Author’s note: As part of this Lent, I’m committed to sharing good news. Periodically, I’ll be publishing columns about things that I’m grateful for or that positively impact us — in addition to my columns on important policy issues. I begin with coaching softball, my passion of 26 years and […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Big Play Slay, we salute you
We got you, Big Play. It’s Slay. Not Darius. After what you’ve done for us — pick any name that you want. We owe you at least that much. Darius Slay can pick anything that he wants us to call him. Mr. Slay? Mr. Big Play? How about Super Bowl Champion Slay? […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: Go, Eagles, Go
When my family and I attended the parade just weeks ago, we stayed at a hotel near Chinatown the night before. In the morning, dozens and dozens of strangers wearing Eagles caps, ski hats, jerseys, hoodies, sweatshirts and countless versions of jackets ate together, helped each other find the creamer, […]
Beth Ann Rosica: School sports policies must be unequivocal to protect both girls and boys
PIAA’s unwillingness to make a strong, bold, and unequivocal statement is harming not only female athletes, but also transgender athletes.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: You hate us? We love that.
Eagles fans aren’t just loud. The love that they bring to their team rivals any of the best loyalties in modern sports anywhere. If you didn’t have an understanding of what that looked like before more than one million devoted Eagles souls packed the Benjamin Franklin Parkway last Friday around […]
Kyle Sammin: The Eagles are flying high. Will the city join them?
It’s a crazy thing about the current generation of Philly-area kids: they think our teams are supposed to be good. And more often than not, they’re right. It’s a marked change from the mindset of past generations of Philly sports fans. People my age were born into a city that […]
Local scientist and women’s advocate is a guest as Trump signs order outlawing boys in girls sports
Shannon Grady, a world class triathlete, sports scientist, and Delco native, advocated keeping boys and men out of girls and women’s sports long before it was the mainstream view. She appeared on a local TV program in 2021 and explained that Biden’s executive order was in direct conflict with Title […]
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: My Philly Snow Bowl bash
It was November of 1992 when my Dad took me to a local party in Philadelphia to see another epic matchup of Penn State vs. Notre Dame. In the previous decade , it had become one of the best matchups in all of college football. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Penn State […]