Reporter Frank Fitzpatrick, a 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist, is covering his eighth Olympic Games and has yet to win a medal in anything except caffeine consumption. He has also been the beat writer for the Phillies, Eagles and Penn State football.
“It was a dream I never planned on having,” he said. “And I finished it on a perfect blue-sky day, surrounded by family. It doesn’t get better than that.”
In his new book, Rose expresses regret on a number of fronts: betting on baseball, being a poor student, disappointing the father he adored by dealing with bookies, and realizing he almost certainly won’t make the Hall of Fame in his lifetime.
Mike Madden, son of former NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden, purchased the former Deer Lake training camp site in 2017 and has spent more than $1 million restoring its 13 buildings and the surrounding landscape.
Eddie Houseman was one of 197 North Catholic graduates to die in World War II, 19 from his Class of 1936. He was on the football and basketball teams there and at La Salle College.
Before Kyle Tanguay made waves this month, there were two men -- Paul Kramer and Mark Merschen -- whose presence wasn't always warmly received by a surly Eagles crowd. But they didn't care.
Montgomery, who had been battling jaw-bone cancer since 2014, brought five division titles, two pennants, a new stadium and a lucrative, $2.5 billion TV deal to Philadelphia.
