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.

September 21, 2018

Rankings

St. Joe's Prep tops inaugural PhillyVoice High School Football Top 10

by Joseph Santoliquito

There was an idea that St. Joseph’s Prep would be very good this season, though some doubt hovered over the Hawks, considering how young they are. But the Hawks, behind sophomore quarterback Kyle McCord and sophomore linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr., have matured faster than expected and gotten off to a 2-0 start with victories over St. Peter’s Prep (35-27) and Our Lady of Good Counsel in Maryland (34-27) to begin their season.

September 20, 2018

Eagles

Safety Blitz with Malcolm Jenkins: 'We don’t have a Super Bowl hangover'

by Joseph Santoliquito

Malcolm Jenkins is a two-time Super Bowl champion and veteran NFL safety. Each week this season he'll sit down with PhillyVoice's Joe Santoliquito to bring you Safety Blitz.

September 14, 2018

NFL

Sports betting with 'The Philly Godfather': Smart money likes Eagles, Steelers and Falcons in Week 2

by Joseph Santoliquito

Each Friday for PhillyVoice, Steve Maltepes, known as “The Philly Godfather,” will impart his gambling wisdom on the Eagles and where the smart money is going on various pro and college football games that weekend.

September 12, 2018

Eagles

Safety Blitz with Malcolm Jenkins: Seeing Buccaneers score 48 points was 'eye opening'

by Joseph Santoliquito

Malcolm Jenkins is a two-time Super Bowl champion and veteran NFL safety. Each week this season he'll sit down with PhillyVoice's Joe Santoliquito to bring you Safety Blitz.

September 10, 2018

College Football

Philly’s Taylor-Swift running back combo is among the best in college football

by Joseph Santoliquito

D'Andre Swift, a 2017 graduate of St. Joseph’s Prep, and Jonathan Taylor, a 2017 graduate of tiny Salem High School in South Jersey, are ripping through Southeast Conference and Big 10 Conference defenses to garner serious attention as Heisman and national Maxwell Trophy candidates.

September 7, 2018

NFL

Sports betting with 'The Philly Godfather': Take the Browns and Bears to cover in Week 1

by Joseph Santoliquito

September 5, 2018

Philadelphia Eagles

Safety Blitz with Malcolm Jenkins: 'It’s time to turn that page' on Super Bowl season

by Joseph Santoliquito

'This team didn’t earn that. This is a brand new team that has to do its own thing.'

August 31, 2018

Flyers

Flyers prospect Carter Hart has a very special reason for picking his new jersey number

by Joseph Santoliquito

The tiny faces and beaming smiles were always there in the players' tunnel, the first two hopping on their toes to provide the perfunctory fist pump for everyone who stepped on and off the ice for the Everett Silvertips. Carter Hart was instantly drawn to them since he arrived to play as a 16-year-old in the Western Hockey League — Connor, a 7-year-old autistic boy, and Cavan, a 6-year-old, who were both at every Everett home game.

August 31, 2018

Eagles

Smart Money with The Philly Godfather: Eagles’ season opener and 2018 win total

by Joseph Santoliquito

August 24, 2018

Eagles

St. Joe's Prep linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr. is more than just a chip off the Axe Man's block

by Joseph Santoliquito

His movements are consciously measured. Jeremiah Trotter, the beloved former Eagles’ linebacker, likes to keep his distance, though through the corner of his eyes he watches like a hovering papa hawk.