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97.5 The Fanatic On-Site Correspondent: Phillies, Flyers, Sixers
Dave Dombrowski explained why the Phillies were willing to invest 2 years, $22 million in Brad Keller, a 30-year-old reliever with only one impact MLB season
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝟑, 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝟐 (𝐎𝐓)

Matvei Michkov played only 3:45 in the 3rd period of a tie game and no shifts in overtime.
Should Flyers fans read into Rick Tocchet's decision to limit time for Michkov and Owen Tippett on a late power play?
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Trevor Zegras takes a perfect pass from Travis Sanheim and slams home his 11th goal with the Flyers.
He had only 12 all of last season with the Ducks.

"What a setup! Sanheim with 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 sets it up for Trevor Zegras!"
December 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
𝟒 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐲𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦
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December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
𝐉.𝐓. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐨: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧
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J.T. Realmuto is – and has been all along – the most impactful free agent pendulum of the Phillies offseason.
Will the Phillies lock a fourth aging veteran hitter into a long-term contract?
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Matt Cord introduced "The 6-foot-9 forward from St. Vincent-St. Mary" as he took the court – possibly for the final time – in Philadelphia.

Sixers fans predictably gave LeBron James the expected welcome: "SUCKS!"
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Should the Flyers feel good about staying tight with the best team in the NHL in a 3-2 loss to the Avalanche?
Rick Tocchet stopped short of any moral victory message.
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Sean Couturier - playing his 900th game with the Flyers on his 33rd birthday - comes out hot with a goal 2 minutes into the 1st period
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Flyers have a chance to land a Norris Trophy-caliber defenseman.

“𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑅𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑇𝑜𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒."

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December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
𝐒𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝟗𝟗, 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝟗𝟖
Golden State rallied from down 24 to take a 4th quarter lead, but they all count the same
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Sixers jump on the Warriors for 56-34 halftime lead, including a stunning bomb from *3J Edgecombe

“Rising where no man go!” -Tom McGinnis
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Sixers 2001 throwback court design came together a little bit better than that awkward NBA Cup color scheme
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Joel Embiid is a game-time decision against Golden State.

Nick Nurse weighed conditioning and rhythm as factors that have kept Embiid from breaking out this season
December 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Flyers scored 4 of their 5 goals tonight from right in front of the crease.

"When you’re kind of struggling or need to find a goal, I think that’s where you need to go. Props to guys for going there and playing in the dirty areas and getting those bounces.” -Noah Cates
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The Flyers explode again for 3 goals in 59 seconds

Travis Konecny 🚨
Trevor Zegras 🚨
Bobby Brink 🚨
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐬: 𝟕:𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝟗𝟕.𝟓 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜

Tyson Foerster leads the Flyers with 10 goals, but he'll now miss 2-3 months.
Can they stay in the playoff hunt despite the injury?
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Flyers came to Philadelphia riding high from a 3-1-0 road trip, but dropped an ugly game to the Penguins.

“You just can’t get away from it when you get home and kind of get sleepy… It just kind of felt like a sleepy effort from us. Not a lot of focus, not a lot of jam to our game.” -Noah Cates
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Will the Flyers and Penguins get into a wild, aggressive game again in Philadelphia, reminiscent of the rivalry's height in 2012?

“I think you live for rivalry games. It gets your juices going. I think it’s important. I’m sure it’ll be a feisty game tonight." -Rick Tocchet
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Does Nick Nurse really have a better option than leaning heavily on Tyrese Maxey — the NBA leader in minutes per game?

“He’s obviously vital to the team, especially right now, with — VJ, Kelly, PG, Joel, Bona, whoever else is out — out.” -Nick Nurse
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
How did the crowd help the Flyers gain momentum during their 4-goal explosion?

“I’ve lived it here. This crowd, when they get something to cheer about, it’s loud... We’ve got to continue to push the envelope... because they want to believe in our team. That starts on the ice with us.” -Rick Tocchet
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“Our sports teams are part of our identity, our athletes reflections of who we are. For a time, Philly’s identity lived inside the crease. His name was Bernie… He wasn’t just our goaltender. He was our calm, our certainty… When Bernie was in net, everything was possible.”
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞
at Xfinity Mobile Arena

Excited to see what the Flyers have planned to celebrate the life of Bernie Parent.
Good matchup against the Devils after the pregame emotions flow in South Philadelphia tonight.
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Joel Embiid, Kelly Oubre Jr., Paul George, Adem Bona: OUT
Why can the Sixers withstand injuries better than they did last season?

“We’ve got a lot more youth. There’s some more athleticism and speed and stuff to just at least go out there and be able to keep up.” -Nick Nurse
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Quentin Grimes on defending James Harden on the last possession

“Might’ve fouled him. Might’ve not. But that’s not my call.”
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
How does Tyronn Lue feel about Allen Iverson and the iconic stepover 25 seasons later?

"To me it wasn't a big deal until Doug Collins went crazy on air... 3 years after that, we (Lue, Iverson) were probably still mad at each other, but after that, we became really good friends.”
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM