Mike Sielski
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Husband, dad, author, sports columnist for @PhillyInquirer , co-host on @SportsRadioWIP , persona non grata at your local Wawa.
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It’s humbling to listen to Jason Kelce’s retirement speech and know he’s a better writer than anyone who has covered him.
#Eagles
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To any young reporters out there, don’t let anyone tell you that “being there” doesn’t matter.
#Eagles
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Joe Flacco was named NFL Comeback Player of the Year over Damar Hamlin. Which only goes to show that, in pro football, returning to play after standing at the brink of death is less impressive than leading the Cleveland
#Browns
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Bryce Harper struck out a second time, and there were boos. Just sayin'. There were boos.
#Phillies
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The day after Kobe Bryant died, I got an email with video of his first high school game. I can only describe what happened next as a miracle. Here's the story of how Kobe's death brought a friend I should've known better back to life:
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Someone from the
#Eagles
should have to explain, in detail, why you would throw deep to a covered Quez Watkins when you're up by four and moving the ball with eight minutes left.
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"He sent the punt team out. Then he comes up on the sideline and says, ‘F--- that. We’re going for it.’"
-- Jason Kelce, on Nick Sirianni's decision to go for it on 4th-and-1 from the
#Eagles
' 26.
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Please give a good thought and send a prayer to the family of longtime
@PhillyDailyNews
sports columnist John Smallwood, who died today after a long illness. John was a wonderful person and colleague, generous and gracious. He was 55. RIP.
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Not often that a 28-year-old journeyman hits a home run in his first major-league at-bat, with his father in the stands to see it … and kinda gets upstaged.
#Phillies
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Thread: Here's a quick anecdote that tells you everything you need to know about the kind of person Charlie Manuel is. Immediately after the
#Phillies
beat the
#Nationals
in Sept. '08 to clinch the NL East title, Charlie stayed in his office, watching his players & coaches ...
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The
#Sixers
lost more than a playoff game tonight. They lost any benefit of the doubt. They lost the excuses that Joel Embiid is hurt & Ben Simmons’ shooting is irrelevant & Tobias Harris is a max player. They lost everyone except their most sycophantic fans.
They lost the city.
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A column on Bill Lyon, the best of us. I love you, sir. RIP.
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My grandmother, off-the-boat Irish, died three years ago. She loved football, and her favorite player was Franco Harris.
Thing is, she loved him because, for the longest time, she thought his name was Frank O’Harris.
True story. RIP to two of the greats.
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#Eagles
source tells me that the key difference between Matt Patricia and Sean Desai is that, if an defensive player makes a mistake, Patricia will remove the No. 2 pencil from his ear and throw it, shuriken-style, at the player's neck, killing him instantly.
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Just spoke to Michael Lorenzen's mom, Cheryl. She told me she had been planning to fly home to Anaheim today, only to change her plans when she realized she'd miss the chance to see him pitch if she boarded the plane. Column coming.
#Phillies
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A fitting ending. Nice running catch by Brandon Marsh. That fly ball would have hit Odubel Herrera in the face.
#Phillies
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True story: When I cold-called
@CherylLorenzen
last night for this column, I was surprised she answered her phone. I asked her why she did. "I saw the number was from Philadelphia," she said. "So I figured it must be important."
#Phillies
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True then. True now. True forever.
If you try, if you really try, Philadelphia will love you.
#Phillies
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#Eagles
tackle Jordan Mailata: “Losses will always expose the foundation of a team. If a sense of accountability isn’t there from the team as a whole when we watch that film, then f---, we’ve just wasted a whole season.”
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If you think Taijuan Walker is a particularly bad
#Phillies
pitcher, I’m gonna guess you didn’t watch many Phillies games between 1985 and 2021.
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This story reminds me of something Dave Coskey, the former marketing director of the
#Sixers
, once said: "Most pro athletes are a--holes who want you to think they're good guys. Charles Barkley is a good guy who wants you to think he's an a--hole."
After Charles Barkley’s mother passed away, a cat litter scientist from Iowa showed up at the funeral.
“Everybody’s, like, ‘Who’s the Asian dude over there?’ “ Barkley recalls. “I said, ‘That’s my boy, Lin.’ "
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I-95, which tormented Philadelphia drivers for decades with its endless construction and traffic delays, pothole-riven surface, and narrow lanes, died Sunday when a section of it melted during a truck fire. It was 66.
In a short briefing Sunday morning, officials urged drivers to avoid I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia.
“I-95 will be impacted for a long time, for a long time,” said Philadelphia Managing Director Tumar Alexander.
