Athletes

Sleep Athletic Performance

Sleep can give athletes an edge over competitors − but few recognize how fundamental it is to performance

Patti Scialfa, Tony Orlando among 2023 New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees

AEDs are lifesaving tools, but they're not required at Pa. school sporting events; A proposed law would change that

The NFL has been slow to embrace mental health support for players

Eagles star Lane Johnson is learning how to block his biggest opponent, anxiety, and helping others confront it, too

Lane Johnson Mental Health Eagles

Children's Health

High school athletes are more likely to vape than their peers, despite making otherwise healthy choices

World champion kickboxer from Norristown opens gym in Center City

10 Hands Gym

Philly's Sylvia Hoffman wins bronze Olympic medal in two-woman bobsled event

Penn commits to supporting transgender swimmer through NCAA rule changes

Swimming Pool

Hall of Famer Allen Iverson says he would've been better at football than basketball

Pennsylvania high school baseball player dies unexpectedly

Red Land Baseball

Sixers' Ben Simmons reportedly buys $17.5 million luxury mansion in Los Angeles

Ben Simmons Mansion LA

Charles Barkley rebukes politicians for trying to 'make the whites and Blacks not like each other'

Terrell Owens says he's 'thankful' to be alive following car crash

Former Sixer Shawn Bradley was paralyzed in Utah bicycle crash

Former St. Joe's star Delonte West hired by Florida rehab facility

Struggling former St. Joe's star Delonte West picked up by Mark Cuban in Dallas

New digital platform allows for Philly sports stars to send personalized video messages to fans

The funniest, coolest names in Philly sports history

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Olympic bobsledder, New Jersey native Pavle Jovanovic dies at 43

Pavle Jovanovic

Phil Martelli, Jameer Nelson seek help for Delonte West after unsettling videos surface

Michael Vick reportedly owes Virginia city $70K in unpaid taxes on luxury cars

Michael Vick taxes virginia

Star running back at Philly high school fatally shot in Overbrook Park

Suhail Gillard

Philly athletes say aches and pains still hamper them years after retirement

When tragedy strikes: Preventing sudden cardiac death in student-athletes

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Youth Sports

Superstar athletes popularize unproven stem cell procedures

Bryce Harper, Ben Simmons, Malcolm Jenkins listed among world's 50 most fashionable athletes

Former Eagles QB Nick Foles lands coffee endorsement deal with Bulletproof

Eagles' DeSean Jackson works out with Lakers' Kyle Kuzma

DeSean Jackson Kuzma

Angels' Mike Trout turned late teammate Tyler Skaggs into a Philadelphia Eagles fan

Stiff muscles are a counterintuitive superpower of NBA athletes

MLB players anonymously vote Bryce Harper 'most overrated' in a landslide

Bryce Harper Laughing It Up

Kobe Bryant, Nick Foles have hilarious encounter in Newport Beach

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High School Sports

New Jersey looks to reduce contact in high school football practices

Carroll - Eagles Stock Footballs

Charles Barkley to wear short shorts, dish out blocks on ABC’s ‘The Goldbergs’

Charles Barkley The Goldbergs

Pennsylvania native Christian Pulisic becomes most expensive U.S. soccer player ever

Christian Pulisic USA

Flyers' Jori Lehtera's cottage reportedly raided in Finnish cocaine ring investigation

Mother of LeSean McCoy's son accuses former Eagle of child abuse

Police: Teens arrested in killing of former Imhotep standout

Imhotep Kristian Marche

Incoming Penn State athlete shot to death in North Philadelphia

Imhotep Kristian Marche

How do professional athletes get their health insurance?

Stock_Carroll - Independence Blue Cross Insurance Card

All eyes on knee! Tonya Harding joins DWTS

Charles Barkley tells CNN he's 'angry and disgusted' by Trump presidency

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