Flyers have no cap room for improvement
(NOTE: This story has been edited to correct information about offer sheets. Previously, it was stated that Nolan Patrick would be eligible for an offer sheet. Patrick has not played enough career games to...
The 2020 Eagles are anything but slow
By Al Thompson
South Philly Review
The 2020 Philadelphia Eagles can be described with one word, fast. That is the undeniable first impression you get when you watch an Eagles practice.
The Birds used the 2020 draft...
Opportunity slipped past Flyers
A few years from now, the 2019-20 Philadelphia Flyers season will be remembered as a strange time of hockey played in empty buildings after a five-month break in the midst of a pandemic.
It will...
As Giroux’s playoff struggles continue, Flyers need to find another answer
The captain of the hockey team gets the most eyeballs.
He’s the first one to lift the Cup and the first one to take the heat when a team fails. It’s a high-pressure position that...
Youth sports organizations receive grant for field upgrades
The grass will be a little bit greener when it’s time to play ball.
The youth athletic fields in South Philadelphia along Packer Avenue have been in need of upgrades in several areas. So its...
Rookie wide receiver Jalen Reagor is not lacking confidence
By Al Thompson
If you watch Eagles first-round pick Jalen Reagor, a wide receiver out of TCU, on the practice field or in front of 35 reporters on a video conference, you will notice one...
A rivalry renewed: Flyers and Islanders meet in playoffs for first time in 33...
Hockey isn’t usually poetic.
But for the last three decades, the Philadelphia Flyers’s relationship to the New York Islanders can be simply described as just “ships that pass in the night.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
In...
Darius Slay wants to share his experience and help the Eagles win
By Al Thompson
When a three-time NFL Pro Bowl player joins a team, no doubt there are players who will want to pick his brain to see how he was selected to be an all-star...
Flyers getting by on ugly wins … for now
It hasn’t been pretty, but it was never supposed to be.
Playoff hockey isn’t flowers. It’s dirt.
It’s not wind chimes. It’s the chilling wind.
Playoff hockey is played by hulking, bearded men who take great pleasure...
Flyers need to take Price, Canadiens seriously
Just after the calendar flipped to this strange year we call 2020, the Philadelphia Flyers were right around where everyone expected them to be.
It was Jan. 7, and the Flyers had salvaged a point...