On the beat

      In the 152-year history of major league baseball, only 23 pitchers have achieved perfection.       Neshaminy High School graduate Len Barker belongs to that elite fraternity.       Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of this […]

Christmas in April? Well, May, June and July, too. You see, the Flyers Alumni objective to provide a bicycle for 5-year-old special needs child Lucy Brooks of Springfield, Pa. for the holiday last December was […]

We’ve already watched Sarah Thomas work as a sideline official for this year’s Super Bowl and as many as seven female referees be employed by the National Basketball Association. Which begs the question: What’s taking […]

      If Bobby Clarke was the heart and soul of the Flyers’ pair of 1970s Stanley Cup champions, then Joe Watson was their voice and conscience.       Clarke, 24 when the Flyers won their […]

Playing on a rink next to Lake Tahoe with deer, trees and mountains as a backdrop, the Flyers knew Sunday’s game (which will now start at 7:30 p.m. instead of 2 p.m.)  against the Bruins […]

Since the Flyers are playing Sunday’s game on the 18th hole of a Lake Tahoe golf course, let’s put it this way: Facing the Boston Bruins without Claude Giroux, Jake Voracek, Travis Konecny & Co., […]

Let the games begin. Those would be the matches involving the Flyers against the New York Rangers on Thursday night and the Boston Bruins on Sunday in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. There were some questions about […]

As important as it was to Ed Snider to help youth with the game of hockey, it was even more imperative to assist kids in the game of life. That’s why the late Flyers founder […]

Having your Flyers’ captaincy compared to that of Dave Poulin’s might be close to the best honor one can achieve. Especially when such praise emanates from the only leader ranked higher than Poulin, namely Hall […]