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View image | gettyimages.com Phillies third base prospect Maikel Franco has been performing very well at the Phillies' highest level of minor league play. For AAA Lehigh Valley, Franco is batting .336 with three home runs and 17 RBI. Franco also has 12 doubles and one triple. 12 doubles would be (pardon the […]
View image | gettyimages.com There has been a ton of speculation surrounding the penalty that the NFL would hand down on Tom Brady and the Patriots in light of the #Deflategate scandal. Some thought Goodell would take it easy on Brady and company because of his close relationship to Robert Kraft. So much […]
View image | gettyimages.com Matt Barkley Will Be Ryan Day's Star Pupil With the fourth round first pick, it was thought that head coach Chip Kelly had persuaded the Eagles front office into selecting "his guy" at the quarterback spot – a young man out of USC who had elected to remain in college […]
Photo: Wikipedia Commons The Sixers have been pretty busy re-branding themselves in recent days. Aside from overhauling the roster, the new Sixers ownership changed the uniforms once again, introduced a new mascot, and now even more is in the works. According to a report, the Sixers logo will change. Paul Lukas of Uniwatch […]
View image | gettyimages.com "Culture wins football. Culture will beat scheme every day." Chip Kelly's words were caught on tape by NFL Films moments before the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants handily 27-0 back in October of last year. In the euphoria of the blowout win over a division rival, this revelation […]
May 5, 1974 When a playoff series goes the full seven games, it is a win or go home situation. In the case of the Philadelphia Flyers, that one win would mean the berth into the first Stanley Cup Finals in team history against the Boston Bruins. They needed to play their best 60 minutes […]
When the Phillies signed veteran pitcher Aaron Harang in the offseason, the Phillies were not expecting to have a long-term Phillie. Having turned 37 years old yesterday, Harang is in the twilight of his Major League career. But that's okay; Harang fits the bill of someone that a rebuilding team like the Phillies can use: […]
View image | gettyimages.com Final: Mets 3, Phillies 2 WP: Jonathan Niese (3-2, 1.95 ERA) LP: Aaron Harang (3-3, 2.38 ERA) SV:Jeurys Familia (12) Philadelphia, PA – Aaron Harang was solid again over seven innings, but a key homer late made the difference in Saturday's loss to the Mets. The game was lacking […]
View image | gettyimages.com Sam Is Turning Heads: Why Sam Bradford Will Work For Philadelphia To be honest, the trade that shook the Philadelphia Eagles world was not LeSean McCoy to the Buffalo Bills for Kiko Alonso. It was not the outright release of Trent Cole or Todd Herremans. It was not even […]
View image | gettyimages.com From his MLB debut in 2006 on, Cole Hamels has been a fixture in the Phillies rotation, putting up some of the best numbers in baseball, and in club history. The odds are though that those days are numbered, and that Hamels will end up in a different uniform by […]