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Usually, a playoff game this one-sided will cause viewers to lose interest. But I suspect the prospect of seeing Jerry Jones’ face melt on live TV will keep people watching.
#GBvsDAL
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No one is every ready for Delco.
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Approached Jeffrey Lurie as he came off the elevator after the game.
“How you doing?” he said.
Asked him for comment. He shook his head no and kept walking.
#Eagles
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There is no reason, none, that the
#Eagles
couldn't have run this style of offense with Carson Wentz as quarterback. I'm not saying it would have made Wentz better, but it would have minimized the damage he did with his poor play.
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Jeffrey Lurie just said Nate Sudfeld was "unstoppable" in his NFL debut, a meaningless 6-0 loss to the Cowboys on New Year's 2017, and I'm wondering what planet I'm on.
#Eagles
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Just my $.02, but that series turned on Bryson Stott’s third-inning at bat in Game 3. He fouls off four two-strike pitches, wears down Strider, laces that RBI double. It was all
#Phillies
from that moment on.
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The number of people who don’t understand what my job is never fails to stun me. Jalen gives the same answer about the opposing team, no matter who the team is. Why would I ask him about the Bills?
#Eagles
Jalen Hurts asked if he watches film of other QB’s in the league, and adapts his game off of it:
“I’m waiting on a Bills question at this point.”
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BREAKING: With
#Eagles
poised to sign DeMarco Murray, Governor Chris Christie closes all lanes on New Jersey side of Walt Whitman Bridge.
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"Orlando Arcia cackled emphatically about Harper's misfortune, bellowing, 'Ha-ha, atta-boy, Harper!' repeatedly as reporters circled the room."
Pro tip, Orlando: If there are reporters circling the room, anything you say is fair game. We're not your teammates.
#Phillies
#Braves
Braves players, Atlanta media defend Orlando Arcia’s comments, scold reporter: ‘The clubhouse is a sanctuary’
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Alain Vigneault isn’t the issue.
Scott Gordon wasn’t the issue.
Dave Hakstol wasn’t the issue.
Craig Berube wasn’t the issue.
Peter Laviolette wasn’t the issue.
The
#Flyers
went all in for too long, overpaid their two stars, & ditched their rebuild too quickly. And here we are.
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I'm sorry, but this is just wrong. Reporters were in the clubhouse at a time designed for reporters to be in the clubhouse. In such situations, EVERYTHING is presumed to be on the record unless an individual & reporter agree *between themselves* to go off the record.
Will send sound out but the bottom line regarding the Orlando Arcia quote:
He, along with many other Braves players, did not know what was being said in the locker room at that time was on the record. The media and players have a trust about what is on the record and what is
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Source: Yamamoto will be at the TGI Friday's on City Avenue in Philly tomorrow night with Bryce Harper. And Allen Iverson. And Matt Geiger.
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Of course the
#Eagles
should acquire Josh Gordon. This is a franchise that hasn't won a Super Bowl in seven months and needs to start showing some urgency and desperation. My column:
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The
#Eagles
beat Vince Lombardi and Bill Belichick for their last two championships. Say what you want, but when they win, they earn it.
#SuperBowl
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There was a time that
@NBCSPhilly
seemed poised to become, by a wide margin, the dominant sports media entity in Philadelphia. There are still great people/pros who work there. But what's happening there today is sickening, & what happened there over time has been disappointing.
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Hi,
@howardeskin
. Next time, please feel free to include me in a tweet about me. Don’t be afraid. I can handle it.
All the best,
Mike Sielski
Columnist
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Refreshing when athletes say what they feel. Need more of that. Jake Voracek burying reporter Mike Sielski is what he felt.
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thanked him. Called him "Buddy." It was clear they had become friends. It was maybe the classiest thing I've ever seen in two decades of covering pro sports in Philadelphia.
Please, keep Charlie in your thoughts and prayers.
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Alain Vigneault has to put his big-boy glasses on when it comes to challenging plays
#Flyers
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The
#Eagles
signed a guy to be their starting quarterback, then drafted a guy who could be their starting quarterback.
In 2016, it was Sam Bradford and Carson Wentz.
In 2020, it was Carson Wentz and Jalen Hurts.
Bradford wanted out. It’s not surprising Wentz might, too.
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A two-games-to-none lead.
A one-run lead after 6 1/2 innings in Game 3.
A three-run lead after 6 1/2 innings in Game 4.
A three-games-to-two lead, heading home.
This would be 1964 condensed to eight days.
