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The Dark Side of Cricket

Johnny Goodtimes — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:53:27 +0000

As promised, international correspondent Duff is here to give you the sports we don’t usually talk about, just to give us a different look at things. Today he discusses the cricket scandal that hasn’t made waves here, but is a huge deal in Pakistan. It also goes to show you how much more Pakistan cares [...]

4 Reasons Why the Phillies Won’t Make the Playoffs

Johnny Goodtimes — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:22:41 +0000

by Michael Lalli Last week, Pat Gallen of Phillies Nation wrote a column entitled “Why the Phillies will make the playoffs again.” I’m not as confident as Mr. Gallen. Last year at this time, we led division by 6 games. Sitting here today at a half game up and in a dogfight for a playoff [...]

Tuesday Haiku

Johnny Goodtimes — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:14:56 +0000

Division lead could Be ours tonight! What? Blanton’s Pitching? Nevermind. (We’ll be back to non- haikus tomorrow. Promise.)

A 5-Minute Guide to 2010 Temple Football (OK, So Maybe 8 Minutes)

Johnny Goodtimes — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:45:55 +0000

by Michael Lalli Last night marked the start of the 2010 NCAA football season. Woo Hoo!!! Right? Admittedly, Philadelphia is not a college football town. We aren’t Ann Arbor, Madison or Gainesville. For most Philadelphians the onset of the college football season simply means the Eagles are starting soon. However, let us not forget we [...]

Why Did I Agree to Do This?

Johnny Goodtimes — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:49:32 +0000

by Aaron Hertzog When I saw they were looking for a few contributers to this site, I thought to myself “Hey, I like writing, I like sports, I’ve done this before, why not?” So I sent an email with some writing samples and said I’d like to write about basketball, since basketball is my favorite [...]

Did Gaby Sanchez Learn the Clothesline From Mr. Ass?

Johnny Goodtimes — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:52:09 +0000

Last night was billed as a matchup between Nyjer Morgan and Chris Volstad, but shortly after the fight began, Gaby Sanchez flew out of the locker room and connected on a vicious clothesline that has everyone talking. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think that Gaby learned his awesome clothesline from a certain Mr. [...]

Has Amaro Exorcised the Ghost of Cliff Lee?

Johnny Goodtimes — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:18:05 +0000

Today at 3:10 Roy Oswalt takes the hill for the Phils against the Dodgers. Oswalt has been nothing short of dominant since he joined the Phils. In 6 starts, he’s gone 3-1 with a 2.18 ERA. In his last 4 starts, he’s given up a grand total of 4 runs. Meanwhile, down in Texas, Philadelphia [...]

Is Eagles Rookie Responsible for Phils Landing Halladay?

Johnny Goodtimes — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:19:32 +0000

by Michael Lalli Thus far, 5th Round pick Riley Cooper has impressed at camp with his size, strength and catching ability. In fact, the 6’3” wide receiver from the University of Florida looks to be locked into the No. 4 WR slot over Hank Baskett and Kelley Washington. But haven’t we seen him before? Flash [...]

Meet the New Writers: Aaron Hertzog

Johnny Goodtimes — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:29:39 +0000

Aaron is gonna be our go-to Sixers guy. He is a local comedian who is in the Finals of Philly’s Funniest tonight at Helium. Aaron Hertzog has a degree in newspaper journalism from Temple University – which means absolutely nothing. In addition to having wasted money studying a near dead medium at an institute of [...]

Meet the New Writers: Michael “Jude” Hendricks

Johnny Goodtimes — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:06:45 +0000

This is the other Mike, who for the sake of less confusion we will call “Jude Newcomb”. Jude has written about baseball for several local blogs, and will be covering both the Phils and Eagles for us here. According to his twitter, he hates morons and douchebags. So we’re not sure he’s going to make [...]