Joseph Santoliquito

Joseph Santoliquito is an award-winning sportswriter based in the Philadelphia area who has written feature stories for SI.com, ESPN.com, NFL.com, MLB.com, Deadspin and The Philadelphia Daily News. In 2006, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for a special project piece for ESPN.com called “Love at First Beep.” He is most noted for his award-winning ESPN.com feature on high school wrestler A.J. Detwiler in February 2006, which appeared on SportsCenter. In 2015, he was elected president of the Boxing Writers Association of America.

May 27, 2022

College Football

Former Prep coach Gabe Infante gives Penn State staff a Philly boost

by Joseph Santoliquito

Gabe Infante’s face is certainly recognizable in the Philadelphia area for high school football. The former St. Joseph’s Prep head coach took the Hawks to national prominence in his nine years there, winning four PIAA state championships, going 91-23 overall and was 40-1 in his last three years and winning the 2018 national Don Shula High School Coach of the Year award.

May 26, 2022

Eagles

Ray Didinger, the prince of the city, calls it quits after 53 years

by Joseph Santoliquito

Eagles media legend Ray Didinger bids farewell as he approaches retirement.

April 30, 2022

Eagles

History proves to never doubt Jordan Davis

by Joseph Santoliquito

Jordan Davis went a long way from timid high schooler to future Eagles star.

April 27, 2022

Eagles

Downingtown's Kyle Lauletta is looking at USFL as a path back to the NFL

by Joseph Santoliquito

In late-March, Kyle Lauletta found himself on a seven-hour journey to another journey, driving from Jacksonville, Florida, to Birmingham, Alabama. Lauletta, the 2013 Downingtown East High graduate and former University of Richmond star who was the New York Giants’ fourth-round pick in 2018, found himself part of a migration of football players looking for additional chance to reach the NFL.

April 15, 2022

High School Football

PhillyVoice Player of the Year Josiah Trotter chooses West Virginia

by Joseph Santoliquito

St. Joseph Prep star Josiah Trotter, son of Eagles great Jeremiah Trotter, is committing to play college football at West Virginia.

March 24, 2022

NFL

Salem’s Jonathan Taylor sets eyes on bigger 2022 season after winning Bert Bell Award

by Joseph Santoliquito

No NFL running back was better than Salem's Jonathan Taylor in 2021.

March 23, 2022

Villanova

If anyone knows how to prep to face Villanova, it's Michigan's Phil Martelli

by Joseph Santoliquito

On Monday, March 18, 2019, Phil Martelli wondered if he would ever smile on a basketball court in March again. The legendary St. Joseph’s Hawks head coach after 24 years had been fired. His heart had been torn from his chest.

March 17, 2022

College Basketball

Delaware coach Martin Ingelsby is ready for the blood feud against Villanova on Friday

by Joseph Santoliquito

On Friday for 40 minutes starting at 2:45 p.m. at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Villanova, the basketball team Martin Ingelsby revered, will be the enemy. That’s the way Martin, in his sixth season as Delaware’s head coach, will see it when the No. 15-seed Blue Hens (22-12) face No. 2-seed Villanova (26-7) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

March 16, 2022

Sixers

Sixers’ announcer Kate Scott is a Philly fit

by Joseph Santoliquito

Kate Scott has had a tumultuous journey from her upbringing in California to her role as the voice of the Sixers.

March 10, 2022

Eagles

If Frank Reich couldn’t fix Carson Wentz, no one can

by Joseph Santoliquito

At one time or another on Wednesday afternoon, a bunch of guys wearing Super Bowl LII championship rings were laughing. News had just come out that the Indianapolis Colts had traded quarterback Carson Wentz to the Washington Commanders for a 2022 third-round pick and next year's third rounder that can convert to a second rounder based on incentives (the trade cannot be finalized until the new NFL year begins March 16, and also contained a swap of second rounders and a seventh rounder for Washington).