When my reporting career starts intersecting with World Series baseball — twice — why wouldn’t I keep coming across Phillies theme songs? Ill State of Mind by NeeKo ft. Deanie Marie, as I previously shared. Goin’ Back to Philadelphia, PA- A Tribute to the Phillies by Bobby Burnett This is played in the ballpark after [...]

I was paid by Metro to parade around a rainy Center City Philadelphia last Wednesday wearing a Yankees hat, ahead of their World Series matchup with the Phillies, who won that first battle. Diane Allman took a second glance at the only piece of Yankees memorabilia for sale at the Moell’s at 16th and Chestnut [...]

As I normally do for a story, last Monday I publicized on Twitter and Facebook and my instant-message status and through e-mail that I needed sources for a story for Metro, the free daily newspaper with editions in Philadelphia, New York City and Boston. Looking for Yankee fans living in Philly and Phillies fans living [...]

Tonight is game three of the American baseball World Series. The Philadelphia Phillies are tied with the Tampa Bay Rays one game to one in the best of seven game series. But out of these playoffs, a rallying cry has been born. Too bad some are embarrassed by it. It began as a caller’s remark [...]

IT WAS IN MARCH THAT I first reported for the Philadelphia Business Journal that Mike Schmidt, one of the most celebrated third basemen in baseball history and easily one of the most iconic Philadelphia sports heroes, was launching a charity wine: a Zinfandel. Now, I may have thought it a little funny, if only because [...]

Never posted this, thought it as good as time as any, at this point, to celebrate the marketability of professional athletes giving back. -cgw Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed, without edits, to run in the Jan. 11, 2008 edition. Two Eagles lent their significant star power to brighten the [...]

What fun to cover. This a brief for the Philadelphia Business Journal today. Mike Schmidt, the Hall of Fame former Phillies third baseman, has taken to wine-making for charity. Along with two other members of the 500 Home Run Club, former Chicago Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks and standout switch hitter Eddie Murray, Schmidt has teamed [...]