Articles by Brandon Apter (1888)
Anxiously seeking their first win of the season, the Sixers (0-7) have a tough test tonight against the first-place Raptors (5-3). To make things even tougher, Nerlens Noel will not play because of a lingering wrist injury and rookie Richaun Holmes strained his hamstring in warmups and is doubtful for the game. Robert Covington also […]
With news surfacing of Jordan Hicks and his torn pectoral muscle, the Eagles look to have added a replacement to their linebacker corps, reportedly bringing back Emmanuel Acho. Acho posted this on Twitter on Monday evening. Guess who's back, back again! pic.twitter.com/yIDquMhPhn — Emmanuel Acho (@thEMANacho) November 9, 2015 Acho and the Eagles reached […]
Photo: Reading Fightin Phils/MiLB.com The Reading Fightin' Phils are celebrating 50 years of affiliation with the Phillies and will kick-off the festivities with the debut of the Future Series on March 31st, 2016 at 6:05pm in Reading. Their affiliation is currently the longest in the minor leagues. The futures game will pit the 2016 […]
Nick Williams hit .320 in 22 game with Double-A Reading in 2015 (Photo: Kevin Durso, Philliedelphia) Every offseason, Baseball America releases numerous rankings of each MLB teams' top 10 prospects. The first installment is just beginning and the folks at Baseball America are going through the National League Eastern division, with today being the Phillies […]
To no one's surprise, the Sixers have decided to exercise team options on Joel Embiid, Nik Stauskas and Nerlens Noel. This will keep all three of them under contract through the 2016-17 campaign. It's becomes official. #Sixers just picked up team options for Nerlens Noel, Joel Embiid and Nik Stauskas — Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) October […]
Photo: Kevin Durso, Philliedelphia Update (7:44pm) – According to CSNPhilly.com, Crawford suffered a small tear in the ligament of his left thumb during a game last week in the Arizona Fall League. He is not expected to need surgery and should be ready to go by Spring Training. "It's a very, very slight tear in the […]
With the Sixers season just beginning, there are plenty of questions surrounding this years' team and the direction of the organization moving forward. Michael Kaskey-Blomain (@therealmikekb on Twitter), a current Sixers reporter for the True Hoops Network, was kind enough to give his take on some of the Sixers biggest storylines heading into the 2015-2016 campaign. […]
Tonight, the Sixers begin their 2015-16 campaign against the Boston Celtics as 11 point underdogs. This season marks the third year of this rebuild process and not a ton of progress has been made in shaping this roster for the future. The Sixers have drafted big men over the past two years with their first […]
The Sixers acquired Nik Stauskas from the Kings in July and he hasn't seen any action in the preseason due to injury. Brett Brown and company open the season on Wednesday night in Boston and the former 2014 first round pick could see action for the first time in a Sixers uniform, Brown told […]
The Phillies introduced Matt Klentak as their GM on Monday morningand during the press conference, one former Phillie and fan favorite Shane Victorino came up a few times. According to Klentak, Victorino was extremely excited once he heard of the former Angels assistant general manager heading to Philadelphia and took it upon himself to talk […]