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  • Sixers takeaways: Joel Embiid, Paul George sorely missed, guards struggle, and more from embarrassing loss to Hornets

    Sixers takeaways: Joel Embiid, Paul George sorely missed, guards struggle, and more from embarrassing loss to Hornets

    The 76ers find themselves in dire predicaments when Joel Embiid and Paul George are both sidelined. On Monday, the squad’s performance was downright embarrassing without the two maximum-salary players.

    Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe must play much better than they showed against the Charlotte Hornets.

    And the Sixers must improve their three-point shooting.

    Those things stood out in a 130-93 loss to the Hornets on Monday at the Spectrum Center.

    Struggling without Embiid and George

    Embiid and George missed this matchup because they are not yet cleared to play on back-to-back days as both deal with left knee injury management.

    They are expected to return for Tuesday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Xfinity Mobile Arena. But the Sixers (24-21) looked lost on both ends of the floor against Charlotte (19-28) without the standouts.

    The Hornets did a great job of attacking the rim. On defense, Charlotte challenged everything the Sixers attempted. For their part, the Sixers appeared flat and in need of better communication on both ends of the floor without their stars.

    What is the Sixers’ biggest need at the NBA trade deadline? Patience.

    The Sixers struggled through 33.3% shooting — missing 11 of 14 three-pointers — in the first half. During that time, the Hornets scored 38 points in the paint, a fact that was likely impacted by Embiid’s absence. As a result, the Hornets took a 69-44 advantage into intermission. The 25-point margin was the Sixers’ second-biggest halftime deficit of the season.

    Nick Nurse’s team also struggled at the start when Embiid and George both missed the game against the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 11. The Sixers shot 37.8% while making just 2 of 14 three-pointers and trailing by double digits in the first half of that game. They mounted a second-half comeback before losing in overtime against Toronto.

    But on Monday, the Hornets opened the third quarter with a 9-0 run and led by as many as 50 points late in the period.

    The Sixers made just 38.9% of their shots in the game while surrendering 56.6% to Charlotte. Hornets wing Brandon Miller led all scorers with 30 points. Meanwhile, Moussa Diabaté put together a personal slam-dunk contest and finished with 12 points on 6-for-7 shooting.

    Hornets forward Miles Bridges reacts during the first half. His team rode a 41-22 second-quarter performance to a big win over the Sixers.

    The Sixers must find a way to play when undermanned. They can’t use the absences of Embiid and George as an excuse for losing to one of the league’s worst teams in epic fashion.

    A couple of weeks ago, the Sixers lost to a Denver Nuggets squad playing without its entire starting lineup. Denver found a way to win, and the Sixers must do the same.

    But against Charlotte, they lacked energy and cohesion.

    More needed from guard tandem

    Maxey and Edgecombe had one of their worst games of the season as a pairing.

    Maxey, who was named an All-Star starter last week, finished with a season-low six points on 3-for-12 shooting, along with seven assists and three turnovers in 25 minutes, 18 seconds. Edgecombe, a standout rookie, had nine points while making 2 of 11 shots to go with six rebounds, one assist, and two turnovers in 25:44. They were tied at minus-36. With the game out of hand, Maxey and Edgecombe sat out the fourth quarter.

    This was a shockingly bad performance by Maxey, who entered Monday as the NBA’s third-leading scorer at 29.9 points. Meanwhile, Edgecombe is a rookie of the year candidate. They must play better for the Sixers to be victorious, especially in games when Embiid and George are sidelined.

    Three-point shooting blues

    The Sixers struggled, once again, from three-point distance.

    For the game, they made just 9 of 30 shots for 30% from deep.

    This comes after the Sixers shot a combined 32.0% in their previous 10 games. They were ranked 16th for the season at 35.4% heading into the game. But they’ve been in a funk in most of their recent games from behind the arc.

  • Philly schools virtual for Tuesday, and here’s what other districts are doing as road conditions remain iffy

    Philly schools virtual for Tuesday, and here’s what other districts are doing as road conditions remain iffy

    Philadelphia school buildings won’t be open Tuesday as road conditions remain rough in many places after the weekend’s significant winter storm.

    After Mayor Cherelle L. Parker told residents city offices and courts would be closed Tuesday, Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. affirmed the virtual learning call for schools.

