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Jeffrey Lurie Wants to Host a Super Bowl in Philadelphia, But There’s an Expensive Snag
Jeffrey Lurie has built the Philadelphia Eagles into a premier NFL franchise, but his next challenge may be even bigger—bringing a Super Bowl to Philadelphia, writes Jeff Karr for CBS Sports. The longtime owner and Wynnewood resident is committed to making it happen. Whether it becomes a reality depends on the future of Lincoln Financial…
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Lower Makefield’s Ameena Soliman Headed to Super Bowl as Eagles’ Director of Football Operations
Lower Makefield native Ameena Soliman is heading to her first Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles as the team’s director of football operations, writes Jess Rohan for the Bucks County Courier Times. Soliman joined the Birds as an intern seven years ago, and has since become an integral part of the team off the field.…
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Meet Lincoln, the Bald Eagle Who Has Become a Staple at Philadelphia Eagles Home Games
Lincoln, a bald eagle from the American Eagle Foundation in Tennessee, has become a fan favorite among Philadelphia Eagles supporters, writes Angel Saunders for People. The 27-year-old bird was chosen as the team’s mascot seven years ago. “Even though we’re flying him for the Philadelphia Eagles, we’re doing it in a way that allows us…
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Delaware County’s Psyched for a Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl
Delaware County is pumped up on Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl energy this week, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Fans hit the streets of Media Sunday for the borough’s second Eagles Super Bowl Pep Rally parade after only a week’s planning. “We did this in 2023,” recalled Media Recreation Board member Vicki McMahon.…
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Two Eagles Cheerleaders Are From Bucks County
Two of the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders cheering on the Birds in Super Bowl LIX against the Kansas City Chiefs hail from Bucks County, writes Dino Ciliberti for the Patch. Squad captain Ashley Hillis of Newtown has cheered for three years. A holder of a bachelor’s degree in professional studies with minors in dance and nutrition…
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Kylie Kelce on Who She’ll be Rooting for this Super Bowl
Haverford’s Kylie Kelce admitted that she’s having a difficult time deciding whether to root for her home team or her brother-in-law in the upcoming Super Bowl, writes Dannielle Jennings for People Magazine. On a recent episode of her Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce podcast, the wife of the retired Eagle Jason Kelce talked…
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Penn State Brandywine Athletics Inducts 2025 Hall of Fame Class
The Penn State Brandywine Athletics Hall of Fame in Media added four new members during an induction ceremony on Jan. 24, writes Christina Billie for Penn State Brandywine. Members of the class of 2025 include former women’s soccer and softball student-athlete Arianna Segich, ice hockey student-athlete and ice hockey assistant coach Jeff Wild, women’s basketball…
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Eagles Signing Autographs Saturday!
Eagles players. Oxford Valley Mall. Autographs. February first. Wait. That’s tomorrow! Yes. PhillyBurbs.com reports Eagles players Brandon Graham, Jalen Carter, Darius Slay, Jr., Isaiah Rodgers, and Kenny Gainwell are at Dynasty Sports in Oxford Valley Mall on Saturday, February 1st. Graham and Carter start the event at 2:30 PM while Gainwell, Slay, and Rodgers roll…
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Harold Katz, Former 76ers Owner and Founder of Willow Grove-based Nutrisystem Remembered
Harold Katz, a former owner of the 76ers and the founder of Willow Grove-based Nutrisystem, died on January 24 at 87, writes Keith Pompey for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Katz is best known for leading the Philadelphia team to its most recent NBA championship during the 1982-83 season. He owned the Sixers for nearly 15 years,…
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Jason Kelce Reveals Who He’s Rooting for in Super Bowl 59
Talk about a rock and a hard place. Super Bowl 59 is a conundrum for Jason Kelce. Does the retired Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro center from Haverford support his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, or does he throw his support behind his former teammates? Kelce’s been thinking about it and he’s got an…
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Bucks County Business Leader Introduces Sluggball to Bring Former Ballplayers Back to the Batter’s Box
For former baseball players, something was missing. “So many alternatives exist for fans and former players of a lot of different sports,” said Greg Olenski Sr., the founder of Group G Marketing Partners, an award-winning agency in Ivyland, and a baseball coach for 25 years. “Basketball has 3-on-3, football has flag football, tennis has pickleball,…
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Coatesville Mourns Dedicated High School Football Coach
Former Coatesville High School football coach Al Black has passed away at age 88, writes Pete Digiovanni for The Daily Local News. Black passed away on Friday, Jan. 17 in a Lancaster nursing home. In addition to being head football coach at Coatesville, Black worked as a college football assistant at Widener University, Millersville University,…
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Jim Solano of Broomall, Sports Agent to 500 of the Philadelphia Eagles, Remembered
A pioneering sports agent form Broomall who represented more than 700 professional football players and coaches, including 500 from the Philadelphia Eagles, is being remembered. Jim Solano who was also a retired associate professor of accounting, a certified public accountant, a philanthropist, and a mentor, died Jan. 26 at 81, writes Gary Miles for The…
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Following Complaint from Local Family, Feds Open Title IX Investigation in Phoenixville Area School District
In November, the U.S. Department of Education launched an official investigation into potential Title IX violations in Phoenixville Area School District’s athletic programs, writes Evan Brandt for The Daily Local News. Title IX ensures equal treatment by prohibiting sex-based discrimination in any activities receiving federal funds. The investigation comes after 11 months of review, following the…
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Lower Merion Skater Among Elite Group Representing Philadelphia at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Lower Merion’s Blake Gilman and his partner Julia Epps are part of the small but elite group of local skaters who are representing Philadelphia at the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, writes Ellen Dunkel for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The nineteen-year-old Gilman and 15-year-old Epps have been ice dancing together for a decade. “I can take…
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3 Charged With Selling Fake Jason Kelce Memorabilia
A South Philadelphia man has been charged with selling fake Jason Kelce memorabilia that includes his forged signature, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Jason Kelce’s popularity has meant that anything bearing the Haverford resident’s signature has become a highly sought-after commodity. But not everything with the former Philadelphia Eagle’s signature necessarily came from Kelce.…
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Philly Sports Fan in Glen Mills Gives Tour of His Eagles Memorabilia
Glen Mills resident Bill Messick is one of many Philly sports fans with a basement decorated to the nines in memorabilia, writes Zoe Rosenberg for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Messick, a dedicated Eagles fan, has collected souvenirs and keepsakes from all the games he’s attended, proudly putting them on display in his home. One of these…
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Two Chester County Golf Courses Named Best in the State
Two Chester County golf courses have been listed as some of the best throughout Pennsylvania for the 2024-2025 season, writes Ran Morrissett and course raters at GOLF. GOLF has over 100 expert panelists name the Top 100 Golf Courses in the U.S., as well as throughout the various states. Stonewall and Applebrook Golf Club secured…
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