📋 Offseason guide | Sports Daily Newsletter
And the Eagles begin organized team activities.
Hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend. Welcome to the offseason.
We’re more than two weeks removed from the Flyers’ and Sixers’ playoff run. From now until July, when free agency begins and the draft will take place — plus, the MLB All Star Game in Philadelphia, is an interesting time in sports.
The Phillies are nearing the grueling summer stretch, and we’ll get some glimpses of the Eagles, which begin OTAs today. But training camp doesn’t officially start till late July.
Which is why this is the perfect time to give you your guide to the offseason.
While you get ready to watch the World Cup, or partake in some of the festivities at Lincoln Financial Field between June 14 and July 4, let’s catch up on the Sixers’ search for a front-office hire or who the Flyers need to sign to take the next step following an encouraging campaign.
🚨 Also, the results are in: after you decided on which players the Flyers should keep and move on from, we tailed those votes together. See who’s a common favorite.
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Petco Park isn’t typically kind to hitters, and especially not left-handed hitters. According to StatCast data from the past three seasons, it has a park factor of 97, indicating that it favors pitchers.
Except for Kyle Schwarber. He has hit 11 homers in San Diego in his career, including one in Monday night’s series opener. The key to his success?
“It’s just weird,” Schwarber said. “I don’t know, it’s coincidental. … I don’t know how else to explain it, but hopefully it continues.”
The Phillies got bounceback performances from Trea Turner and Aaron Nola in a 4-3 win over the Padres. Nola allowed his fewest hits in a start this season while Turner broke an 0-for-17 slump.
What we’re …
📖 Reading: The Cheltenham Township School District canceled the 2026 varsity and junior varsity football seasons following a locker room assault last September.
🤔 Wondering: What Nick Castellanos had to say about the Phillies ahead of their series opener in San Diego on Sunday.
⚾ Preparing: The MLB announced that it’ll host baseball’s biggest names at Independence Hall on July 14 to walk the red carpet.
⚽ Learning: Roads directly near the FIFA Fan Festival in Lemon Hill will be closed for the duration of the 2026 World Cup.
Reporters and fans should be used to the cycle: We speak with the new OC for the first time at the organized team activities, he waxes poetic about Jalen Hurts, then the duo has a strong minicamp/training camp showing.
New Eagles OC Sean Mannion is at the start of this process. He won his first news conference with insightful, charismatic and confident words. But something feels different with the 34-year-old compared to past coordinators, and while it’s early, it seems to be working for Hurts.
The Sixers are eyeing Jameer Nelson, Matt Lloyd, Nick U’Ren, and Mike Ganse as their primary candidates for a new day-to-day lead front office executive.
Nelson, who spent 14 seasons in the NBA, has risen up the front office ranks to become the Sixers’ assistant general manager last year.
The former St. Joseph’s star has aspired to work as team’s lead front office position. He told The Inquirer in 2024, “I know, at some point, I’m going to be” in such a role.
It may have been no surprise to see many players from the Philadelphia area on the U.S. men’s World Cup team, it still marked a moment of local history.
Four local products — Brenden Aaronson, Auston Trusty, Mark McKenzie, and Matt Freese — made the cut, the highest number since 1934. Along with their local roots, they all started at the Union’s youth academy and made their pro debuts in Chester.
And there’s another Philly native who will compete in the World Cup, but not for the USMNT. While CJ dos Santos grew up playing for Union academy and U.S. youth teams, he will represent his father’s homeland on Cape Verde’s national team.
Sports snapshot
Rising star Despite growing up around basketball, Reggie King took his talents to the baseball field.
New chapter: Jim Hardy built Kensington Soccer Club into an impactful program. He’s stepping down after 16 years.
Championship chase: Pitcher Emily McCutcheon looks to cap her senior season with Rowan softball’s first Division III championship.
Past meets present: New head coach Sam Brown wants blend his international experience with St. Joe’s field hockey’s success.
Jaxson Dart’s awkward role in the kerfuffle Friday to introduce President Donald Trump will have similar non-consequences like when Saquon Barkley played golf and lunched with the president at one of his courses after the Eagles won the Super Bowl.
Barkley’s decision to pander to Trump did not divide the Eagles’ locker room. Dart’s decision to essentially endorse Trump might be something different, but it’s nothing major.
Politics aren’t new in locker rooms, players just don’t care, writes columnist Marcus Hayes.
Who said it?
With organized team actives starting on Wednesday, Jalen Hurts is in his seventh season in the NFL with his sixth different offensive coordinator. Can you guess which offensive coordinator under Nick Sirianni said this about the quarterback? Find your answer here.
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