Philly Sports Jabronis

I remember hating the New York Yankees as a kid for no better reason than their status as the “Evil Empire” with the ability and willingness to buy whoever they wanted, whenever they wanted. But as I grew up and ...

Predicting a letdown game for the Eagles Sunday in Minnesota didn’t take a Harvard education. Though none of us likely envisioned the Eagles to falter in the fashion in which they did – didn’t we learn last week that Shady ...

By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com WASHINGTON – Imagine a relay race of some distance (not a sprint) where the runners on the first three legs get out to a huge lead and then, when passing the baton to the anchor, instead ...

The Portland Trailblazers (20-4) came into Philadelphia Saturday night and assailed the Wachovia Center nets by dropping 21 3-balls during a 139=105 win over the Sixers. LaMarcus Aldridge tallied 20 points and 16 rebounds, Nicolas Batum added 17 points and Damian Lillard ...

By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com PHILADELPHIA – Michael Raffl said that prior to Thursday night’s 2-1 Flyers win over the Montreal Canadiens, his father had never been to an NHL game. That wasn’t necessarily true. “He didn’t know because I went before he ...

By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com CHICAGO – When the Flyers lost an ugly game to Dallas last week, Kimmo Timonensaid “If you give up four goals in the second period you are going to lose.” Pretty sure he has the same sentiment ...

A 19-point second-quarter lead wasn’t enough for the Sixers to hold on to in a 106-99 loss in Minnesota Wednesday night. The loss, the Sixers’ fourth in a row, drops them to 7-16 on the season. Spencer Hawes and Tony ...

Report from meltwaterpress.com PHILADELPHIA — An announcement that Temple University will be cutting seven of its intercollegiate sports programs in 2014 has sparked multiple Care2 petitions by alumni and athletes at the school. Alexander Gorski, an alumni of the men’s ...

Blake Griffin netted 26 points and Chris Paul added 25 more to go along with 13 assists as the Los Angeles Clippers topped the Sixers, 94-83, Monday night at the Wachovia Center. the depleted Clippers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 94-83 ...

By Sean Farrell, Flyers.com OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators finally broke through in the shootout, and managed to pull out a win by the slimmest of margins. Jason Spezza scored Ottawa’s first shootout goal in 13 attempts this season, and ...