Behind the Mic: Saquon Barkley
October 17th was a rare Saturday for me. Campus Insiders, an internet sports streaming group affiliated with the Patriot League, was granted the rights to the Lafayette-Harvard game. There were slim pickings among the high school match-ups, so we all took the day off, a circumstance usually unheard of at this time of the year. …
Read MoreBehind the Mic: …There Were Six
Agatha Christie, the mystery writer par excellence, once penned a terrific “whodunit”, which was considered her masterpiece – And Then There Were None. In that book ten characters (all of whom were part of someone else’s death) are brought to an island and one by one they are killed. Over 100 million copies of this…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: Biggest Philly/DC Disappointments
Many national pundits had the Eagles going to the Super Bowl this year, and the Nationals were odds-on favorites to win the pennant. The Birds were flirting with what could have been a catastrophic 1-4 start to their season (it was looking that way following Sam Bradford‘s second red-zone interception in the first half against…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: HS Football Poll-Week 6
It’s time once again for a look at this week’s District XI high school football poll results, consisting of area head coaches, athletic directors and media members. Big Schools (10 pollsters) Parkland (50 points, 10-first place votes) Freedom (39) Easton (27) Nazareth (19) Liberty (15) Among the big schools…no changes again for the #1, 4…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Brotherly Love
The word “Philadelphia” is derived from two Greek words – philos (loving) and adelphos (brother). Thus, Philadelphia is known as the city of “brotherly love”. There are twelve U.S. cities with four major professional sports – Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, Washington, and, dare I say, Philadelphia. With…
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