Phillies, Braves Tie After Nine Innings

Photo Courtesy: Frank Klose Well, the illustrious second win of Spring Training has been a rather difficult feat for the Phillies to come by since their victory over the Detroit Tigers. The team has certainly faced a few challenges at the plate since the onset of the Grapefruit League, but a few players have shown […]

Andrew Gillen  •  05 Mar 2014
Game 63 Preview: Washington Capitals @ Philadelphia Flyers

Image courtesy of NewsTimes.com Washington Capitals (29-23-10) @ Philadelphia Flyers (32-24-6), 8:00pm, NBCSN/TSN2 If the frantic finish in Sunday’s opening to this home-and-home wasn’t enough excitement, the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals will meet at the Wells Fargo Center tonight with new players for each side. Add that with the fact the teams are separated […]

Craig Forsythe  •  05 Mar 2014
Minnesota sweeps Penn State; Nittany Lions host the Badgers this weekend

Sam Warning handles the puck against Penn State on Friday. (Photo c/o Holly Peterson Minnesota Daily) Game 1 versus the Golden Gophers last Saturday wasn’t an ideal outcome for the Nittany Lions. Minnesota, who went 1-for-3 on the power play, and out shot PSU by a 36-31 margin in the contest. Kenny Brooks’ power-play goal […]

Tom Zulewski  •  05 Mar 2014
Phillies, Braves Meet At Bright House For First Time This Spring

Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia.com The Phillies keep slumping this spring. In seven games, they are 1-6 and are batting an MLB worst .194 as a team. After last night's 5-3 loss to Toronto, not only are fans unhappy with this team so far – but their manager is as well.  “I don’t like losses," Ryne Sandberg […]

Erik Seybold  •  05 Mar 2014
Phillies Five: Looking Back At ‘The Man’, Chase Utley

Last week on Phillies Five, we took a look at the new-look television broadcast team for the Phillies this season.  Today, with 26 days until Opening Day, we will honor #26 himself and look at Chase Utley's Top-5 moments thus far in his career. 5. And you can tell everybody… We all know Chase Utley is […]

Matt Rappa  •  05 Mar 2014
Thunder hand Sixers their 15th straight

Look no further than Russell Westbrook’s stat line for an indication on how the game went for Philadelphia. The point guard had a triple double—13 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists. He did that in just 20 minutes. As you would probably guess, Oklahoma City ran away with this one. The Thunder defeated the 76ers […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  05 Mar 2014
Phillies Continue Slump, Fall to Jays

Going into tonight's game, the Phillies are in an early spring slump winning only one of the six games played. Cliff Lee made the start for the Phillies tonight and was very effective through his three innings. R. A. Dickey started for the Blue Jays and went four innings giving up three runs. The Game: […]

Andrew Shipotofsky  •  04 Mar 2014
Game Preview: West’s best host sinking Sixers

Could you have drawn up a more lopsided matchup? Not for this season. The Philadelphia 76ers and the Oklahoma City Thunder square off for a battle between a high-flying offense and the league’s worst defense. Look no further than to Vegas to see how lopsided this matchup is. The point spread for tonight’s game opened […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  04 Mar 2014
Phillies Seek Offense as Cliff Lee Faces R.A. Dickey, Blue Jays

Since scoring 10 runs in a split squad game last Friday, the Phillies as a whole team have failed to make any noise at the plate. In their last three games they have been outscored by opponents  14-2. In yesterday's ball game, the only run scored came from a Wil Nieves single. That's all that the […]

Erik Seybold  •  04 Mar 2014