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Embed from Getty Images By: Tim Kelly, Managing Editor Prior to yesterday's loss to the Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies manager Pete Mackanin announced that struggling first baseman Ryan Howard was going to be rested for the next 'three to four days.' While Howard was supportive of his replacement Tommy Joseph when he spoke to […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Theo DeRosa, contributor Final: Nationals 7, Phillies 2 PHILADELPHIA — When Citizens Bank Park opened in 2004, the Washington Nationals did not exist. Twelve years and 1,000 South Philly home games later, the Nationals, having relocated from Montreal in 2005, finished off a sweep of the host Phillies. Max Scherzer pitched […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Gary Brinson, contributor After months of waiting, we finally have the rematch. The Cleveland Cavaliers will face off against the reigning champions Golden State Warriors. After falling down 3-1 to the Thunder, the Warriors showed exactly why they are still the team to beat in the NBA. Standing in […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Tim Kelly, Managing Editor In between ripping the city of Queens, New York's hearts out this past weekend, long-time Philadelphia Phillies second-baseman Chase Utley answered a series of questions for Ryan Lawrence of Philly Voice. Among the most interesting responses that Utley had to any of Lawrence's questions came when […]
Odubel Herrera is the best Phillies offensive performer, but does not appear in the top 15 outfielders after the first vote totals were released (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) The Phillies offense in 2016 has not been very good as a whole. The Phillies have seen stellar offensive production from outfielder Odubel Herrera in the early going, but […]
Embed from Getty Images After Phillies pitcher Daniel Stumpf was suspended 80 games for a violation of the joint drug agreement in Major League Baseball, we learned that more suspensions were pending in coming weeks. The first name appears to have surfaced and he had Phillies ties twice over. Also twice over is the […]
The current Sixers broadcast team of Marc Zumoff and Alaa Abdelnaby have been together in the booth since October, 2015. Zumoff has been calling games with the team since 1994, the same year that Abdelnaby played three games in a Sixers uniform. After one year together the two will separate for a very important task: […]
Embed from Getty Images (This post originally appeared on https://seventeenrings.wordpress.com/) Patrick Causey, on Twitter @pcausey3 When I watch Ben Simmons play basketball, I am reminded of a scene in Good Will Hunting, where Matt Damon plays a poor kid from South Boston with a lengthy criminal record who also happens to be a mathematical genius. In this scene, Damon attempts to […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Tim Kelly, Managing Editor In the early part of the 2015-16 NBA Season, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was in a position fairly similar to that of Philadelphia Phillies star Ryan Howard. Bryant, a one-time MVP, was late in his career and after a slew of injuries, wasn't effective […]
The good news keeps rolling in for the Sixers. First, the organization was awarded the top pick in the 2016 NBA Draft at May's Draft Lottery, and now it seems as though their prized pick from the highly-hyped 2014 NBA Draft will be [finally] ready to contribute on court next season as well. Joel Embiid […]
