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August 25, 2010
Good time of the year
This may be as good a time of the year as there is in sports.
Major league baseball is getting serious about its pennant races....the Phillies, once again, are in the hunt...
August 18, 2010
A Case Study in Philadelphia Reactions
While hosting our WDEL Phillies Express Tuesday Night, I couldn’t help but feeling I was walking into a reunion. Not only was Chase Utley returning a week early from his thumb injury, but love-him-hate-him-love-him-hate-him former-Phil Pat Burrell was also making his regular season return to Citizens Bank Park...
August 2, 2010
The Albert Haynesworth Conditioning Test
There has been much controversy about Washington Redskins' Defensive Tackle Albert Haynesworth's inability to complete a "simple" conditioning drill before being allowed to practice...
July 26, 2010
Does anyone root for Tiger anymore?
Tiger Woods isn't playing very many golf tournaments this year...of course his season didn't get started until the Masters because of his self-imposed hiatus to deal with his marital issues...
July 9, 2010
We can all sleep well...LeBron has made his decision
Was there anything more ridiculous than last night's LeBron James spectacle on ESPN? I think there was a time when many people liked LeBron...he seemed to be a decent guy who wanted to play for his hometown team...
July 5, 2010
Could the run be over?
As hard as it is to think about it, it's very possible the Phillies run of excellence could be over...or at least interrupted for one year.
With Chase Utley out for two months, Placido Polanco maybe another three to four weeks, the return of J...
June 23, 2010
What cost a big-time football program?
Red Lion Christian Academy continues to make news for its' up and coming football program...and it tends not to be very good news.
The News Journal had a lengthy story Sunday about the school's ambitions to be a national football program...
June 15, 2010
USC gets pounded
I'm disappointed. Throughout the Pete Carroll years, I enjoyed the USC Trojan football team. I found them exciting, entertaining, and rooted for them in most games...
June 7, 2010
A legend passes
He's been called the greatest coach in any sport in history. John Wooden, legendary coach at UCLA, passed away Friday at the age of 99, just a few blocks away from Pauley Pavilion, where he led his UCLA basketball teams to 10 national championships in 12 years...
May 28, 2010
Phillies woes compounded by injuries
The Phillies offense right now is non-existent. This from a team that has been one of the top offenses in baseball the last three years. Four times shut out in the last 5 games...
May 14, 2010
Flyers crank up excitement level
No matter the outcome of tonight's game with Boston, the Flyers have given us a great post-season. Knocking off the Devils and roaring back with three straight wins against the Bruins to force a game 7 are what memories are made of...
April 27, 2010
Howard gets his money, Werth won't
Ryan Howard is now firmly planted in Philadelphia, possibly until the end of his career. The Phillies slugger signed a five year extension, worth $125 million, that takes him through the 2016 season and gives the club an option for 2017...
April 20, 2010
Joyce Perry, fine coach, better person
Coaches are frequently measured by wins and losses. Those are important. But in high school and college, other things are even more important, like how your players develop, and how they grow as people...
April 16, 2010
Jordan out, Stefanski should be
The Sixers fired coach Eddie Jordan Thursday after one year as head coach. The team finished 27-55...missing the playoffs for the first time in the last three years...
April 15, 2010
Phils have pitching concerns
The Phillies are off to a 7-1 start thanks to an on-fire offense and an early season schedule that's Charmin-soft. Roy Halladay has been as advertised over his first two starts and other pitchers have been adequate, at best...
April 6, 2010
McNabb gone, not many tears
Donovan McNabb is now a Washington Redskin...Kevin Kolb is the Eagles starting quarterback. The McNabb era is over. Any tears being shed?
I don't want to sound nasty but it was time...
March 24, 2010
The perfect tournament
I know there are people that don't care about college basketball...and even don't care a bit about the NCAA basketball tournament.
Now I can understand the first sentiment (although I don't agree with it) but how anyone can not find the NCAA tourney compelling and exciting is beyond me...
March 11, 2010
Decision made!
Well, it appears as if the University of Delaware will be keeping Monte Ross as head basketball coach for at least one more year. He's signed through the 2014-2015 season but with this past year's 7 win debacle, many fans had hoped to see a change at the top...
March 2, 2010
UD hoops at a crossroads
Delaware plays VCU Friday in a first round game in the CAA basketball tournament. The Blue Hens are dead-last in the CAA, with a 7-23 mark and 3-15 in league play...
February 8, 2010
8th grade college commit, Tebow ad
Two things in the past week have prompted me to post another blog...two things that have brought some passion to my keyboard.
First, the news that last week, Red Lion Christian Academy 8th grader David Sills verbally committed to play football at USC...
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