UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; June 2, 2015 – A pair of standouts who were instrumental in helping Penn State post undefeated and championship seasons are among the candidates under consideration for the National Football Foundation’s College Hall of Fame. First-team All-Americans Kerry Collins and Steve Wisniewski have been selected for the national ballot for the […]
South Jersey Sports Facility Gets a New Look By Gabrielle Lacherza PHILADELPHIA (June 3, 2015) – Less than a half mile from the Philadelphia Soul’s front offices is where the coaches and team get their work done. This is the sixth season Nexxt Level Sports (333 Preston Ave, Voorhees, NJ) has been the Soul’s practice […]
Marty Barrett, Senior Scout After spending the previous 18 seasons with the Chicago Bears, Marty Barrett joins the Eagles as a senior scout during the 2015 offseason. He most recently served as the Bears’ director of college scouting from 2012-14. Barrett began his career with the New Orleans Saints as a west coast regional scout […]
The Philadelphia Eagles announced 2015 training camp will begin on Sunday, August 2 at the NovaCare Complex. For the third consecutive year, the majority of the training camp practices will be held at the NovaCare Complex and will be open to a limited number of Eagles season ticket members randomly selected from every section of […]
More than meets the eye to York Capitals’ Bearded Field General After blowout game against Lancaster QB EJ Nemeth was found signing autographs and running for pizza. I asked him for a picture and he stood back pizza in hand and smiled wide. As a new sports reporter I’d been warned about QBs. I was […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., June 1, 2015 – Just past the 100-day mark until college football returns, Phil Steele’s College Football Preview has announced its preseason All-America and All-Big Ten squads. Senior defensive tackle Anthony Zettel (West Branch, Mich.) headlined the group earning first-team All-America and first-team All-Big Ten, while nine total Nittany Lions earned spots on […]
On Saturday, Weatherford’s wife Laura gave birth to the couple’s fourth child and third daughter, Josie Jaclyn, in Southern California. Early this morning, the Giants’ punter was in a one-car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that left him, “very fortunate to be alive.”
It didn’t take Patrick Banning to get over the mourning process that all athletes endure when their season prematurely ends. The Neumann-Goretti 6-foot-2, 287-pound two-way lineman took a day off, after the Saints lost to Dunmore, 30-18, in the PIAA Class AA state quarterfinals. The following day, he was back in the weight room working on this coming 2015 season.
Last week the Eagles took USC wide receiver Nelson Agholor with the No. 20 pick in the 2015 NFL draft.
It was a solid pick. Agholor’s body of work at Southern Cal was outstanding, finishing his career with 179 catches for 2,571 yards and 20 touchdowns in 30 games, becoming just the 12th Trojan to notch 2,000 receiving yards in a career.
Nelson Agholor is a nice start. On a perfect spring night in the Windy City Mr. Agholor’s name was called in the first round, the fourth wide receiver drafted on the special night. Eventually two more wide receivers’ name would be called in the first round, making it a total of six new shiny toys for their respective teams to highlight and amalgamate into their scheme.
