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View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @InsdeTheHuddle Earlier today, the Philadelphia 76ers unexpectedly announced a press conference with co-owner Joshua Harris for 4:30 pm. Speculation was abound about the topic of the press conference, vacillating between the mundane — the Sixers naming their new practice facility in Camden — to the bombshell […]
The Sixers lost to the San Antonio Spurs Monday night 119-68 in South Philly during a game where they were down by 30 in the second quarter and allowed a dominant stretch of the fourth quarter to 27 year old rookie undrafted free agent Boban Marjanovic. Allen Iverson was in the house, taking over the […]
View image | gettyimages.com Just four days ago, reports surfaced that LHP Cliff Lee, 37, had been cleared to pitch in the 2016 season. Lee missed all of 2015, and after signing a five-year deal with the Phillies in 2010, the team declined his option in what would have been the final year of […]
View image | gettyimages.com When the Phillies drafted Cody Asche, he was expected to leave third base and possibly be a first baseman. Despite early projections about his defense and one difficult season at second base, Asche did a respectable job at third base for the Phillies, even earning himself an opportunity to demonstrate […]
View image | gettyimages.com Alex Anthopoulous won executive of the year in the minds of his fellow general managers. However, Ruben Amaro, Jr. really should have gotten more consideration for doing the impossible: Amaro traded Papelbon to another baseball team, getting a prospect in return and more importantly: kept Papelbon off the team in […]
View image | gettyimages.com If Chase Utley in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform looked odd to you in 2015, at least you will not have to get used to him in yet another in 2016. After reportedly drawing interest from the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, it appears Utley […]
View image | gettyimages.com Heading into the 2015 season, former Phillies pitcher Ryan Madson did not pitch a single game since 2011. After one-year deals with the Reds and the Angels in which he did not pitch, Madson sat out 2014, before signing with the Kansas City Royals prior to 2015. The scout was […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Flyers faced a motivated team last night in the Columbus Blue Jackets, and were never really in the game. It took the Jackets almost 10 minutes to break through on the scoreboard, but there was little doubt about the outcome for most of the game. The Flyers were […]
December 5, 2005 The trading of prospects can lead to some wonderful things, or terrible blunders. It’s all in how someone views young talent and their potential. With the Flyers front office, they didn’t see what another team apparently did. In a relatively small footnote to the 2005-06 season, the Flyers made a trade with the […]
View image | gettyimages.com After a three-game losing streak, the Philadelphia Eagles will go head to head with the New England Patriots. Philadelphia has been extremely inconsistent this season but surprisingly, they are still only one game back from first place in the NFC East. Chip Kelly's Eagles have been outscored 90-31 in […]
