Articles by Brandon Apter (1888)
Embed from Getty Images By: Brandon Apter, managing editor Bryan Colangelo, the Sixers new president of basketball operations, was a guest this morning on TCN's Breakfast on Broad and mentioned that he and head coach Brett Brown will travel to Turkey to meet with Dario Saric, his agent and his family to determine his status for the upcoming 2016-17 season. Colangelo […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Brandon Apter, contributor Earlier today, Connor Barwin told 94 WIP that Sam Bradford would return to voluntary workouts today. The Eagles quarterback has officially arrived at the Novacare Complex and according to Sal Palantonio of ESPN, he's also rescinded his trade request. The quarterback rescinded his trade demand and reported to the NovaCare […]
Eight days from now, the Sixers will learn their draft fate and the man who has been the face of the rebuild since day one will be there to witness it. On May 17, the NBA will hold the draft lottery and Sixers head coach Brett Brown will represent the Sixers at the New York Hilton Midtown in […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Brandon Apter, contributor Despite all of the reports and rumors of trade requests and not coming back to voluntary workouts, Sam Bradford will return to Eagles camp today, Connor Barwin told 94 WIP. "He'll be here today," Barwin said to Howard Eskin on the morning show. "I talked to him. He'll be there this […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Brandon Apter, contributor Final: Phillies 6, Marlins 5 ❖ Attendance: 19,625 Miami, FL — The Phillies (18-14) battled back from deficits of 3-0 and 5-4 to take the rubber match of the weekend set with the Marlins (16-14), 6-5. Back-to-back RBI doubles from Andres Blanco and Tyler Goeddel gave the Phils the lead in the eighth […]
Embed from Getty Images Miami, Fla. — The Phillies snapped their losing streak last night with a comeback 4-3 win over the streaking Marlins in Miami. Today at Marlins Park, they will look to take two out of three as they send Aaron Nola to the hill against Miami's Justin Nicolino. Nola comes into today's matchup with a […]
Josh Tobias is hitting .348 this season for Class 'A' Lakewood (Photo: Baseball Betsy) By: Brandon Apter, contributor On Friday afternoon, the Phillies announced their organizational awards for the month for April. Second baseman Josh Tobias was named Hitter of the Month, Ben Lively earned Pitcher of the Month and second baseman Scott Kingery was tabbed as the Defender of the […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Brandon Apter, contributor While the selection of Carson Wentz lead many to believe that Sam Bradford's days in Philadelphia are over, one of his teammates still believes he is the guys to lead the team. Wide receiver Jordan Matthews, who has vocalized his support for Bradford all of last season, caught up with John Clark […]
In 20 games with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, first baseman Tommy Joseph is hitting .358 (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By: Brandon Apter, contributor The 2016 season for the Phillies is one with not a whole lot of expectation besides their young talent development. 29 games into the season, it may be time to consider adding some more youth […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Brandon Apter, contributor Final: Cardinals 4, Cardinals 1 ❖ Attendance: 41,818 St.Louis, MO — The Phillies offense was unable to capitalize this afternoon as the Cardinals used a three-run seventh inning to pull ahead and secure themselves a 4-0 win. Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff battled command issues through six plus innings and Jaime Garcia kept Phils bats […]