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.

February 23, 2018

Flyers

Flyers rookie Nolan Patrick finally feeling 'more comfortable' in NHL – and it's showing

by Joseph Santoliquito

It isn’t supposed to be like this for NHL rookies – at least most rookies. They're supposed to tire as the drudgery of an 82-game NHL schedule chugs along interminably. That, however, is not the case for Flyers rookie Nolan Patrick. He's seems to be getting stronger.

February 19, 2018

Flyers

Maybe it’s time to give Dave Hakstol some credit

by Joseph Santoliquito

Back in December, Dave Hakstol was the easy target for Flyer fans' venom. The demeanor of the coach doesn't help. Publicly, he’s a little on the wooden side, wearing a blank façade — the Mr. Spock of NHL coaches, minus the pointed ears.

February 17, 2018

Flyers

For top goalie prospect Carter Hart, Flyers debut can't come soon enough

by Joseph Santoliquito

Carter Hart’s cage hid his reddened face. His eyes were narrow and rigid, as he stared ahead at the open gate, not bothering to look at anyone. He didn’t want to talk anyone, either.

February 13, 2018

Eagles

How new QB coach Press Taylor helped introduce 'Philly Special' to Eagles

by Joseph Santoliquito

John DeFilippo thinks very highly of Press Taylor, who it appears will inherit DeFilippo’s position as the Eagles’ new quarterbacks coach. And, according to DeFilippo, Taylor played a major role in what will go down as the most memorable moment from a Super Bowl LII that was full of them: the "Philly Special."

February 12, 2018

Eagles

DeFilippo reflects on 'gut-wrenching' decision to leave Eagles – and what he learned from Pederson

by Joseph Santoliquito

John DeFilippo admits this was a tough decision – gut-wrenching is the way the now-former Eagles’ quarterbacks coach put it. It stung him to tell Eagles’ head coach Doug Pederson, vice president of football operations Howie Roseman and owner Jeff Lurie that he was moving on, taking the offensive coordinator position in Minnesota.

February 12, 2018

Flyers

Once counted out, underdog Flyers picking up where Eagles left off

by Joseph Santoliquito

Back in early December, all seemed lost, the season shot, a little past the quarter mark of the NHL season. The Flyers were floundering, losers of 10-straight games, sitting with an 8-11-7 record at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division and near the bottom of the NHL.

February 9, 2018

Flyers

Tyrell Goulbourne vows return after hard-hitting Flyers cameo

by Joseph Santoliquito

When Tyrell Goulbourne, the hard-hitting, 24-year-old winger from Edmonton, was up with the Flyers for a brief spell last month, he found out something about himself: He could play in the NHL.

February 8, 2018

Eagles

Malcolm Jenkins: The Eagles are the best team in sports

by Joseph Santoliquito

"This team is the MVP, I mean everyone on this team contributed. When I first got here, I could see the potential of this team. I saw the pieces at work. You saw in the guys who were already here. Each year I saw an amount of growth."

February 5, 2018

Eagles

Corey Clement goes from undrafted question mark to Super Bowl hero

by Joseph Santoliquito

Corey Clement seemed mountainous still in his pads, under a grey Eagles’ Super Bowl champion T-shirt. The enormity of what he did, and the very, very important part he played in it was just catching up to the undrafted free agent whose knock coming out of Wisconsin was that he couldn’t catch the ball coming out of the backfield.

February 5, 2018

Eagles

Doug Pederson puts on coaching clinic against the master in Super Bowl LII

by Joseph Santoliquito

“It’s why we love playing for Doug,” Eagles’ All-Pro right tackle Lane Johnson said. “We believe in what Doug calls and we love the fact he believes in us to execute the plays. When you have that kind of mutual trust in one another, it’s tough to stop.”