Some La Salle superstitions

Women's coaches participated for the first time as well. "A little late, but we'll take it," said West Chester women's coach Dierdre Kane.

Fran Dunphy and Steve Donahue shared a similar sentiment during Thursday’s annual Coaches vs. Cancer luncheon about keeping the Big 5 tradition alive, but understand “change happens.”

It's possible that a one-day Big 5 Classic tripleheader lives on. But with the current format nearing the end of its contract, Villanova was not interested in keeping with the status quo.

La Salle men’s and women’s teams were selected to finish at the bottom of the conference, while players from each program made all-conference team.

Six years after a stroke ended his head coaching career, Mihalich is still going strong as a valued assistant under La Salle coach Darris Nichols.

More than 1,500 men's college basketball players entered the transfer portal, which officially opened on April 7, and included several Big 5 players.

Will Tran, a rising senior rower and computer science major, created RowIQ, which provides an in-depth look on how rowers can improve with “data that’s never been seen before.”

After years of discussion and debate, the NCAA adopted legislation to shift men’s soccer to a two-semester schedule. However, several conferences opposed it. Local coaches share their reaction.

The basketball tournament previously was a four-team round-robin. This year, it will not crown a winner. Penn and La Salle are slated to play in the doubleheaders.

Gerald spent time as an athletic department fundraiser at both Missouri and Duke.

Mike Gansey’s former West Virginia teammates, coach, and even the Mountaineers' bus driver describe a gritty player with a big heart — and explain why he's the right man to fix the Sixers.

Lynam played two seasons at Division III Arcadia, where he averaged 17.7 points as a sophomore. His last name carries weight in Big 5 hoops, and he's is ready to be part of it.

Did the NBA get it right? A La Salle department chair and two of his students have their own solution based on math and data.

A frightening incident of cardiac arrest before a college baseball game in April offered two Atlantic 10 rivals some perspective on the power of sports.

The Dragons claimed the overall point trophy and men’s point trophy, as their varsity eight boat secured first place. Temple won the women’s overall point trophy.

While Drexel and La Salle have been among the top programs in rowing, Temple could be in position to take the overall title with the women’s and men’s varsity eight boats heading to the finals.

Lynam takes the helm of an Explorers program that started at the varsity level in 2016-17.

More than 1,300 Division I women’s basketball players were in the portal after it opened on Tuesday. We're tracking where the Big 5 and Philly-area players are going.

Puri departs 20th and Olney after helping oversee La Salle's arena renovation project.

"I have no interest [in] letting any false allegations [follow] me to my next chapter here in Philadelphia," Brown said Wednesday. " ... None of that is true."

Today's advice from Dear Abby.

It was an ugly game for both teams, with lots of lineup rotation. But the point gained from the first shutout in over a month will come in handy the rest of the way.

The Flyers have now lost three straight and 12 of their first 15 games. Philly is 0-3-3 against the Metropolitan Division.

The Sixers surrendered a 15-point halftime lead and were outscored 36-13 in the third quarter, but Tyrese Maxey's big fourth quarter helped surged them to a win after a topsy-turvy second half.

DeVonté Douglass in 2021 was fired from his role in the district attorney’s office and pleaded guilty to a prostitution-related misdemeanor after fatally shooting a sex worker in self-defense.