Eagles reportedly expected to re-sign Sam Bradford before start of free agency

  Embed from Getty Images   Despite what has been a productive offseason in terms of locking up their homegrown talent, the storyline that has and will continue to follow the Eagles is their ultimate decision over quarterback Sam Bradford. The free agent to-be is arguably the top signal caller to potentially hit the market and […]

Somers Price  •  23 Feb 2016
Evan Mathis details release and criticizes Chip Kelly

Embed from Getty Images   For the first time since being released by the Eagles, Broncos guard Evan Mathis offered critical thoughts on Chip Kelly's philosophies as a head coach and gave specific details about his release.  In an email exchange with Denver reporter Mike Klis, Mathis ripped into Kelly's offense and his handling of […]

Ryan Gerstel  •  23 Feb 2016
Phillies’ Mackanin says he isn’t worried about Ryan Howard’s PED lawsuit

Embed from Getty Images   Given the point of his career that he's at, off-seasons are expected to be relatively quiet for Ryan Howard. Instead, this off-season Howard was accused of using the banned substance Delta-2 in a documentary that aired on Al Jazeera America. Howard's lawyer filed a lawsuit against the company, and he referred to the […]

Tim Kelly  •  22 Feb 2016
Phillies Frank’s Monday Mailbag: Tyler Goeddel, Cody Asche, and is J.P. Crawford as good as people say?

Your browser does not support iframes.  It's Monday so that means once again we will take your questions for our Phillies mailbag.  We post the Monday Mailbag each week and then discuss it Tuesday afternoon on 97.3 ESPN Atlantic City.    This week's questions look at Phillies Rule 5 acquisition Tyler Goeddel, some more Cody […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  22 Feb 2016
Brayden Schenn emerging as key player in Flyers future

Embed from Getty Images   Think back to training camp in mid-September. Brayden Schenn began camp wearing a red jersey and found himself on the fourth line during drills. With the new coach Dave Hakstol in place, skeptics were wondering what was going on with Schenn. Would he play center or right wing? Which line […]

Denise Mroz  •  22 Feb 2016
Bowa, Samuel compliment Odubel Herrera’s work-ethic

Embed from Getty Images   Odubel Herrera entered the 2015 season as a Rule-5 converted outfielder, who pushed his way into the Opening Day lineup of a bad team, but still didn't necessarily have a very clear future with the team. He left the season, having improved greatly as a center-fielder, and also having batted […]

Tim Kelly  •  22 Feb 2016
Extremely Early, Start of Camp MLB Predictions

  Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. I just did my 2016 MLB "Start of Spring Training" Predictions. All are subject to change for my Opening Day predictions (when we have injury info to use). Here's what I have: Current NL East prediction- 1. @Mets 91-71 2. @Nationals 89-73 3. @Marlins 81-81 4. @Phillies 70-92 5. […]

Rich Wilkins  •  22 Feb 2016
Alt’s heroics lead Phantoms to crucial victory

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia After falling to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Saturday night, the team they are chasing in the standings, to say that Sunday evening's tilt against the Springfield Falcons was a must was an understatement. Cue Lehigh Valley Phantoms defenseman Mark Alt.  Alt's rising slapshot with 2.8 seconds left in regulation secured a massive two points in […]

Brent Baldwin  •  22 Feb 2016
What is the Wonderlic Test?

Embed from Getty Images   The NFL Combine begins later this week, with the first of Draft hopefuls arriving on Tuesday, Feb. 23, to begin a six-day process for players grouped by position. One of the forms of evaluation at the Combine is the Wonderlic Test, which provides insight on a player's intelligence and how […]

Eagledelphia Staff  •  21 Feb 2016