The SportsTalk Shop: Trade Deadline Countdown: Position Players
We’re under a month away from the Major League Baseball trading deadline. The Phillies, after a brief five game win streak, have fallen once again into the NL East basement. With the lack of life shown in the team’s most recent series again the Braves, the speculation over what possible moves the Phillies could/should/might make…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Your Mailbox is Full…
About every six weeks, I am harassed by a Microsoft message telling me that my mailbox is full and I must delete messages immediately. This message appears on a daily basis until I do something about it. This, to me, is like cleaning out the basement at home. I am just not that interested. At…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: All-Star Football Preview
This Thursday marks the official end to the 2013-14 scholastic sports calendar year—the McDonald’s All-Star High School Football Game–played each year at Nazareth’s Andrew Leh Stadium. It is a special time as we honor our local gridiron stars one final time (for those not playing at the collegiate level) and the event raises money for…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Can I Get a Kick Out of World Cup Soccer?
It seems like, all of a sudden, everyone is watching soccer. I have never been a real fan. To me, there is too much insignificant action, not enough scoring, and I just don’t understand all the intricacies of the game. I know it is the world’s most popular sport, but it has never been part…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: The New “EPC”
I would like to put in my one-and-a-half cents on the biggest high school sports story this month in the Lehigh Valley area. The merger between the “Lehigh Valley Conference” and the “Mountain Valley” conference to form the new “Eastern Pennsylvania Conference” or “EPC 18” for short, is a major accomplishment. I present in today’s…
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