Armed with a great smile and a...
Feb 22, 2021
After a severely challenging, COVID-hampered
2020, it wasn't altogether surprising to hear NBA Commissioner Adam
Silver openly muse with reporters at year's end about the potential
for adding a new franchise or two to help shore up the league's
finances.
"I'd say it's caused us to maybe dust off some
of the analyses...
Feb 15, 2021
We continue our dogged pursuit
of the history of baseball's Negro Leagues with a stop this week in
the suburban Philadelphia borough of Darby, PA - for a look at the
famed Hilldale Club with SABR Seymour Medal-winning historian Neil
Lanctot ("Fair Dealing and Clean Playing: The Hilldale Club
and the Development of Black...
Feb 8, 2021
Philadelphia's dean of baseball
writers Rich Westcott ("The Mogul: Eddie Gottlieb, Philadelphia
Sports Legend and Pro Basketball Pioneer") steps outside
the batter's box this week to help us go deep into the story of one
of pro basketball's most foundational figures, Eddie
Gottlieb.
Feb 1, 2021
Author Geoff Williams (C.C.
Pyle's Amazing Foot Race: The True Story of the 1928 Coast-to-Coast
Run Across America) joins for the stranger-than-fiction
story of the cross-country long-distance running event/endurance
contest that only the Roarin' 20s could have spawned.
On March 4, 1928, a motley
assortment of nearly...