Sports
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Philadelphia’s Championship Team This Year Could be Chester’s Philadelphia Union Soccer Team
With the Supporter’s Shield win, the Philadelphia Union soccer team in Chester are legitimately Major League Soccer’s regular season champions, writes Jon Marks for section215.com. That may be the best it’s going to get for Philadelphia’s sports teams in 2020. Being the best during the regular season doesn’t have much traction in other American sports,…
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Philadelphia Union Savors Supporters’ Shield Win as YSC Academy Player Model Yields Results
The Philadelphia Union soccer team has every intention of winning the MLS Cup when the Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs begin. Meanwhile, greet your 2020 Supporters’ Shield winners, writes Charles Boehm for missoccer.com. The Supporters’ Shield goes to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular season record. The team’s savoring the win, the…
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COVID Grounds Bonner-Prendergast Friars, Knocking Them Out of the PIAA Football Playoffs
This time they really had a shot. The Friars, Bonner Prendergast’s football team, had two of their best practices of the season and were ready to take on Upper Moreland in the District 1-12 Class 4A regional playoffs, writes Terry Toohey for papreplive.com. Then a Bonner-Prendergast play tested positive for COVD-19 and the Friars had…
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As College Football Gears Up, Penn State Gives a Preview Of What the Season Will Look Like for Fans
Penn State’s Athletics Director of Marketing PJ Mullen has his work cut out for him this football season, writes Frankie Marzano for onwardstate.com. Mullen, from Media Borough, makes sure there’s a great show and lots of support for fans and players when there’s a LIttany Lions game at Beaver Stadium and the Bryce Jordan Center.…
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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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Former Upper Darby High Physical Education Teacher and Olympian Dianne R. Fischer Dies at 77
A former 32-year physical education teacher at Upper Darby High School who played for the U.S. Olympic Field Hockey team has died, reports capegazette.com. Dianne R. Fischer died Oct. 25 at her Lewes, Del. home. She was 77. Born Aug. 19, 1943 in Darby, she attended Upper Darby High School and was an excellent athlete,…
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Philadelphia Union Welcomes Back Fans to Subaru Park in Chester as Live Attendance Games Resume
They’re not made of cardboard any more. The fans have returned to Subaru Park stadium in Chester as the Philadelphia Union soccer team opened up its games Oct. 11 to limited crowds, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s the first of five live-attendance home games. The Union was the first Philly pro…
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Philadelphia Outsider, Donald Ross, Created Aronimink’s ‘Bathroom Sink’ Style Golf Course
Philadelphia has more than its share of classic golf courses,, writes Andy Johnson for pga.com. But only one architect, Donald Ross, is an outsider. He built Aronimink Golf Club in 1928. After the Newtown Square course was restored in 2016 by Hanse Golf Course Design, it re-established itself as one of the finest courses in…
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Potential Heart Condition Kept Langston Wilson Off the Court in High School. Now the Offers Are Pouring In.
Langston Wilson could only watch through tears while his fellow basketball teammates at Bonner-Prendergast improved their game and went on to earn scholarships, writes Aaron Carter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Langston shared a gene with his father, Ron Wilson, center for Villanova in 1995 that left him vulnerable to Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder…
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High School Fall Sports Are Back in Radnor, With Masks
Masks are now a popular topic for the Radnor girls soccer team, writes Matthew DeGeorge for the Daily Times. Cloth ones don’t work great. Heavy fabric masks and non-adjustable straps won’t stay in place and collect sweat. Surgical masks are OK, as long as you can swap them out mid-game. In the world of COVID,…
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DELCO Today’s Weekend Warrior Wins National Championship with His Semi-Pro Lacrosse Team
DELCO Today is many things. It’s an online celebration of Delaware County. It’s a vehicle for creative storytelling and an advocate for the small business community. You might even say that DELCO Today, with its focus on the positive and upbeat, is a mindset. Now, it’s also the home of a lacrosse champion. Mitchell Phillips,…
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Former Radnor High Golfer Competes in ShopRite LPGA Classic
Brynn Walker, who competed in the ShopRite LPGA Classic qualifier six times, including in her senior season at Radnor High School, will compete next month in the Classic tournament,writes Patrick Mulranen for pressofatlanticcity.com. Walker, a senior on the women’s team at the University of North Carolina, has competed in the ShopRite LPGA Classic twice. “…
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Havertown Filmmaker Mike Tollin Working on Former Phillies Dick Allen Documentary
Mike Tollin, a Phillies fan from Havertown going back to 1964, first met Dick Allen in 1977 when he was a college radio station reporter trying to get a post-game interview, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Allen initially brushed off Tollin’s “silly question” but invited him to sit down and have a beer…
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DELCO Golf: The PGA Wants Golfers to Feel Good, More Relaxed When Teeing it Forward
By Rick Woelfel It’s no secret that golf can be an exercise in frustration. But golfers add to their frustrations if they play a longer golf course than they should; i.e. from tees that make the course play too long for their ability level. Moving up to a forward set of tees offers a golfer…
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Mike Jensen: Jay Wright May Be the Right Man for the Sixers But Are They the Right Team for Him?
Even if the Sixers ownership could come up with a strong offer for Villanova head coach Jay Wright that doesn’t mean he would take the job, writes Mike Jensen in an opinion column for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Last year, everyone thought Wright would be the new coach for the Knicks but that didn’t happen. So…
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St. Joseph’s University Is Preparing Students to Enter Growing Billion-Dollar Esports Industry
St. Joseph’s University is preparing its students to enter a growing billion-dollar esports industry with the launch of its new esports class and club, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The program will debut this fall. The goal is to engage the latest generation of students and get them ready for a career…
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Verdict Still Out on When Central League Fall Sports Will Start
School fall sports is kind of in limbo, as county health departments advise delaying the season while the PIAA announces it will allow individual school districts and leagues to move forward. Central League athletes are understandably confused, writes Terry Toohey for papreplive.com. For its part, the 12 teams of the Central League schools out of…
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‘Dogs of Ben’ Cheer on Philadelphia Union in Cutout Form at Tuesday’s First Union Home Game
Man’s Best Friend will be in the stands in cutout form for the Philadelphia Union’s first home game of the season Tuesday, writes Jonathan Abraham for brotherlygame.com. Cardboard cutouts of the adoptable canines will be the guest of The Philadelphia Union and Subaru of America, Inc. with the hope of finding these dogs a new…
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