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Kevin Noonan
Kevin Noonan has covered and commented on the Delaware sports scene for more than 30 years, everything from amateur recreation leagues and high schools to local colleges and the Philadelphia professional teams. He’s been voted Delaware Sportswriter of the Year multiple times and currently covers the Philadelphia Eagles for CBSSports.com and teaches creative writing courses at Wilmington University.Fans Still Teed Off at Pro Golf’s Exit from the First State
Hundreds of Delaware golf fans will be headed to Ardmore, PA, this weekend for a rare event – a major golf tournament is being played in our backyard. Of course, that backyard looks more like a swamp right now as heavy rains have soaked Merion Golf Club the last few…
By: Kevin NoonanEagles’ Minicamp Leaves Fans with More Questions Than Answers
The Eagles have wrapped up their final minicamp of the offseason and we now know as much about them as we did before their first minicamp, which is to say, not much at all. We still don’t know who many of the starters on defense will be and we still…
By: Kevin NoonanNo-Names No Recipe for National League East Title
If you really want to know what the Phillies season has become, just look at their lineup for one of last week’s games against the Boston Red Sox. And remember those names. There was no Chase Utley, no Ryan Howard, no Carlos Ruiz, no Michael Young. Instead, the lineup was…
By: Kevin NoonanDelle Donne’s Sky Debut Leaves Little Doubt
Maybe you had some doubts. Most of us probably did. We knew that Elena Delle Donne was a great basketball player in high school and college, but we didn’t know how that would translate to the big leagues. We knew she lit the sky when she was at the University…
By: Kevin NoonanThe Phils’ Secret Weapon? Freddy Galvis
We don’t know if the Phillies will contend for the National League East title this season. We don’t know if Roy Halladay will ever pitch again. We don’t know if the Phils will eventually dump some of their top-dollar players who are past their primes and we don’t know if…
By: Kevin NoonanEagles’ Kelly Tight-Lipped About Strategy
If nothing else, Chip Kelly will keep us guessing. Even though reporters are finally allowed to watch his off-season practices, even though they’re finally allowed to talk to players and even interview Kelly himself, nobody really knows what the Eagles’ new coach is doing and what it will mean for…
By: Kevin NoonanHalladay’s Pitching Days May Be Numbered
Steve Carlton is perhaps the best left-handed pitcher in baseball history, a 10-time All-Star and first-ballot Hall-of-Famer. And, fortunately, Phillies fans usually remember Carlton’s great years and not the last couple of them, when he scuffed around and refused to acknowledge his mortality as a baseball player. In 1985, Carlton…
By: Kevin NoonanSmart Draft Strategy by Eagles’ New Leadership
The first NFL draft under new coach Chip Kelly and general manager Howie Roseman is in the books and what really stands out is how boring it was – and that’s a good thing. Back in the day, when Andy Reid and Joe Banner were running the show, draft day…
By: Kevin NoonanEagles’ 4th Round Pick is Anyone’s Guess
Donovan McNabb and Brian Westbrook and Terrell Owens and Brian Dawkins got most of the headlines when the Eagles were one of the NFL’s premier teams at the beginning of the millennium. But the real key to the success of those Andy Reid-coached teams was a couple of big guys…
By: Kevin NoonanBoston Reminds Us We’re Never Truly Safe
It happens all the time in other countries, so often that we really don’t pay that much attention anymore when it flashes across our television screens. Then it happens here and we realize what so many parts of the world already know – nobody is really, truly safe from terrorists.…
By: Kevin Noonan