 The Flyers 2010-2011 regular season schedule has been annouced. To find out who the Flyers are playing, and when, click this link to the official Flyers website
http://flyers.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm?season=20102011&gameType=2
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 Jim Turner
Turnersportsdesk.com
August 18, 2010
I read an interesting blog item this morning while chugging a pot of coffee to get rid of that 9am feeling. The Bleacher Report’s, Ryan Davenport crafted an interesting argument on how signing free agent defenseman Willie Mitchell will make the Caps better.
I like Willie Mitchell but I do not think he can deliver what I call the “Fedorov effect” as ...
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 The offseason for the Flyers so far has been summed up by two simple words:
Simon Gagne
The fan favorite was traded for defenseman Matt Walker and a 4th round pick in the 2011 NHL draft. Even though most fans knew Gagne would be traded for cap space, the trade still struck a blow with fans. Not only was Gagne beloved by the citizens of the city of Philadelphia, but his performance while visibly in...
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 Outside the lines ran a story about the food in ballparks, stadiums and arenas lately. Which led me to think about all the times I have attended a game and just blindly trusted that the food I was consuming was safe? Watching the report just made my stomach turn, thinking about all the food in general I have eaten at games. While the report was a little controversial and seemed to b...
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 As we are nearing the start of training camp and the NFLseason, fans can’t help but have a small amount of worry in the back of theirminds. Because we all know that there is a labor issue at hand. Sure, theactual labor issue is not going to affect the next two seasons, but as a fan ofthe NFL you have to think about it. Everybody realizes that next season isgoing to be an un-capped season and contr...
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 The beautiful sideline reporter, Erin Andrews, has signed a new deal with ESPN.
Andrews, a fan favorite, started working for ESPN in 2004 covering the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. Since then she has expanded her roles, covering MLB games as well as All-Star Festivities, and being the main attraction on the sidelines of ESPN College Football games.
Fans will now be able to see even more of the leggy r...
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 [Guest Writer: Sean Udicious]
Well, it was a fun run. The Flyers, going into playoffs as a number 7 seed, helped exorcise the demons of the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals, defeating the New Jersey Devils to move on to the second round. Then, the Flyers pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, coming back from a 3-0 deficit to win the series 4 games to 3 over the Bosto...
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 Jim Turner
Turnersportsdesk.com
July 7, 2010
World News:
World Cup run ends for USA– The United States playedtheir guts out even with some bad calls but in the end Ghana proved too much. My personalobservation was that Ghanahad their best athletes who grew up playing/loving soccer and it showed. Ibelieve the US will farebetter in the World Cup when the US cares enough abou...
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 John MacLean has been named the new head coach of the New Jersey Devils.
MacLean was a Devils assistant coach for seven years before becoming the head coach of the teams minor league team in Lowell, MA. He had been passed over when the team hired new head coaches, Brent Sutter in 2007 and then again when Jacques Lemaire returned.
This time, with the experience of being a head coach under his belt...
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 The city of Chicago has seen its share of hard times. In 1871 they had a massive fire that lasted for days. It destroyed everything in it's wake. The city rebuilt though and once again became a prominent destination in the United States. Both economically and competitively.
They have had sports teams struggle in mediocrity and succeed to the heights of their profession. Among their teams, are the...
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