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March 03, 2011
This City Is Beyond Baseball Crazy
It is the first week of March. We have an excellent hockey team, an NBA coach who is probably going to win Coach of the Year, and the weather is starting to turn in our favor. And yet all I hear people talking about this week are Charlie Sheen and Dom Brown’s hand placement. I [...]
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March 02, 2011
Do We Need More Hooliganism in Hockey?
While walking to my seat at a Flyers game last week, I thought it was going to be just another hockey game. Then I heard the Mahna Mahna song from the Muppets that instantly brings to mind two things: (1) the BBC Office, Series Two, Episode One; and, (2) the Sons of Ben. I knew [...]
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February 28, 2011
Big Five Update (The Hoops Teams, not the Pitching Staff)
by Michael Lalli With just a couple weeks left before conference play, it’s time for another Big Five update. As expected, Villanova and Temple have been head and shoulders above the rest of the Big Five. Both the Wildcats and the Owls have been ranked nationally throughout the year, while the other three squads have [...]
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February 23, 2011
Notes on Each of the Fab Five
With pitchers and catchers reporting, we thought we’d take a quick look around and see what people are saying about the Phils Fab 5. (Starting next week, we’ll really hit the ground running with some serious baseball coverage, as we kick this site back into gear.) Here’s what Rich Dubee had to say about Cole: [...]
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February 15, 2011
A 5 Minute Guide to Hopping on the Flyers Bandwagon While the Gettin’s Good
Now that the All-Star break is over and the Flyers have less than 30 games left in the regular season, casual fans will begin paying more attention to the orange and the black. Those whom have been following the Flyers since opening night know that this team is something special, but those fans are few [...]
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February 14, 2011
The David Akers Drama
by Michael Lalli By now we all know what personal issues David Akers was dealing with during the January 9, 2011 playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers. You know, the 21-16 playoff loss in which Akers missed 41 and 34 yard field goals. The playoff loss after which Andy Reid bucked his patented “Blame [...]
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February 02, 2011
Big 5 Update
by Michael Lalli It didn’t take long this year to crown a Big Five Champion. Villanova earned its 6th city title since the ’04-’05 season by going undefeated in Big Five play. After beating up on St. Joe’s, Nova got by Penn and then eked out wins against LaSalle and Temple. Here’s a short note [...]
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January 28, 2011
Aaron Hertzog Watches the Sixers So You Don’t Have To!
By: Aaron Hertzog We are a little bit past the halfway point of the NBA season and things have been going along just as we thought for our hometown 76ers. Some nights, they look like an actual team. Their parts fit together and complement each other and all is well at Wells Fargo. Other nights, [...]
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January 27, 2011
Bimbo Goals
Really? After going sponsor-less in their inaugural season, the Union have teamed with Bimbo Bakeries to the tune of $12M. In return, all the Union have to do is proudly display the Bimbo logo on their kits for the next four years. And while the Mexican company is pronounced “Beem-bo,” it’s still spelled Bimbo. Fantastic. [...]
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January 13, 2011
Would the Playoffs Be Better if NFL Reverted to Old Divisions?
I liked Palestra Jon’s comments below the Seahawk story, so I decided to redo the league into it’s former standings and see how the playoffs would look if the NFL had kept 3 divisions instead of splitting into four when the Texans joined the league in 2002. To keep things simple, I put the Texans [...]
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January 05, 2011
Why the Seahawks Deserve to Be in The Playoffs
by John Sullivan The way the NFL sets up its playoffs system is currently under fire, and rightfully so. The Eagles get to play a home game against a team that beat them, and the Seahawks get to play a home game against a team that won 4 games more than they did. It seems [...]
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January 04, 2011
Vote: What was your favorite Philadelphia sports highlight of 2010?
What was your favorite Philadelphia sports highlight of 2010?customer surveys
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December 31, 2010
Justin Upton, JC Romero, and the Big 4
Mitch Williams said recently that the Phillies should consider trading Hamels for Justin Upton, who the D-Backs are trying to move. A fascinating rumor, but that’s all it seems to be. Nonetheless, fun to think about. I’d have a real hard time parting with Hamels, but wow, Justin Upton has Hall of Fame written all [...]
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December 30, 2010
McNabb vs. Vick
by Michael Lalli After the celebration at the bar quieted, after the text messages were exchanged, after the head shaking and the “wows” and the “I can’t believe thats” and the “holy shits” were said aloud but to no one in particular, and my brain started functioning again, I was left with one question: What [...]
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December 21, 2010
Why I Care that Cliff Picked Us Over New York
No sooner had the Phillies selected Cliff Lee than the anti-New York taunts started. I must modestly state that I had a few good ones. “I’ll take being the city that booed Santa over being the city that spit on Cliff Lee’s wife any day.” Another one: “Dear Yankees fans: can you do us a [...]
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December 16, 2010
Sorry Jayson
by Michael Lalli The press conference Wednesday to re-introduce Cliff Lee as a member of the team started like all of those other press conferences: GM says hello, player puts on new jersey, player gets picture taken, GM and player answer banal, predictable questions. These pressers are rarely informative and generally boring. The same could [...]
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December 16, 2010
Cliff Lee Haiku
Note to Yankees fans: Thanks for spitting on Lee’s wife. You’re the best. -Philly
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December 14, 2010
Temple: Act Like You’ve Been There Before
by Michael Lalli I’ve always been of the ilk that rushing the court after a college basketball game should be reserved for special occasions. For instance, if you’ve just won your conference tournament or you beat the #1 ranked team in the nation as a big underdog or if you go to a small school [...]
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December 10, 2010
Zack Greinke, Jayson Werth, and the Rule 5 Draft Explained
First off, I’ll be honest, I just can’t find a lot of inspiration to write about the Eagles. There are a million and one people writing about them and there ain’t much else to say. That said, I do still talk football every week on the podcast. This has always been a baseball blog first [...]
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December 09, 2010
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