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It’s My Turn To Write A Post About My Dad, Howard Eskin

I’ve been trying to write this since yesterday afternoon. It’s been more difficult than I figured it would be. Not in a sad way. Not in a “I can’t bring myself to do it way.” I just wasn’t sure what I would be able to add that everyone else hasn’t already.

2011/08/16

BLOG: NBA Week 3 Power Rankings: 70 Wins For The Lakers?

By Spike: Before the season started, there were many people, including myself, who thought that the Miami Heat would win the NBA Championship this year. I still think that’s possible, but the Lakers are going to have quite a bit to say about that.

2010/11/08

For The Sixers And Andre Iguodala, Less Is More

By Spike: At halftime of last night’s Sixers game, they were up by 26 points on the Indiana Pacers,and played their best half of the season.

2010/11/04

NBA Power Rankings Week Two: The Heat Rising

By Spike: Let’s see, the Heat look like they can be as good as we thought. The Lakers are already as good as we thought. The Pistons might be worse than we imagined, and I’m betting Larry Brown won’t last through the year in Charlotte.

2010/11/01

BLOG: Sixers’ Evan Turner Answers Critics Against The Heat

By Spike: Before he ever played one regular season game, the whispers had started. “Maybe Evan Turner is a bust.”

2010/10/28

BLOG: NBA Power Rankings — Scoping Out A New Season

By Spike: There’s more attention on the NBA this season than I can remember there being for quite a number of years.

2010/10/25

BLOG: Mike Ditka, Brett Favre, The New Sports Media Climate, And You

Twenty years ago, we could use our four major professional sports and college sports to fill our local papers, our local TV news, ESPN, and a sports radio station or two. Today, there’s much more space to fill. Countless sports websites, full of countless blogs and podcasts. ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN 3 and ESPN News. Twitter, Facebook, and more sports radio than you can shake your proverbial stick at.

2010/10/15

BLOG: Philly Sports Fans Need To Own Their Identity

Passion can make you walk a thousand miles uphill, barefoot, in the snow to protect someone you love. It also can make you spend nights awake crying, or worse, making phone calls and hanging up as soon as she answers.

2010/10/07

BLOG: First Look At The Miami Heat

It took no more than 60 seconds. A minute or so into the game that former player and NBA TV analyst Steve Smith called “the most anticipated pre-season game of all time,” I actually started to laugh out loud.

2010/10/06

BLOG: What A Difference A Few Months Makes

As they often say in baseball, it’s a long season. What a difference a few months makes.

2010/09/27

Welcome To Philadelphia, Kevin Kolb

The City of Brotherly Love. We’re proud of our city, and we’re proud of our sports teams.

2010/09/21

The New York Mets Are Hiring

The New York Mets have had a pretty terrible few years, and there doesn’t look to be an end in sight.

2010/09/18

Washington Nationals Nyjer Morgan Charges The Mound, Gets Clobbered

A lot of times these days it doesn’t seem like baseball players really want to fight, even when the benches clear. That was not the case tonight with the Nationals and the Marlins. Chris Volstad […]

2010/09/01

Podcast: Former Phillie Von Hayes Talks Ryan Howard, Camden Riversharks and Bobbleheads

Of all of the things I remember about the Phillies and the 80′s, Von Hayes is one of the most clear. My aunt Joanne’s obsession with Hayes is what sticks out the most. Well, that […]

2010/08/25

The Phillies: Better Off With Roy Oswalt Than Cliff Lee?

For most of this season, Phillies fans have considered Cliff Lee to be “the one that got away.” For a mere $9 million, the Phillies could have had the best 1-2-3 pitching combination in all of […]

2010/08/23