Articles by Kevin Durso (5321)
Usually when a list based on the national spectrum of sports is produced, the only way Philadelphia falls near the top is if it is regarding rowdy fans or incidents in history that the rest of the national won’t seem to forget. There is one recent list that brings a positive compliment Philly’s way. ESPN […]
Chase Utley made his major-league debut in April 2003. That August, I attended my third ever baseball game, the last I would see live in Veterans Stadium. The second baseman hit seventh that night. The shortstop hit eighth. And those two players would eventually be responsible for so much of my baseball life. In every […]
It’s something I never thought I’d say, but after watching the body of work that came complete Wednesday, I have to say it. The Phillies front office did an excellent job at the trade deadline and beyond. Forget who had the primary say or who was orchestrating deals. The Phillies traded five regulars and received […]
The Flyers announced that they have hired Brady Robinson as a goaltending development coach. Robinson joins goaltending coach Kim Dillabaugh on the Flyers staff.
Photo by Kevin Durso/Flyerdelphia Flyers GM Ron Hextall used the team’s seventh overall pick at the NHL Draft to get the player he had always coveted. Ivan Provorov wasn’t selected to be part of the future. He was picked as a big piece of it. Hextall has shown his emphasis on building the Flyers blue […]
View image | gettyimages.com No Sam Bradford. No DeMarco Murray. No Mychal Kendricks. No DeMeco Ryans. All four were perfectly healthy, but held out of Sunday’s preseason opener. And it didn’t make one difference. The Eagles preseason opener didn’t come without a few hiccups, but was impressive, all things considered. There are many teams […]
View image | gettyimages.com The current state of the Flyers, trying to develop young talent, is a far cry from where the Flyers were on July 1, 2007, when they signed free agent Danny Briere to an eight-year deal. That was an era where the Flyers were hungry for superstars and playoff […]
View image | gettyimages.com Very simply, the preseason is a chance at evaluation and to make projections on what to expect for the upcoming season. The first game of that preseason is to essentially speculate what you have on the roster and how it could fit as part of the puzzle. It is a […]
View image | gettyimages.com The first preseason game can often times be a feeling out process and feature little bumps in the road on the way to the regular season. It isn't supposed to be perfect. There were bumps in the road for everyone who took the field, but the result was as perfect […]
View image | gettyimages.com Football is back in Philadelphia. The Eagles return to the field for the first of four preseason games leading up to the 2015 NFL season. Their first opponent is the team that fell just short of a Super Bowl appearance at the hands of the eventual champion New England Patriots. […]