Al Morganti

Al Morganti is a co-host on The WIP Morning Show and a nationally renowned NHL expert, providing news and analysis on the Flyers for Comcast SportsNet. Morganti’s background includes serving as a Flyers beat reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, a hockey analyst on ESPN and a hockey news columnist and regular contributor to SportsNet 960. He also wrote for The Boston Globe and The Atlanta Constitution. Follow him on Twitter @nufced

March 3, 2015

Opinion

Flyers finally choose tomorrow over a slim-chance today

by Al Morganti

So, Philadelphia, how many lumps would you like with your sports diet this week, this month, this season, or this year? That’s what it’s all about right now, taking your lumps.

February 24, 2015

Opinion

The Sixers’ rebuild: Science or science fiction?

by Al Morganti

Yes, the Sixers should go to the Franklin Institue (which, by the way was not named after the dog, but the dude with reading glasses) and find a way to get themselves a huge version of Schrodinger’s Cat.

February 24, 2015

Flyers

Hextall can’t let Flyers’ hot streak cloud judgment

by Al Morganti

There is less than a week remaining until the NHL’s trade deadline, and Flyers general manager Ron Hextall has a year’s worth of decisions to make between now and next Monday at 3 p.m.

February 18, 2015

Opinion

Why on earth would the Phillies peddle hopelessness before the first pitch?

by Al Morganti

Why on earth would the Phillies peddle hopelessness before the first pitch?

February 11, 2015

NHL

NHL must do whatever it takes to get phenom Connor McDavid to Leafs

by Al Morganti

The National Hockey League should hire Bill Belichick to run this year’s draft lottery and make sure he figures out a way to have the Toronto Maple Leafs get the first draft pick. By hook or by crook, by secret video or deflated ping pong balls – whatever it takes -- Belichick would be given orders to make sure the Leafs get Connor McDavid.

February 10, 2015

Opinion

If Hinkie expects fans to buy in, he owes us at least an occasional update

by Al Morganti

Unless you are a hobbit, there is nothing good about Middle Earth, and that is why a good number of fans continue to quietly support the Philadelphia 76ers and their unorthodox plan to get the franchise out of the spin cycle of getting stuck in the middle of the NBA’s great wasteland of going nowhere.

February 3, 2015

Opinion

NFL too important to entrust to Roger Goodell

by Al Morganti

Despite some sordid on- and off-the-field antics, the NFL remains a national treasure in terms of pulling the public together. There is no other platform in America that pulls in so many people of all economic and social strata.

January 27, 2015

Opinion

Deflate-gate should pressure NFL owners to replace Goodell

by Al Morganti

If they have not already done so, the owners of the 32 National Football League teams should be convening behind the scenes to remove commissioner Roger Goodell from power and put a person in that position who can at least pretend he has the respect of the players.

January 19, 2015

Opinion

Enjoy tonight, Flyers fans, it’s as close to the playoffs as you’ll get

by Al Morganti

The Stanley Cup playoffs start Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center – and they will end as soon as Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins pack their equipment bags and jet out of Philadelphia.

January 14, 2015

Al Morganti

Hextall’s deadline dilemma

by Al Morganti

The Flyers start an interesting stretch of games starting tonight in Washington without staring goalie Steve Mason, along with regular defensemen Nicklas Grossmann and (more importantly) Braydon Coburn.