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December 15, 1996 In the days before the salary cap, it was common for some of the "bigger market" teams to throw money at problems or deficiencies in a way that others could not. The Philadelphia Flyers were one of those teams who were not afraid to spend money to acquire quality talent, even if […]

Embed from Getty Images   After two straight wins, the Philadelphia Eagles are finally beginning to show signs that they have what it takes to be a winning team. It could not have come at a better time, considering they are preparing to take on one of the toughest opponents in the National Football League, the […]

Embed from Getty Images   The Philadelphia Flyers have been playing pretty good hockey recently. One of their only bumps on the road was a 4-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets two weeks ago. This was the perfect opportunity for the Flyers to take revenge, as the Jackets were playing without Sergei Bobrovsky in net, […]

Embed from Getty Images     The Flyers yielded the game's first two goals. They rallied in the third behind goals by Scott Laughton and Jakub Voracek. Steve Mason made 34 saves in regulation and overtime but it was not enough as Brandon Dubinsky scored the game winner in the shootout to give Columbus a […]

Embed from Getty Images   Usually, the familiarity of two teams meeting on a regular basis is reserved for divisional rivalries. But the Eagles and Cardinals have certainly become familiar in recent years and have plenty of history. This will be the 117th regular season meeting between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals […]

Embed from Getty Images   Times are tough for CBS Broadcasting.  Over the last six months, the company made massive cuts to their televisions stations and radio stations across the country.  In some cases, 20 people were let go in one market alone.  Locally,  the cuts were mainly only felt on television, as CBS-3 parted […]

Embed from Getty Images   As the Flyers continue a strong month of December, we return with another edition of Fan Files. This week, Phyllis Hunter presents an interesting perspective in the wake of Shayne Gostisbehere's call-up and success since. Mark Streit's injury opened the door for Gostisbehere to come up, and now, you have […]

Embed from Getty Images   As the season began, there might have been some difficulty identifying an order to the Philadelphia Flyers lines. Obviously the top line would feature Claude Giroux but was Sean Couturier going to be considered a Top-6 forward or headman the defensive minded third line? Was Pierre-Edouard Bellemare line the third or the fourth? The […]

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The power play for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms has been boom or bust this season, with no in between. It was boom at the perfect time for the Phantoms on Friday night. Maxim LaMarche and Nick Cousins scored power play goals less than four minutes apart in the second period, and Anthony Stolarz made 21 saves to help the Phantoms […]