Sports is a powerful tool for grassroots empowerment. A Philly basketball coach made it her focus
Beulah Osueke’s outreach is showing how sports can be a grassroots tool for empowerment and teaching life lessons.
Beulah Osueke’s outreach is showing how sports can be a grassroots tool for empowerment and teaching life lessons.
Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy called the tush push "bad for the game," and submitted a proposal to ban the play, which NFL owners could vote on when they meet next month in Florida.
Membership in the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association has risen from 14 teams a decade ago to over 50 schools representing over 1,200 athletes, including Duquesne, which made its debut earlier this month. The NCAA labeled “acro” an emerging sport in 2020.
Barkley finished with a modest 57 yards rushing in the Eagles' 40-22 win over Kansas City in the Super Bowl — a paltry number for an elite running back who posted seven touchdown runs of 60-plus yards this season — but the total was enough to set the NFL single-season rushing record, postseason included, topping the mark of 2,476 yards set by Terrell Davis.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score on a tush push to earn Super Bowl MVP honors, and Vic Fangio's defense was so dominant that the Eagles didn't need much from running back Saquon Barkley in a route that few saw coming.
From the promise of a big game from Lehigh Valley native Saquon Barkley, to seeing that big Chiefs fan Taylor Swift, to Big Dom, to President Trump’s reaction if the Eagles win, there are plenty of reasons for non-football fans to care about Super Bowl LIX.
The Philadelphia Eagles are one win away from returning to the Super Bowl for the third time in the last seven seasons. They’ll face the Washington Commanders in the NFC title game Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.
From improbable comebacks, to dominant players destined for the WNBA, to exciting rookies, Pennsylvania’s women’s college basketball teams have been giving fans plenty to cheer about so far this season.
An Eagles fan lost his job after being captured on video hurling vile insults at a female Green Bay Packers fan at the Linc last Sunday. An entire fan base shouldn’t have to answer for his hate-fueled actions.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sunday that multiple council members had confirmed the change in plans. The team has struck a deal with Comcast Spectacor to remain in the city's sports stadium district, the newspaper said, but further details about the new proposal have not been released.