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The Athletic Philadelphia recently published a list of the 10 most dominant Philadelphia teams of the last half-century. But because the city only captured six titles in that span, some of the [...]

  Lancaster County native son Tom Herr received welcome news Friday: He’s being inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals’ Hall of Fame. Herr, 64, a Hempfield High School graduate, [...]

  During COVID-19, I’ve discovered Lancaster Public Library’s e-books collection, and I recently read “Babe: The Legend Comes to Life,” Robert W. Creamer’s [...]

For years, my dad has told me that Dick Allen was the best natural hitter he ever saw. I thought about that when I read Meghan Montemurro’s excellent piece for The Athletic, “Snubbed: [...]

I’m unapologetically a Philadelphia Eagles fan, and will be for the rest of my life. However, the NFL includes 31 other teams, and one of most successful franchises sits on the opposite [...]

I was flipping through the TV channels May 3 and found a documentary about the Spectrum. Julius Erving was being interviewed, followed by the famous clip of his playoff windmill slam over Michael [...]

  Immediately after the 2020 NFL draft, the league’s 32 teams announced their signings of undrafted players. Now that the draft is just seven rounds (it used to be 12), a lot of talent [...]