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Boy, was this Tyler Ennis’ week. I’m sure you’ve seen it by now, but the freshman hit a buzzer-beater while running up the court to give Syracuse a two-point victory over Pitt. If preventing his undefeated team from losing against a top-25 team on the road was not enough, he was named to the Naismith […]
Now that camp is open, it's time to take a look at the potential roster of the 2014 Philadelphia Phillies. There are some obvious competitions for the both the 25 man and 40 man rosters, and some of the events of the last day or so change the outlook. So what do I see really […]
Mike Trout and Angles Talking Extension Mike DiGiovanna of The Los Angeles Times reports that the Angels are trying to extend star outfielder Mike Trout. It's the baseball question of it's time. How much is Mike Trout worth? 21.1 WAR so far in his career. His first two seasons fired off one of the more […]
Sad news this evening. Last night we learned that former Phillies manager Jim Fregosi had suffered a stroke. Last night, Fregosi was taken off of life support, Fregosi had a stellar baseball career and stellar managerial career. In his playing career, Fregosi appeared in six All-Star games at shortstop. In 1967 he was honored […]
Mike Elser:The signing of A.J. Burnett makes the Phillies a 2 WAR better team. Jonathan Pettibone likely ends up being the odd man out in a now crowded Phillies rotation. Whether or not the Burnett signing was made to cover-up a more serious injury to ace Cole Hamels is another issue, but the underlying issue […]
Niagara Ice Dogs winger Brendan Perlini (Photo c/o Yahoo Sports Canada) Around this time last year, Niagara Ice Dogs left winger Brendan Perlini wasn't even a thought on NHL scouts radar for the 2014 Draft. Now he has caught the attention of people in the scouting community and many are saying “Did anyone see this […]
N.D. Kalu played 12 years in the NFL, including six season with Eagles (Image Courtesy NDKalu.com). Former Eagle defensive end and current SportsTalk 790 AM in Houston radio host N.D. Kalu joined Hal Greenblatt and Steve Jacot (filling in for Matt Lombardo) on the Eagledelphia podcast to discuss Michael Sam coming out, Marcus Smart, […]
Scott Hartnell seems to go through streaks where he’s beloved by the Flyers fan base followed by stretches where he’s an overpaid bum weighing down Claude Giroux whose albatross of a contract will hamper the Flyers for the foreseeable future. We’ve already seen both of those at times this season, as Hartsy had a slow […]
(Wikipedia Commons) The Phillies have made their first cut of the 2014 season and the axe falls on right-handed pitcher Chad Gaudin. Gaudin, 30, signed a minor-league deal with the Phils back on January 21. Sought after as an effective bullpen piece or a starter, who went 5-2 w/ a 3.06 ERA in 30 games […]
Philadelphia’s struggles as they close to the first half of the season continued on Wednesday night in Utah. They lost to a helpless Jazz team 105-100 to go into the break on an eight game losing streak. Though their West Coast trip has been especially difficult, they showed some fight in this one. Trailing 85-71, […]
