According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, a fresh pool of teams has entered the mix for Simmons' services and the team is trying to find multi-team options to move the three-time all-star.
The Flyers completed a trade with the Nashville Predators, adding defenseman Ryan Ellis in exchange or defenseman Phil Myers and forward Nolan Patrick. Patrick was sent to the Vegas Golden Knights in a separate deal involving the Predators and New York Rangers.
Rather than add a potentially dynamic playmaker to help Jalen Hurts, Howie Roseman opted to trade the No. 6 overall pick in the NFL draft to Miami for No. 12
Despite averaging 75 Catches, 891 Yards and Six Touchdowns during his three seasons in Philadelphia, Jordan Matthews never appeared to be apart of the team's plans for the future as they gave out several contract extensions to his Eagles' teammates...
In the Phillies 7-6 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday afternoon, the Phillies did not use relief pitcher Joaquin Benoit, his usual choice for the eighth inning. After the game, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said, "You'll find out soon", when asked why the Phillies did not use Benoit
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By Brandon Apter, SportsTalkPhilly.com Editor
With the trade deadline five days away, the Philadelphia Phillies made their first deal. On Wednesday, after the 9-0 rout of the Astros at Citizens Bank Park, the Phils announced they had acquired three prospects from the Colorado Rockies for National League All-Star relief arm, Pat Neshek...
The Phillies made the biggest move of their rebuild back in 2015 when they traded starting pitcher Cole Hamels to the Texas Rangers along with reliever Jake Diekman. In return the Phillies took back Matt Harrison's contract and prospects Nick Williams, Jorge Alfaro, Alec Asher, Jerad Eickoff and Jake Thompson...
The Phillies are not exactly flush with All-Stars in 2017. But, the rules call for at least one player from each team to be named to the exhibition. This year the Phillies representative will be reliever Pat Neshek.
Neshek has only been scored upon just twice in 2017...
Despite all the positives around the franchise heading into the 2017-18 season, the Sixers still have "The Elephant in the room" that has yet to be addressed: Jahlil Okafor. Drafting and keeping him on the roster is arguably the worst decision made by former GM Sam Hinkie during his time in Philadelphia while Bryan Colangelo hasn't done much rectify the problem since he took control of