Finding Comfort In The Failure Of Other Cities
Not only has the last year or two in Philadelphia sports been pretty terrible, it seems like there's always a new reminder of just how terrible it's been.
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Not only has the last year or two in Philadelphia sports been pretty terrible, it seems like there's always a new reminder of just how terrible it's been.
After an 0-3 start, the Flyers fired Laviolette and replaced him with Craig Berube. The former Flyer served as an assistant under Laviolette, and described what he believes needs to change for the team to get back on the winning track.
Flyers coach Peter Laviolette, has been fired and will be replaced by Craig Berube, according to reports.
The Flyers fell to 0-3 on the young season after a 2-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes Sunday.
It's the morning after the Flyers opener, and it's hard to find anything to be excited about.
You would figure the Toronto Maple Leafs would be skating with heavy legs, after opening their season with an emotionally draining victory in Montreal the previous night. And for most of the Flyers' season opener against the Maple Leafs Wednesday night, that's the way it looked.
Steve Mason will start in goal for the Flyers in tonight's opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team announced vai their Instgram account on Wednesday.
The Phillies finished what was expected to be a promising season losing 89 games and finishing 23 games behind first-place Atlanta. The Eagles were just throttled by the Denver Broncos, giving up the most points in a game since 1972, and don't seem to be heading toward the post-season (though the NFC East could make it interesting). We know what the Sixers will bring and the theme of their season—losing on their way to [Andrew] Wiggins.
The NHL season hasn't even started yet, and Peter Laviolette is on the hot seat.
Alex Ovechkin and Eric Fehr each scored twice to power the Washington Capitals to a 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night in a preseason game that included five fights.
Damien Brunner, Steve Bernier, Dainus Zubrus and Michael Ryder scored and the New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.
The Flyers got with 2-1 when defenseman Kimmo Timonen scored on the power play at 18:29 of the third period.
The Flyers will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their first Stanley Cup this season. For a franchise that loves to honor their past like few others in sports, the Broad Street Bullies tributes will be a fun reminder of what it can be like to win a championship in Philly. But this year's Flyers will settle for a postseason berth — and see if this rebuilt roster can actually get them to June.
It would be an understatement to say that the last couple of years have been forgettable in Philadelphia sports. Bryzgalov and Bynum highlighted the Flyers and Sixers timelines for all of the wrong reasons, the Eagles fell apart to an extent we may have deemed unbelievable five years ago, and the Phillies have gone from the league's elite, to one of the most questioned front offices in all of baseball.
The Flyers say they have signed forward Matt Read to a four-year, $14.5 million contract extension.
