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Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The mantra of head coach Scott Gordon has been for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to get more shots on goal. He figured that if they could do that, scoring would take care of itself. That's exactly what happened on Saturday night. Unfortunately for Gordon & Co, those shots didn't translate to two […]
Embed from Getty Images When Jimmy Rollins was a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, he had a limited no-trade clause in his contract. Each year he would pick teams to which he would not allow a trade. One of them frequently was the New York Yankees. Why would Rollins want to block a […]
Embed from Getty Images One former Phillies player will be joining another former Phillies player in the same outfield really soon. And it will not be too far from the City of Philadelphia. The Washington Nationals have acquired former Phillies outfielder Ben Revere in exchange for ex-closer Drew Storen. Jon Heyman of […]
Embed from Getty Images With the Vincent Lecavalier trade earlier this week, the Philadelphia Flyers finally have roster flexibility. They are still limited by total cap space, but they have room to maneuver and massage the lineup for the first time since Shayne Gostisbehere claimed his spot in the lineup. The Flyers are not […]
Photo: Nina Weiss Coming into tonight's contest against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms were just trying to stem the momentum of domination that the visitors had over them. Since a Dec. 4 victory in Wilkes-Barre Township, Lehigh Valley has been vexed by the flightless birds. That continued on Friday night, despite the Phantoms' best efforts. Josh […]
Embed from Getty Images The Phillies trade of closer Ken Giles to the Houston Astros was difficult for some fans to take, given the popularity of the young closer. But, the Astros ponied up a big price in terms of talent: five young pitchers. The centerpiece of the deal, Vincent Velasquez, was the […]
On Wednesday, the Flyers traded impending unrestricted free agent defenseman Luke Schenn and seldom-used veteran forward Vincent Lecavalier to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2016 third-round draft pick and 23-year-old center Jordan Weal. The Flyers agreed to retain 50 percent of both Lecavalier's ($4.5 million cap hit) and Schenn's ($3.6 million) contracts. The arrangement of this […]
Embed from Getty Images The Flyers got off to a good start, putting 15 shots on goal in the first period. They ramped up the pressure even more in the second period, until the dam broke and they scored two goals in quick succession. Going into the third protecting a lead, the Flyers were […]
The Atlanta Hawks beat the Sixers 126-98 Thursday night in a game that was decided early in the second quarter. While the Sixers were only down by one point at the end of the first, the Hawks went on a 19-0 run to take a commanding lead they would never relinquish. Coming off of a great […]
Embed from Getty Images Former Phillies ace Roy Halladay spoke out on the eve of the 2016 Hall of Fame inductions about some potential inductees, namely former pitcher Roger Clemens and former outfielder Barry Bonds. Halladay tweeted (sic), "When you use PEDs you admit your not good enough to compete fairly! Our nations […]
