Kevin Cooney

Kevin Cooney has been reporting on Philadelphia sports for the past 24 years, including 21 at the Bucks County Courier Times where he covered the Phillies, Eagles and Flyers. He has won two APSE awards and four Keystone Press Awards for his stories. A regular on WIP, Kevin loves to interact with readers on Twitter. Follow him there at @KevinCooney.

April 8, 2021

Opinion

Kevin Cooney: So far this season, Joe Girardi has been handling the 'bull'

by Kevin Cooney

Hector Neris isn’t Mariano Rivera.

March 30, 2021

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: Some Phillies Do's and Don’ts heading into a new season

by Kevin Cooney

It seems so long ago to remember the last time that the Phillies had an honest to goodness Opening Day when the baseball Gods wanted it — somewhere in the chilled and freezing weather of late March and early April.

March 11, 2021

Opinion

Kevin Cooney: Baseball — and life in general — is rounding third and heading home

by Kevin Cooney

Throughout this nation, more and more people are going to be experiencing these moments over the next few months. Silent realizations that the fear that has engulfed our lives — and taken far too many of our friends and neighbors — may soon be lifting for a state of “new normalcy."

March 5, 2021

Opinion

Kevin Cooney: A critical year looms ahead for the Phillies

by Kevin Cooney

Over the years, sportswriters who have yearned for careers in poetry have waxed endlessly about the meaning of spring and the rebirth that is symbolized by the return of baseball.

October 28, 2020

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: Laying out an offseason plan for the Phillies that doesn't include J.T. Realmuto

by Kevin Cooney

One of the main contradictions in baseball is that it moves both slowly and quickly. A season ends and a new one immediately begins within a few days of the conclusion of the World Series.

October 4, 2020

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: With next Phillies GM, Middleton must avoid the same mistakes he made with Klentak

by Kevin Cooney

Despite what you may hear on your favorite sports talk radio station, John MIddleton does drive with a passion to bring his “damn trophy back.” That’s not a phony act in the least as any organizational staffer could tell you over the years.

September 27, 2020

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: Who will take blame for Phillies' September disaster?

by Kevin Cooney

There was a lot to digest from a 58-minute press conference almost 12 months ago. But the one answer that stood out on October 11, 2019 – back when the world seemed awfully similar — from John Middleton’s decision to fire Gabe Kapler at that time was one simple one that the Phillies owner harped on.

September 18, 2020

Opinion

Kevin Cooney: Matt Klentak, Andy MacPhail need to go if Phillies hope to turn organization around

by Kevin Cooney

The visiting baseball clubhouse in RFK Stadium was a claustrophobic nightmare on that first Sunday in October, 2005. And yet, they had all gathered – 45 men in uniform, squeezed into a room that could hold about 30 max- watching a baseball game from 1,500 miles away on a 25 inch tube television mounted on the wall.

August 12, 2020

Opinion

Kevin Cooney: Phillies organizational mistakes clouding any hope for success this season

by Kevin Cooney

In the bleakest of times over the past decade of endlessly awful to mediocre Phillies baseball, there was always that glimmer of hope you could snuggle up against and believe would be the fulcrum of brighter days ahead.

July 24, 2020

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: How the Phillies can succeed in this odd 2020 baseball season

by Kevin Cooney

It won’t be a crisp April afternoon that greets them, walking in from the recesses of Ashburn Alley to the soaring red-and-powder blue clad masses bundled against the early spring chill, excited for the normal marathon grind.