Sports
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Villanova Coach Jay Wright Admires His Players’ Mental Toughness in a Season of Uncertainty
The impact of quarantine and positive COVID-19 test results for a few members of the Villanova basketball program does worry Villanova Wildcats coach Jay Wright, writes Joe Juliano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. His team is considered a favorite for the Final Four next spring and it’s ranked No. 3 in the preseason. But the team…
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Kobe Bryant’s Wynnewood Childhood Home Goes for $810K
Kobe Bryant’s childhood home in Wynnewood, minus the basketball hoop in the driveway he used while growing up and any remnant of Bryant’s time in the house, sold last week for $810,000, writes Tim Daniels for the Bleacher Report. The five-bedroom, three-and-half-bathroom home was originally sold by Bryant’s family in 2008. The NBA legend lived…
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Rich Casey Named Manor College Men’s Basketball Head Coach
Richard Casey has been named the Head Coach of Men’s Basketball at Manor College, announced by John Dempster, Director of Athletics. Casey was previously the Valley Forge Military Academy and College Director of Athletics from 2013-2020. He oversaw eight varsity and three club Academy programs, as well as 11 other College programs. Academically, a total…
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USA Women’s Field Hockey Finds its New Home in Conshohocken
The USA women’s national field hockey team has found its new temporary home at The Proving Grounds, a large multi-sport complex in Conshohocken, writes Justin Heinze for the Patch. And while the players have still not returned to formally organized training since COVID-19 hit, they will be able to use The Proving Grounds as soon…
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Pottstown’s Earl Strom, Legendary NBA Referee, Inducted Into Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame
Pottstown’s Earl Strom, the legendary NBA referee whose retirement dinner brought the likes of Julius Erving and Magic Johnson to the SunnyBrook Ballroom on August 17, 1990, is one of the 2020 Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame inductees, writes Frank Fitzpatrick for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Strom, who died in 1994 aged 66, was the NBA’s…
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Lansdale’s Sean McDermott First Philly Area NFL Coach Since Yeadon’s John Rauch
Buffalo Bills head coach, Lansdale’s Sean McDermott, is the first NFL head coach from the Philadelphia area since John Rauch, a Yeadon High School graduate who in 1967 led the then-Oakland Raiders to Super Bowl II, writes Joseph Santoliquito for the Philly Voice. McDermott attended La Salle High School in Wyndmoor. He began his coaching…
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Former Shipley Point Guard Brings History of 76ers Back to Life in ‘Effortlessly Cool’ Way
As the team’s lead marketer, Katie O’Reilly, a former point guard at Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, has been striving to weave the Philadelphia 76ers’ past into the city’s evolving landscape in ways that appeal to both new and old fans, writes David Gianatasio for the Muse by Clio. “Our goal was to bring the…
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Harriton High Grad Plays First Competitive Game Since Signing for Los Angeles Angels
Jack Kochanowicz, a Harriton High School graduate, made his first appearance in a competitive baseball game since he signed for Los Angeles Angels 17 months ago, writes Mike DiGiovanna for Baseball America. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound Kochanowicz took the mound for an instructional league appearance in mid-October. The team used the fall program that began on…
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La Salle Football Player Who Collapsed After Practice in September Died of Sickle Cell Crisis
Isaiah Turner, the La Salle College High School football player who collapsed after practice on September 4 and was pronounced dead at the hospital, died of a sickle cell crisis, according to James Garrow, spokesperson for the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office, writes Phil Anastasia for The Philadelphia Inquirer. His death is listed as natural death.…
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Pottstown Native, Former Cadet at Valley Forge Military Academy on Ballot for College Football HOF
Pottstown native Aaron Beasley, a former cadet at Valley Forge Military Academy, is on the 2021 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. Beasley, a 1991 graduate of Pottstown High School, attended VFMA for the 1991-92 school year, before starring as a cornerback at West Virginia. “When I went to Valley Forge…
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Saint Joseph’s University is First Division I School to Add Autism Break Room at Games
Lower Merion’s Saint Joseph’s University is the first school in Division I NCAA to add an autism break room at its basketball games, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Mainline Media News. Saint Joseph’s unveiled its new space for families with a member with Autism Spectrum Disorder at a recent women’s basketball game against Villanova. The…
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For Penn Field Hockey Coach, Bala Cynwyd’s Colleen Fink, Family is Most Important in Life
Wherever life takes her, Colleen Fink, a Bala Cynwyd native and Penn hockey field coach, always puts her personal and field hockey family first, writes Joyce Davis for The DP. Fink was interested in athletics from an early age. She and her five siblings were raised by their father, who was also the track and…
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Norristown’s Des Holmes, a Penn State Offensive Lineman, Believes Sky is the Limit
Norristown’s Des Holmes, a Penn State offensive lineman, is eager for the football season to begin so his team can showcase its talented offensive line, writes Joe Juliano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “The sky’s the limit,” said Holmes. “I’m really happy, I’m really excited. We’ve got a lot of veterans in this room, guys that…
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Lansdale Catholic HS Alums Head to Lincoln Financial Field to Cheer on Classmate
When he enters Lincoln Financial Field next week, New York Giants coach Joe Judge will be welcomed from the stands by a group of his friends from Lansdale Catholic High School, writes Pat Leonard for the New Jersey Daily News. The game against the Eagles will be Judge’s first as NFL head coach to play…
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Friends’ Central Standout Courted By Several Ivy League Schools Commits to Penn
Ed Holland, a standout at Wynnewood’s Friends’ Central and one of the best players in the Philadelphia area, has committed to continuing his basketball career at University of Pennsylvania, writes Donald Hunt for The Philadelphia Tribune. The 6-foot-5 senior guard and forward is looking forward to playing for the Quakers. “My dream was to play…
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Despite World-Class Golf Courses, Philadelphia is Only Major City Without Regular PGA Tour Event
Despite having rabid sports fans and historic and world-class golf courses including Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Philadelphia is the only major city nationwide without a regular PGA Tour event, writes Evan Macy for the Philly Voice. Over nearly four decades since the 1981 U.S. Open at Merion, the fourth biggest market in the country…
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Part-time Schwenksville Resident and Golf Legend Gary Player Returns to Site of 1962 PGA Championship
Gary Player, the golfing legend who has been staying with his daughter in Schwenksville during the pandemic, returned to Aronimink Golf Club the site of his 1962 PGA Championship win, to watch the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, writes Joe Juliano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Player, who still looks as fit at 84 as he did…
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Shipley High Grad Follows Father’s Footsteps, Joins Syracuse University Basketball
Chaz Owens, a Shipley High School graduate and son of NBA star, Billy Ownes, is following in his father’s footsteps by heading to Syracuse University to play basketball, writes Mike Waters for the Syracuse.com. Owens had always hoped to one day play for Syracuse since he was a boy as his father remains one of…
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