The draft is over and I sense that Eagles fans are mostly satisfied with the job that Howie Roseman and company did this year. 10 observations: 1) A few years ago, we all asked ourselves a simple...
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Watching the Phillies tee off on San Diego workhorse starting pitcher Joe Musgrove during their 9-3 win over the Padres on Friday brought back memories of manager Rob Thomson telling WIP’s Howa...
The Philadelphia Phillies play their first game on the west coast in 2024 on Friday night against the San Diego Padres. The Phils are the slightest of favorites with Aaron Nola on the mound again...
Malik your dream of making the NFL just came true! Show us how excited you are! Malik Nabers has arrived 🤝 pic.twitter.com/TLyffUIMAG — New York Giants (@Giants) April 26, 2024 If I had to r...
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The tape don’t lie. Knicks fans haven’t stopped complaining all day that Joel Embiid injured Mitchell Robinson. Now we can put that rumor to bed: Knicks C Mitchell Robinson left the arena in ...
It’s funny to me that New Yorkers and Philadelphians, two fanbases that think they’re the toughest sons of bitches in this country, is becoming the “Crybaby Series”. We’re bitching and ...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/the-knicks-have-joined-the-crybaby-series.html
I love that Micah Parsons does these drafts every year so we can see in real-time how a Dallas Cowboys player reacts when they remember there are competent GMs out there. We had it last year with...
Joel Embiid just scored 50 points on one leg and a slightly paralyzed face: ESPN Sources: Sixers star Joel Embiid has been treated for a mild case of Bell’s Palsey for the past week. The condit...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/joel-embiid-has-been-diagnosed-with-bells-palsy.html
Joel Embiid 50 burger in Game 3: Joel Embiid – 50 PTS (playoff career high) – 8 REB– 13/19 FG– 19/21 FT pic.twitter.com/HP3Y92Ar82 — Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) April 26, 2024 EMBII...
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Dudes rule: pic.twitter.com/0sU4ps8QF0 — Bob Wankel (@Bob_Wankel) April 25, 2024 The “GOT HIM!” makes me crack up every single time I re-watch this. Just a bunch of guys being dudes! The Ph...
Call Game 3 whatever you want, must-win, can’t-lose, but the expectation is the Philadelphia 76ers get on the board against the New York Knicks. The Sixers are a 5.5-point favorite at home on P...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/sixers-5-5-favored-to-win-game-3-against-knicks.html
I was sitting here minding my own business just watching ESPN waiting for the Phillies to start when all of a sudden Tim Bontemps comes on the screen and says Jalen Brunson, out of nowhere, took ...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/jalen-brunson-just-made-this-series-personal.html
Gabriel Rincones Jr. smoked a ball out of the Reading Phils ballpark and over the highway on Wednesday that rolled to around 506 feet: Camerawork is not great, but Gabriel Rincones Jr just absolu...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/phillies-prospect-hits-an-estimated-506-foot-home-run.html
When the Phillies signed Spencer Turnbull to a one-year, $2 million contract on Valentine’s Day, they weren’t expecting anyone to be struck by one of Cupid’s arrows. But time has made the h...
Jalen Brunson was asked about Sixers fans being upset with Villanova basketball’s Twitter post after a heartbreaking loss. Here’s what he said: “In their eyes, we’re not a Philly school. ...
Pablo Torre was on the Dan LeBatard show talking about the Sixers 2-0 start and how Joel Embiid needs to step up in big games: “Joel Embiid needs to step up in a big game…I’m tired of being...
Now that we’ve had time to process the end of Game 2, it’s time to build the positivity back up for the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers enter Game 3 anywhere from +350 to +370 to beat the New ...
Its going to be a massacre tomorrow at the hands of the Sixers: Tyrese Maxey was watching The Red Wedding episode of Game of Thrones when he found out he won the NBA’s Most Improved Player awar...
Jerry Jones is the gift that keeps on giving: Jerry Jones said they are going to have to diminish the supporting cast around Dak Prescott. But he is going to be the quarterback for the Dallas Cow...
