Writer: Brandon Apter
Jorge Alfaro hit two homers to help Reading avoid elimination on Friday night (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor Four Philadelphia Phillies minor league affiliates made it to the postseason, but now only two of them remain in play after Friday night's action. The Lakewood Blueclaws earned a sweep over Hagerstown […]
Embed from Getty Images By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor Final: Nationals 5, Phillies 4 ❖ Attendance: 28, 469 Washington D.C. - The Philadelphia Phillies overcame a three-run deficit to tie the game in the eighth, but Trea Turner's second home run was of the walk-off variety as the Washington Nationals took game two of the weekend […]
Tonight, Philadelphia 76ers icon Allen Iverson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Iverson was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers first overall 20 years ago, in the 1996 NBA draft. The Georgetown alum went on to win Rookie of the Year in 1996-97 after averaging 23.5 points, 7.5 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.6 steals per […]
Embed from Getty Images On Friday evening, Philadelphia 76ers icon Allen Iverson will officially be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The Answer had a handful of influential teammates over his years in the league, but none more than Aaron Mckie, who was acquired by the Sixers in 1997 in the trade that sent Theo Ratliff to the Pistons. […]
By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor Thursday night marked the second game of the opening round of the playoffs for both Double-A Reading and Triple-A Lehigh Valley and both teams lost, being pushed to the brink of elimination by Trenton and Scranton Wilkes/Barre, both Yankees affiliates. Lakewood had the night off, but they have […]
Embed from Getty Images By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor Philadelphia 76ers icon Allen Iverson will be enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday and he'll be presented by three people who greatly influenced his career. Former Sixers coach Larry Brown, former Georgetown coach John Thompson and Sixers great Julius Erving will be on hand for Iverson's […]
Damek Tomscha hit the go-ahead two-run double for Lakewood on Wednesday (Photo: Baseball Betsy) By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor The majority of the Philadelphia Phillies minor league affiliates made the postseason and three of the four began play on Wednesday evening. Unfortunately, only Lakewood came out victorious, with Lehigh Valley, Reading and the […]
Embed from Getty Images By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor In a very surprising move on Wednesday, the Philadelphia 76ers reached an agreement with veteran forward Elton Brand on a one-year contract. Free agent Elton Brand has signed a one-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, league source tells @TheVertical. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) September 7, 2016 […]
By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor The Double-A Eastern League announced its end-of-season awards on Wednesday with three members of the Reading Fightin' Phils being named as recipients. Dylan Cozens was tabbed as the MVP, Rhys Hoskins won Rookie of the Year and Dusty Wathan is taking home his second consecutive Manager of the Year award. Congrats to @dylancozens on being named […]
Double-A Reading celebrates clinching the Eastern League East Division in Trenton this past weekend (Kevin Durso/Philliedelphia) By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor It may still be a few years until the Philadelphia Phillies get back to the postseason, but their minor league affiliates continue to have success in recent years. This season, four of […]
