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Embed from Getty Images   By Tucker Bagley, Sports Talk Philly staff writer  The preseason is officially over and the regular season is around the corner. With the four games of preparation complete, it's time to look ahead to the regular season, starting with the decisions that will come in the next 36 hours as […]

Embed from Getty Images   By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor While Philadelphia Phillies manager Pete Mackanin has suggested that the final month of Ryan Howard's Phillies career may not be filled with too many starts, it's certain to be filled with nostalgia.  Howard, who ranks among the Phillies all-time leaders in various offensive […]

Embed from Getty Images   By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor When the Philadelphia Phillies acquired RHP Jeremy Hellickson this past off-season, many believed they would allow him to eat innings for the club before moving him for a prospect prior to the league's Aug. 1 non-waiver trade deadline. When Hellickson had the best […]

Embed from Getty Images   By Patrick Del Gaone, Sports Talk Philly staff writer  It’s Week 4 of the preseason, most NFL starters have been shelved behind lock and key, and your brightest competitors are scouring through every fantasy football draft preview known to man. While working the waiver wire and acquiring players via trade […]

Embed from Getty Images     By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor Prior to the 2016 season, I noted that Ryan Howard was on-pace to fall just short of 400 career home runs with the Phillies. As we enter the final full month of the season — and what's sure to be the final […]

Former Philadelphia Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon's career appears to be at a crossroads. (Kevin Durso/Philliedelphia) By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor Earlier this month, Deadspin's Tom Ley wrote that if you could say one thing about former Philadelphia Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon "it's that he's always who you would expect him to be." In other […]

Embed from Getty Images   Bridgewater tears ACL: The Minnesota Vikings will be without their blossoming young quarterback, Teddy Bridgewater, for the entire 2016 season, and possibly beyond, after he tore his ACL during a non-contact drill Tuesday. In addition to a torn ACL, the 23-year-old also suffered a dislocated knee. An MRI revealed no nerve […]

Roman Quinn's season may not be over after all (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) When Phillies prospect Roman Quinn took a pickoff throw to the head on Saturday night, some feared that Quinn's season may be over.  Assigned to Double-A Reading, the Phillies placed Quinn on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion shortly thereafter.  On Wednesday, the Phillies got […]

Embed from Getty Images   By Denny Basens, Sports Talk Philly staff writer  One of the biggest question marks concerning the Philadelphia Eagles is new head coach Doug Pederson.  Pederson enters the season as one of the biggest unknowns in the entire league as far head coaches are concerned. But throughout the preseason, followers of […]