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.

June 21, 2018

Coaching

Old school vs. new school: Four Philly coaching legends on whether players today are coddled, use too much technology

by Joseph Santoliquito

Our games have changed over the last three decades. The basics are still intact. A basket inside the three-point line is still two points, a touchdown six, a goal in hockey or a run in baseball still counts as one on the scoreboard.

June 19, 2018

Merrill Reese

Merrill Reese, getting Super Bowl ring, was: 'knocked over by the size of the ring and its sparkling beauty'

by Joseph Santoliquito

The only thing missing for Birds' play-by-play man Merrill Reese in over 40 years of broadcasting Eagles’ games was a Super Bowl victory. That changed Sunday, Feb. 4, of this year.

June 18, 2018

Phillies

Phillies' Maikel Franco keeping it positive, despite diminished playing time

by Joseph Santoliquito

Maikel Franco’s playing time has been limited since J.P. Crawford has rejoined the team from the disabled list on June 6. Since then, Franco has started just twice.

June 15, 2018

Eagles

Eagles D-line coach Chris Wilson finally reaches the mountain top

by Joseph Santoliquito

Chris Wilson, who can easily be defined as a football lifer, never won at any level prior to 2017, going back to his days as a high school star at Richardson High (TX), to playing for the Oklahoma Sooners from 1988-91, and including 25 years of coaching — until now with the Eagles.

June 13, 2018

Phillies

Phillies GM Matt Klentak not concerned with manager Gabe Kapler's learning curve

by Joseph Santoliquito

After the Phillies' ownership group brought in Matt Klentak — only in his mid 30s — to serve as general manager the forward thinking GM took a chance on Kapler and his unusual baseball philosophy. It's shown to be a successful move, though not without some bumps in the road.

June 11, 2018

Phillies

Phillies answered urgent call, still on cusp of contending

by Joseph Santoliquito

The Phillies had to make an early statement, and though it’s just June, they had to reply on Sunday. They did.

June 6, 2018

Sports Betting

Don’t bet the house on legal sports betting in Pennsylvania

by Joseph Santoliquito

“The problem is that it makes it very hard for the legal market to compete with the black market, to compete with the illegal bookies in Pennsylvania."

June 4, 2018

Phillies

The Phillies’ offensive offense needs to change—and fast

by Joseph Santoliquito

Over the Phillies last 10 games, they’re averaging 2.5 runs a game. During that span, they’ve gone 3-7, which includes the weekend’s sweep by what had been a struggling San Francisco Giants team.

June 4, 2018

Phillies

Phillies believe third-overall pick Bohm can 'advance pretty quickly through the system'

by Joseph Santoliquito

Alec Bohm had a little trouble buttoning his new Phillies’ jersey after being announced as the Phillies’ first-round draft pick, and third overall, in the Major League Baseball Draft Monday night. The towering 6-foot-5, 220-pound third baseman out of Wichita State was understandably nervous.

June 1, 2018

Phillies

Seranthony Dominguez is becoming Sir Stopper for the Phillies

by Joseph Santoliquito

Standing in the home dugout on a dreary Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, just before he and the Phillies embarked on their critical 10-game road swing, Seranthony Dominguez politely explained that his English isn’t that great.