Month: August 2018

Read “Celek Retires an Eagle” and more articles at SportsTalkPhilly.com

The Philadelphia Eagles went just 1-3 in the preseason, but a majority of their starters remained on the sideline for the games. Can the defending Super Bowl champions be ready for the Falcons in one week?

Read “Report: Phillies Still ‘Looking at Bats’ on Postseason Eligibility Deadline Day” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Read “Phillies, Pivetta Vie to Snap 7-Game Series Opener Skid Opposite Cubs” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Read “Eagles Evaluation: Matt Jones Shoots Down Jets” and more articles at SportsTalkPhilly.com

Read “Eight Phillies Prospects to Appear in 2018 Arizona Fall League” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Read “Phillies’ 5 Stolen Bronze Statue Plaques Recovered in Scrapyard” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Read “Phillies Announce 2019 Spring Training Schedule” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

As they have done quite a bit this season, the Phillies followed a devastating loss with a gutsy win, rallying to take the lead in the bottom of the fifth and pulling ahead for good in the seventh to claim an 8-6 win over the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park.

Wayne Simmonds addressed his contract and a possible extension with the Flyers for the first time on Wednesday in a meeting with reporters in Toronto. “We continue to talk,” Simmonds said, but directed more attention to getting healthy first.

In total, the Flyers will have 62 of their 82 games televised on NBCSP and eight more broadcast on NBCSP+.

Read “Phillies RF Prospect Jose Pujols Named Florida State League Player of the Year” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Read “Jose Bautista to Make Phillies Starting Debut Against Nationals” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Read “Time Change: FOX Sports Flexes Phillies’ 9th-to-Last Game Opposite Braves” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Read “Flailing Phillies Turn to Arrieta in Series Finale Against Nationals” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

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Read “Alshon Jeffery to Miss First Two Games of Season” and more articles on SportsTalkPhilly.com

Ron Hextall’s goal from the day he took over as GM has been to build the Flyers into a Stanley Cup contender. With the roster where it is now, how close are the Flyers to being a true contender?

Read “Phillies Option Knapp, Bautista on 25-man” and more articles on SportsTalkPhilly.com

Six years ago, then Flyers GM Paul Holmgren made a trade that is widely regarded as the worst in franchise history when he sent James van Riemsdyk to Toronto for Luke Schenn. The Flyers president is among the many in Flyers management excited to have JVR back in Orange and Black.

Read “IronPigs Sweep End of the Year Awards” and more articles at SportsTalkPhilly.com

Read “Phillies Acquire Jose Bautista from Mets” and more at SportsTalkPhilly.com

Read “Rematch: Nola, Scherzer Face Off Again as Phillies Look to Even Series” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.

Read “Phillies Top Prospect Sixto Sanchez Nearing Return” and more Philadelphia Phillies news and rumors on SportsTalkPhilly.com.