Sports
Happy Birthday Bernard Hopkins!
It’s only been a couple of months since Philly Mag’s Dan McQuade proclaimed we’d probably seen Bernard Hopkins’ last fight after losing to Sergey Kovalev. Maybe […]
Sixers Suspend Kirilenko
When the Sixers traded for Andrei Kirilenko earlier this season, it was expected that the veteran forward wouldn’t be in Philadelphia long — that, given the […]
Jeffrey Lurie Enters Competition for Philadelphia’s Worst Sports Owner
In case you haven’t noticed, Philadelphia has a sports team ownership problem. It took last week’s Eagles front office fiasco to get me thinking about […]
Top 28 Philadelphia Sports GIFs of the Year
It was not a good year for Philadelphia sports. The Eagles lost a playoff game a few days into the new year, and the only […]
NBA Commish Asks Christie to Partner on Legalized Betting
New Jersey has been battling major sports leagues over its right to allow sports betting, but Monday brought a twist to the matter: NBA commissioner […]
Jim Kenney’s Mean Girl 101
Like most people who were tweeting from the Linc on Sunday night, I’m going to assume that Councilman Jim Kenney wasn’t putting much thought into […]
Why “I Can’t Breathe” Matters
There was once a time in sports where it was cool to be an anti-hero. Charles Barkley ran a money-making campaign to prove he was […]
Cowboys Fan Chris Christie Watches Game from Jerry Jones’ Box
Last night was pretty much a total loss for the Philadelphia Eagles. The team fell into a 21-0 hole in the first half but rallied […]
Is Kobe Bryant the Worst Person in the World?
So there was this little recap in the Daily News last week of a happy-sounding practice of the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe Bryant, the pride […]
Philly’s Maya Winters and Rob Kearney Win Strong(wo)man Duos Competition
Big news, sports fans! Last week I told you about local athlete Maya Winters, the college arts education professor who also just so happens to […]
Penn Charter’s Reece Whitley May Be America’s Next Olympic Star
When the grueling pace of kindergarten life overwhelmed him, Reece Whitley would escape to the bathtub. Two hours of soaking soothed his tired mind and […]
Does Anybody Care if the Sixers Are Tanking?
We know that reader polls are highly unscientific, but oh well: An audience poll of 94WIP listeners found that Philadelphians are more concerned with the […]
Mo’ne Davis is “Sports Kid of the Year”
Congrats to @MoneDavis11 on becoming the @SIKids' 2014 #SportsKid of the Year! You knocked it out of the park for girls everywhere. –mo — First […]
The Sixers’ Losing Streak Will End Someday
The Sixers didn’t play last night, which was a blessing. They’ll play again tonight, which isn’t. In case you haven’t heard, the team is off […]
It’s Hard to Trust Roger Goodell
I once met and interviewed Adrian Peterson. He greeted me, as he does everyone, with a vice-grip handshake that stuns you to your core, a […]