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Can confirm Bryce Harper has been in Philadelphia.
I mean, like, last summer. And the summer before that. And the summer before that.
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So
@RealGlenMacnow
makes it official: He’s retiring from
@SportsRadioWIP
. Here, he thanks the listeners and fans.
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Here's the problem for Colangelo: 1) If the person who was sending those tweets is someone close to him, can he credibly say he "wasn't responsible" for them? 2) Some or all the tweets may still accurately reflect his thinking/feelings.
#Sixers
76ers president Bryan Colangelo has been actively reaching out to individuals mentioned in those burner accounts, insisting that he isn't responsible for those tweets, league sources tell ESPN. Sixers probe is underway in aftermath of The Ringer story.
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I’m not saying he’s taking a different approach tonight, but Dusty Wathan just waved me into my kitchen from my living room.
#Phillies
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White House saying
#Eagles
“abandoned their fans” is silly. You ever try to abandon an Eagles fan? Can’t be done. Those people are relentless. Tweet at ya. Chase after ya in parking lots. Crazy.
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This, to me, was the moment that the 1993
#Phillies
went from "This summer could be fun" to "This summer could be special."
Bottom of the 8th. 2 outs. Phillies down 5-2. Mariano Duncan facing Lee Smith. Harry Kalas with the call.
#MothersDay
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Howie Roseman is on my flight home from LA. An
#Eagles
fan on the plane just told him, “Sign Kaepernick.”
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Text from a friend and
#Eagles
fan: “There was a guy crying on WIP just now. They hung up on him.”
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Here's my take on the Michael Bennett trade: I don't like it because I'd spent the whole morning writing an
#Eagles
column and now I have to start over.
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"Hi, I'm Geno Smith, and I have DirecTV."
"And I'm Drinking-My-Meals-Through-A-Straw Geno Smith, and I have cable."
#Jets
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Doug Pederson beat Brady and Belichick in a Super Bowl with his backup quarterback and rallied from a 27-point deficit to win a playoff game. Yet his greatest achievement remains his hair.
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The
#Phillies
’ bullpen could use every free inning it can get. Don’t understand why Thomson keeps removing Sanchez before he has to.
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Scott Kingery won a batting title in college, slugged .889 w/ 65 XB hits in 1 year at AA/AAA, & had coaches touting him as a Gold Glove-caliber 2B. Maybe he'd have floundered no matter what, but man, this looks like 1 of the biggest organizational failures in
#Phillies
history.
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It’s a true pleasure to watch Aaron Nola pitch. You can have the fire-ballers. I’ll take Maddux, Halladay, the thinkers all day. Nola is one of them.
#Phillies
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Rhys Hoskins did not run hard to first base on that dropped popup. He should have been on second. I look forward to talk-show hosts blaming his laziness for the injuries to the
#Phillies
' bullpen.
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He's 29 and has had at least 3 concussions. If you still think Carson Wentz was "soft" for pulling himself out of a game because he knew he'd sustained one, I don't even know what to say.
#Eagles
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Seems like the initial reaction to the Kevin Hayes trade is an indication that a lot of
#Flyers
fans still don't understand A) how much of a mess the organization has been for the last 10-12 years, B) what it will take to clean that mess, and C) how long the cleanup will take ...
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Hey there. Next time, please post the actual link to the actual column in which I wrote about Jalen Hurts' actual knee and its importance to the actual
#Eagles
. You know, this link:
Report:
#Eagles
QB Jalen Hurts had to go through an hour long treatment on his injured knee following the Commanders game, according to
@MikeSielski
Hurts has been playing hurt since at least last week but he's toughing it out for Philly
Over his past two games he threw for 6
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I know it has been said a million times, but it should be said a million times more.
Shame on the
#Sixers
for having Brunson, DiVincenzo, and Hart in their backyard and ending up with NONE of them.
#Villanova
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RIP, John Chaney, a true legend. If you want to know what the man was all about, ask his former players, listen to/read the hundreds of stories that
@jensenoffcampus
and
@mikekerndn
have about him, and read this, by the incomparable Gary Smith:
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Source: After the
#Eagles
drafted Zech McPhearson, Tom Donahoe karate-chopped through six blocks of ice at once with his bare hand, just to show Howie Roseman he could.
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After 9 months, 20 chapters, 126,000 words, & so much help from so many great people, the
#Kobe
manuscript is finished. Editing, sourcing, and the rest yet to come. Publication on target for Jan. ‘22. For now, it’s Miller Time. (Dock Street Time, actually, but you get the point.)
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