A great welterweight bout took place Tuesday as we had Kyle Neubeck fighting out of the PHLY corner and Howard Eskin in the WIP corner. It all started with this tweet: In 20 years Howard will pre...
Howie Roseman only wants DAWGS! According to Dan Graziano at ESPN he’s heard from others around the league that the Eagles want to trade up for a receiver tomorrow. Specifically Brock Bowers: P...
It’s time to take a much-needed breather from the Sixers and focus on the Philadelphia Phillies: Welcome back, Kody!#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/7zq2oBvny9 — Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies)...
Isaiah Rodgers has been reinstated by the NFL: The NFL reinstated Philadelphia’s Isaiah Rodgers, who was suspended for the 2023 season for violating the NFL’s gambling policy. He may particip...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/the-nfl-has-reinstated-isaiah-rodgers.html
The Flyers will have their goalie tandem locked up for next year: Ivan Fedotov agrees to 2 year extension with the @NHLFlyers. $3.25 mil AAV. — Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) April 23, 2024 Fedo...
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Kate Scott with the classic announcer’s jinx at the end of Game 2. With 45 seconds left she said, “Stay tuned. Postgame Live is going to be fun!” The critical Game Two sequences brought to ...
Here’s the best angle from last night of Nick Nurse calling timeout while Tyrese Maxey is on the floor: My cousins perspective from court side (Via omar.szn IG) pic.twitter.com/ZcSONvts2D — M...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/good-morning-nick-nurse-still-called-timeout.html
That sucked. The series is over. It feels like we just put the family dog down. We’ll always have the start of the season and those eight games in April to look back on. I mean the Sixers didn�...
Now I’m not going to do, what everyone thinks I’m going to do, and freak out. All I want to know is who’s coming with me? DOLLAR HOT DOG NIGHT – April 30 💵🌭⚾ 🎟️👉 https://t...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/the-mets-are-doing-a-dollar-dog-night.html
Joel Embiid was at shoot around this morning and was wearing sunglasses on the bench. Why is that weird? Because he’s had sunglasses on in public since Saturday night: Sixers shootaround is now...
The Philadelphia 76ers head into Monday’s Game 2 against the New York Knicks as a 5.5-point underdog PA sportsbooks or New Jersey online sports betting. That number seems right on point as of...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/sixers-are-5-5-point-underdog-for-game-2-against-knicks.html
Great interview on Nasty Knuckles with Frank Seravalli. The conversation starts at 24:00 and gives some insight into the Flyers unhappy locker room, the power dynamic, and why Seravalli thinks To...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/nhl-insider-says-torts-is-the-worst-coach-for-the-flyers.html
France vs. Joel Embiid was not the storyline I had pegged in April during the NBA playoffs, but it’s been on fire. Get a load of the Human Teabag Fred Weis’ comments via Eurohoops.net: Freder...
Stephen A. Smith will be in The Garden on Monday for Game 2: “Guess where I’ll be Monday night? Game 2…I’m at the Garden baby! I’m at the Garden. I’m coming home to join y’all” �...
According to Adam Schefter at ESPN Howie Roseman is dialing around the league apparently to see if he can move up in the draft on Thursday: Eagles general manager Howie Roseman has a history of�...
I love this shit! Now would a team with a rich playoff history act like this? Absolutely not. But this is what is going to make this series into an instant classic. Knicks fans shutting down the ...
Before Saturday’s 9-5 win over the Chicago White Sox, I asked Phillies manager Rob Thomson about how he has to manage his bullpen usage when he’s getting such great outings out of his startin...
In the aftermath of the Philadelphia 76ers’ 111-104 Game 1 loss against the Knicks, one play above all others captured the promise and the peril of this team’s playoff run. It came deep in th...
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ICYMI Kelly Oubre took a shot at the Knicks celebrity row during his press conference Friday: Kelly Oubre is excited for the opportunity to play at Madison Square Garden, praising the fans’ app...
Imagine if Torts just went into the offseason without delivering one last press conference moment for Flyers fans to remember. It was never going to happen. He called a former player of his, Bran...
