Articles by Kevin Durso (5321)
Embed from Getty Images It’s been 10 days since the Eagles fired Chip Kelly, ending a trying three-year coaching tenure that came crashing down in the 2015 season. As the Eagles search for their next head coach, Kelly is available to the remaining six teams with coaching vacancies. To this point, only one has […]
On any other night, the story of the game would have been how the Flyers survived the onslaught of shots by the Minnesota Wild in the third period and early stages of overtime. It would have been how at 4:23, with just 37 seconds separating them from a shootout, they got the game-winning goal from […]
Embed from Getty Images A Super Bowl winning coach wants to take a shot at the Eagles head coaching job. Owner Jeffrey Lurie doesn't appear to be interested. In a report for Philly.com, Paul Domowitch is reporting that former Buccaneers head coach and ESPN Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden is interested in the […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia One day after Claude Giroux was named to his fourth career NHL All-Star Game, the AHL announced the rosters for its All-Star Game being held in Syracuse on Feb. 1. Center Nick Cousins and goalie Anthony Stolarz will each make their first All-Star Game appearances, representing the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and the […]
Embed from Getty Images All signs were pointing toward the Eagles making a push, and trying to hire Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Adam Gase as the next head coach. On Wednesday, the most knowing sign showed up. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Gase impressed the Eagles so much, they asked him to […]
Embed from Getty Images Junior hockey deals don't get much bigger than this. And a top Flyers prospect is the headliner. Flyers prospect Travis Konecny, captain of the Ottawa 67's, was traded on Wednesday to the Sarnia Sting along with forward Sam Studnicka for Sasha Chmelevski, Chase Campbell and eight OHL draft picks. Rest […]
Embed from Getty Images The Eagles list of interview candidates for the head coaching position grew to five with the report of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson coming to Philadelphia for an interview on Sunday. Pederson cannot interview until he has completed coaching the Chiefs on Saturday in the Wild Card Round […]
Embed from Getty Images Wednesday was Ed Snider’s 83rd birthday. GM Ron Hextall gave him a pretty good gift: cap relief. Hextall pulled off another trade, sending Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings acquiring 23-year-old forward Jordan Weal and a 2016 third-round draft pick. That marked Hextall’s fifth trade involving a […]
Embed from Getty Images Early in the Eagles coaching search process, Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson emerged as a candidate. He was even reported as a leading candidate when the Eagles only interview to that point had been Duce Staley. The conflicting report at the very least confirmed that Pederson wasn't going […]
Embed from Getty Images The Eagles may be nearing the end of their coaching search. At least, that’s what it sounds like. Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Adam Gase interviewed with the Eagles on Tuesday and apparently impressed. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Eagles asked Gase to return for a second interview […]