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 20, 2021

Meet Brad of Berwyn – creator of HBO’s hit show 'Mare of Easttown'

by Joseph Santoliquito

Brad Ingelsby, creator of HBO's 'Mare of Easttown' talks about how his experiences growing up Berwyn, Chester County and his family in Delaware County inspired the plot and characters of his show, and he describes how Kate Winslet carefully constructed lead character Mare Sheehan.

April 29, 2021

NFL Draft

From offense to defense, from Philly to the NFL, Mark Webb is ready to play

by Joseph Santoliquito

After his first collegiate game, the 2017 Archbishop Wood graduate found himself at a critical crossroads: Stay at Georgia and start over at cornerback, or transfer out to another school where he could play wide receiver. Webb stayed.

April 28, 2021

NFL

Meet Andre Odom, the NFL agent who never should've been

by Joseph Santoliquito

The eerie, creaky door always had a way of telling the temperature of the small, bare apartment devoid of any presence or personality. If the door closed with the metallic slam of a prison cell, there would be trouble. If it hummed shut with a subtle click, there would be none.

April 26, 2021

Football

Philly is starting to get a reputation as a football town — and it has nothing to do with the Eagles

by Joseph Santoliquito

During the course of Thursday’s NFL Draft, two players from the Philadelphia area may be selected in the first round, Archbishop Wood’s Kyle Pitts, definitely, and possibly Neumann-Goretti’s Christian Barmore. Three NFL head coaches, the Buffalo Bills’ Sean McDermott, New York Giants’ Joe Judge and Cleveland Browns’ Kevin Stefanski, the 2020 NFL Coach of the Year, will be determining the future of their franchises.

April 22, 2021

High School Football

High school football's return to Philly is saving lives

by Joseph Santoliquito

Northeast High defensive end Ken Talley is a walking, talking reality show. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound junior is engaging, funny, a human quote machine with a calculator for a brain. He misses nothing — on or off the field.

April 5, 2021

NFL

Florida tight end Kyle Pitts is the 'unicorn' of the 2021 NFL Draft

by Joseph Santoliquito

The NFL Draft on April 29 is approaching fast and Kyle Pitts could very well be the first non-quarterback taken. Most prognosticators see the former Catholic League standout and first-team All-SEC selection going within the first six picks.

March 25, 2021

College Basketball

Villanova in unfamiliar territory as March underdog, hoping to upset No. 1 seed Baylor

by Joseph Santoliquito

It’s late March and Jay Wright is where he should be — playing deep into the NCAA Tournament, though in an unusual position. The one glaring difference this season as opposed to those years past is that Villanova’s legendary coach and his Wildcats are in an underdog role.

March 19, 2021

NCAA Basketball

With No. 1 seed Michigan, all-time Philly great Phil Martelli is getting another shot at a national title

by Joseph Santoliquito

Phil Martelli made special arrangements for April. His daughter had arranged for him to receive a COVID-19 vaccination shot, before he rescheduled his original dose to Friday, March 5.

March 17, 2021

College Basketball

Cam Wynter, No. 16 seed Drexel believe they can pull off the impossible

by Joseph Santoliquito

In mid-January, Drexel didn’t look like it was going anywhere. The Dragons were struggling. They had lost a pair of games to the College of Charleston, then dropped another to William & Mary, losing three in four games by a combined 11 points. Games the Dragons should have won—and they knew it. At the time, Drexel was sitting at 6-5 overall and 1-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association.

March 12, 2021

College Basketball

How ESPN's Joe Lunardi went from St. Joes staff to college hoops' biggest 'bracketologist'

by Joseph Santoliquito

For the last 25 years every March, America has become familiar with Joe Lunardi’s face and trusted knowledge of college basketball. It’s a time when everyone from the dishwasher to the woman working a toll booth take a deep dive into “March Madness,” NCAA's mens college basketball tournament that everyone suddenly becomes an expert in when most barely know the ball is round.