Sports
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Paul Skenes could be MLB’s ticket to Gen Z. The Pirates ace will face it on his terms
Pirates ace Paul Skenes understands his popularity is a small part of baseball’s apparent resurgence. Just don’t expect him to start flooding social media or popping up on your favorite podcast regularly.
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Most coaches use schools like Robert Morris as a launching pad. For Andy Toole, it’s become home
A full decade-and-a-half since he was promoted to replace Mike Rice at the age of 29, Andy Toole will lead Robert Morris to the NCAA Tournament for a third time in 10 years when the 15th-seeded Horizon League champions face No. 2 seed Alabama in the first round in Cleveland on Friday. MOON TOWNSHIP —…
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‘Anybody can play’: Reading Roller Derby team stresses community, inclusivity
The Reading Roller Derby team, which has its first game of the season on Sunday, is one of 19 Pennsylvania teams competing in The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association.
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2-time Super Bowl champ Brandon Graham retires after 15 seasons with the Eagles
Graham retired Tuesday following a 15-year career in Philly that was highlighted by his role in the defensive play that helped deliver the Eagles their first Super Bowl title.
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Saquon Barkley aims to cement his NFL legacy after signing his record extension with the Eagles
Addressing reporters Monday to discuss his two-year, $41.2 million contract extension with $36 million guaranteed that made him league’s highest-paid player at the position, Barkley already has turned his attention to building the best season of his career so far.
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Sports is a powerful tool for grassroots empowerment. A Philly basketball coach made it her focus
Beulah Osueke’s outreach is showing how sports can be a grassroots tool for empowerment and teaching life lessons.
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Packers propose banning the tush push used so successfully by the Eagles
Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy called the tush push “bad for the game,” and submitted a proposal to ban the play, which NFL owners could vote on when they meet next month in Florida.
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Acrobatics and tumbling, a mashup of gymnastics and cheer, is booming at Duquesne and beyond
Membership in the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association has risen from 14 teams a decade ago to over 50 schools representing over 1,200 athletes, including Duquesne, which made its debut earlier this month. The NCAA labeled “acro” an emerging sport in 2020.
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Eagles fan hopes to keep the team’s good karma going by paying a found jacket forward
Walking home from the Super Bowl parade on Valentine’s Day, Philadelphia Eagles fan Amy Rannabargar found a vintage team jacket hanging on a pole with a note inside that read, “I found this jacket on the night of the Super Bowl in 2018 and it only felt right to release back into the city when…
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Lehigh Valley native Saquon Barkley sets the NFL’s season rushing record, including the playoffs
Barkley finished with a modest 57 yards rushing in the Eagles’ 40-22 win over Kansas City in the Super Bowl — a paltry number for an elite running back who posted seven touchdown runs of 60-plus yards this season — but the total was enough to set the NFL single-season rushing record, postseason included, topping…
