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Philadelphia Sports: Week in Review

Philadelphia Sports July 2010

[Written by, David J. Miller] A lot has happened in the course of Philadelphia sports over the past week. The Philadelphia Union lost 1-0 to Manchester United which was a better outcome than the MLS all-stars had against the English Premier League giant last night when they lost 5-2. The NFL stated that they will [...]

July 29th, 2010 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Join Team Philly this Saturday to Train for the Philadelphia Marathon!

Team Philly

Never ran a long race before or looking for a new challenge? Does the thought of running a half or a full Marathon scare and excite you? Don’t take it on alone, train better together. Join Team Philly Race Training this Saturday from 9-11am at Lloyd Hall and sign up for the Philadelphia Half Marathon [...]

July 27th, 2010 | Posted in Events,Featured,Health & Body,Local Happenings,Sports | Read More »

Phillies In Shambles or Just a Bad Week?

Phillies

PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Philadelphia Phillies are not shaping up well this week.  They have lost 5 of their last 6 games, lost Jamie Moyer to a possible career ending elbow injury and trade talks to send off Jayson Werth for a right handed pitcher. With all this bad news we need a prayer and [...]

July 21st, 2010 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

Flyers Trade Simon Gagne to Tampa Bay Lightning

FLYERS

[Written by, David J. Miller] The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have traded their longest tenured player, Simon Gagne, to the Tampa Bay Lightning for defense-man Matt Walker and a 2011 fourth round draft pick. Gagne, who is heading into the last year of his current deal, is scheduled to make over five million dollars [...]

July 19th, 2010 | Posted in Featured,Sports | Read More »

The Rocky of Baseball

Jamie Moyer speaks at a news conference before practice for the World Series

Philadelphia is very fortunate to have such a player as Jamie Moyer, with so much heart and determination, it’s obvious that he is a allstar player on and off the field.  Jamie is a native to the area and offers so much character to the city.  Jamie is currently the oldest active player in the [...]

July 11th, 2010 | Posted in Featured,Sports | Read More »

Villanova Stadium Will Remain Szczur’s Palace in 2010

2009 Mayor's Cup (Villanova vs. Temple)

[Written By, David J. Miller] ONLY IN PHILADELPHIA– In the fall of 2009 Villanova (who plays in NCAA bowl sub-division) won it’s first football National title. It was their 25th under head coach Andy Talley. Talley would go on to win an award for coach of the year for guiding the Wildcats to a 14-1 overall record (including [...]

July 1st, 2010 | Posted in Featured,Sports | Read More »

Philadelphia Fans Greet Tiger Woods with Standing Ovation

Courtesy of Tigerwoods.com

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA — Tiger Woods is back in the Philadelphia area defending his AT&T National title at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa.  This event which Tiger originally founded was previously held outside of Washington, DC, and he was very excited to bring it to the Philadelphia area. “I think it’s incredible. So [...]

July 1st, 2010 | Posted in Featured,Sports | Read More »

Philadelphia Phillies Mascot Sued

Phillie Phanatic

PHILADELPHIA – The Phillie Phanatic has been sued by a 75-year-old women, Grace Crass who claims that at a 2008 minor league game the Phanatic climbed into the stands and onto her legs, injuring her knees. Grace’s attorney, John Speicher states that the incident started her arthritis, which eventually led to knee replacements. Crass is [...]

June 30th, 2010 | Posted in Featured,Sports | Read More »

USA! USA!

US SOCCER LOGO

[Written by David J. Miller] Facing elimination from the World Cup after England beat Slovenia (1-0), Landon Donovan scored one of the biggest goals in U.S. soccer history as the United States beat Algeria 1-0. The goal came in stoppage time (91st minute) to break a zero-zero tie. Once again an American goal (Clint Dempsey) was waived [...]

June 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Featured,Sports | Read More »

June Report: State Of The Phillies

Phillies

[Written by David J. Miller] It’s just over a week into June and the Phillies sit two games (just one game in the loss column) behind the Braves for first place in the NL East. May was a rough month for the Phillies and it extended into June. Normally there would have been more panic [...]

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June 9th, 2010 | Posted in Featured,Sports | Read More »

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