NHL

As I watch the Stanley Cup playoffs, it’s hard to get past the fact that the Flyers had the chance to draft Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar. The 23-year-old is the postseason’s [...]

The Flyers have endured such a nightmarish season that it was long clear they would deal Claude Giroux before the trade deadline. The team’s longtime captain – a free agent to be at [...]

After the NHL began its playoffs, I briefly thought the Flyers could win the Stanley Cup. They secured the top seed in the East during the round robin, and looked strong doing it. But as they [...]

In the latest episode of “sports talking heads say stupid things” – a long-running series – I present NHL analyst Mike Milbury. After Brian Boucher commented about the [...]

Meghan Montemurro, who covers the Phillies for The Athletic, recently convened a group of 10 radio and TV sports announcers. The broadcasters included guys like Merrill Reese (Eagles), Marc [...]

To be absolutely clear, COVID-19 is foremost a health crisis. The stoppage in sports was a casualty of that, and any attempts to resume play will include proper safety protocols, as they should. [...]

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 [...]