Just because the Philadelphia Flyers are not in the Stanley Cup Playoffs doesn’t mean you should avoid the hockey postseason. In fact, there’s a good chance the hockey playoffs are far more e...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/a-look-at-the-stanley-cup-playoffs-first-round.html
If you’re a Sixers fan in New York do me a favor and make the Knicks pay for giving us the location of their playoff phone booth. This is located outside the Kith store on the corner of Bleecke...
Jalen Hurts just donated $200k worth of air conditioning to 10 Philadelphia schools via Kristin Hunt at PhillyVoice: Jalen Hurts will fund air conditioning at 10 city schools, the School District...
AJ Brown changed his profile picture to Tom Brady and as is the case when AJ Brown does anything on social media the sports world loses it’s collective mind: TB12 is my favorite player ever. I ...
The Philadelphia 76ers unsurprisingly opened as a series favorite over the New York Knicks, -110 to -130 at sportsbook apps in NJ and PA sports betting apps. The odds makers listed the Sixers as ...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/sixers-open-as-slight-series-favorite-against-knicks.html
It wouldn’t be the Sixers without someone ruining the vibes of a gutsy comeback win with a burner. This account, @JimmySmits3273, had people wondering if it was Tobias Harris or someone closely...
This is making the rounds right now. Paul Reed was on FanDuel’s “Run It Back” show, where he was asked about playing the Knicks: “We ain’t ducking no smoke, but yeah we wanted the #Knic...
This is good: Nico Batum said postgame he was able to block Tyler Herro’s 3 in the clutch because the Sixers coaching staff showed him the exact the play the Heat ended up running just a minute...
Garrett Stubbs did his best to sell people on the Phillies City Connect jerseys on the Foul Territory show, calling the squad a “sexy beer league team” and hoping they’d grow on fans. But h...
Believe it or not, the New York Mets are now 10-8 after ripping off six wins in their last seven games. Apparently some dude started showing up looking like the Caucasian version of WWF’s The G...
Tobias Harris started but only played 33 minutes in the Sixers’ 105-104 play-in win against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Asked why his 39 million dollar player spent the end of the game o...
At some point, recognition needs to be made that Cristopher Sanchez is not just another arm. At some point, it needs to be recognized that he has an elite change up and that as long as he throws ...
The Nic Batum game. Get this over to Old Takes Exposed immediately: 4th quarter yelling why the fuck batum in gotta be craziest NBA bar of all time pic.twitter.com/3t05vXheOm — PROPTIMUS PRIME ...
Complete game shutouts don’t happen very often in baseball anymore. In 2023 there were 21 total. Houston’s Framber Valdez and the Yankees Gerrit Cole led the majors with two each. By comparis...
Jalen Hurts spoke to the media on Thursday. This quote stood out: Jalen Hurts on having yet another new OC/Play-caller: “I find myself in a situation very similar to college in terms of having ...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/jalen-hurts-is-currently-in-sponge-mode.html
What a headline. Honestly in 2024 it’s not even the top-100 craziest of the year. But yes Jason Kelce lost his Super Bowl ring in a chili pool during a New Heights event in Cincinnati: New Heig...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/jason-kelce-lost-his-super-bowl-ring-in-a-pool-of-chili.html
What a night! I appreciate everyone who came out to the Dollar Dog Night tailgate and everyone who donated after. We tripled our goal, raising close to $1,500 currently. You can still Venmo here ...
The Philadelphia 76ers are the biggest favorite in the NBA play-in round. It makes sense, because at full strength, they’re closer to the second or third-best team in the Eastern Conference tha...
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The Flyers are doing exit interviews on Thursday, and captain Sean Couturier was asked if he feels like his benching could have been handled better, by him, Torts, or anyone really: “I’ve tri...
At ESPN, there’s a triple byline story from Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham, and Jeremy Fowler titled ‘Voted off the island’: Inside Bill Belichick’s failed job hunt. The Eagles are m...
WIP ran this poll Tuesday. Anybody who voted yes is a dweeb: The poll results should be 0% for yes and 100% for no. Why? Because if you’re scared of anybody or anything, you’re a pussy. Furth...
https://www.crossingbroad.com/2024/04/if-were-scared-of-jimmy-butler-we-are-softer-than-charmin.html