    “Given the conditions of the roads and the issues that the mayor and others have talked about, and out of an abundance of caution,” district offices will remain closed Tuesday, and after-school programs and athletics are also closed, Watlington said.

    The superintendent prioritizes in-person learning, he said, but Tuesday “and any subsequent inclement weather days will be remote learning days.”

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    The district sent students’ Chromebooks home with them Friday.

    Philadelphia schools had already planned half days Thursday and Friday for report card conferences.

    Virtual instruction, closures and delays beyond Philly

    Districts around the region were starting to make similar calls.

    Haddon Heights, in South Jersey, had already called a two-hour delay.

    The Cheltenham School District is also going virtual.

    “After consulting with my team, many roads remain unpassable and are likely to refreeze after dusk, making bussing on Tuesday too risky,” Superintendent Brian Scriven told families in a message Monday afternoon.

    Schools have increasingly been turning to online instruction during winter storms, though some districts use a different calculus on when to go virtual. New Jersey schools do not allow for virtual instruction.

    Scriven said Cheltenham administrators were “hopeful schools will return to normal operations as soon as possible,” and would communicate any additional schedule changes before Wednesday.

    Upper Darby schools also announced virtual instruction.

    “Unfortunately, we are going to need another day to continue to remove snow and ice,” Superintendent Dan McGarry told families Monday afternoon.

    Officials with the Centennial School District in Bucks County also said they would have virtual instruction, telling community members in a message that “conditions remain challenging, and our facilities personnel are hard at work clearing lots and entryways.” Central Bucks also called a remote learning day.

    The Colonial School District, meanwhile, announced a second traditional snow day Tuesday.

    “More work needs to be completed on our secondary roads to make it safe for our students to travel on Wednesday,” Superintendent Michael Christian said in a message to families. In the event of more inclement weather, Christian said, the district would have virtual instruction.

    Camden schools will also be closed on Tuesday. So will Cherry Hill, Winslow, Woodbury, and Washington Township, among others.

  • Flyers hope to carry the momentum from their road trip out west home after two days off

    Flyers hope to carry the momentum from their road trip out west home after two days off

    After the Flyers’ successful road trip out west, the team returned to Philly, only to be kept off the ice for the next two days, thanks in part to the weekend’s snowstorm.

    The team didn’t practice Saturday and canceled practice Sunday, so Monday’s morning skate marked the first time the team had been on the ice since Friday’s 7-3 win over Colorado.

    The Flyers this season are 9-10-4 following a win, which coach Rick Tocchet described as “not that great.” The challenge of coming back after a win is mental, not physical, he said, and doubly so with the time off.

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    “If you’re off for two days, first of all, what are you doing on the days off?” Tocchet said. “First of all, you’re resting your legs, which is great. Are you doing something? I’m sure some guys did something to move around, not lay on a couch, but there’s a mental game. You should use these two days as actually a rest. You should have a lot of legs instead of the opposite, rusty.”

    Although some of the guys may have spent their Sundays shoveling snow in their driveways, which Tocchet approved.

    “You get the squats in there, I mean, why not?” Tocchet joked. “I don’t want them doing it for four hours or something, but yeah, why not? I think a lot of people were out there shoveling yesterday.”

    Tocchet said Monday’s divisional matchup with the New York Islanders (7 p.m., NBCSP), who are currently third in the Metro, is a “maturity game” for the group.

    After earning five of a possible six points on the road trip, the Flyers hope they can maintain that level of play during the upcoming stretch, when they play three teams in the Islanders, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Boston Bruins that they could be competing with for a playoff spot come April.

    “I think we just needed a reset,” Travis Konecny said. He pointed to Colorado, the league’s top team, losing six of its last nine before Sunday’s win over Toronto. “Every team goes through a little streak, and we just had a little reset and got back to it.”

    Flyers goaltender Dan Vladar is getting close to returning from his lower-body injury. He has not played since Jan. 14.

    The schedule has not been friendly to the Flyers so far this year in terms of getting in more practice time, Tocchet said, and there won’t be many opportunities before the Olympic break (Feb. 6-24) to get back on the ice for practice, with the upcoming back-to-back on Wednesday and Thursday, and the Flyers’ charity carnival on Sunday.

    The young Flyers roster is improving in the mental aspect of the game, but the weeks to come will be a test of how much progress the group has made.

    “Every team’s got to go through it, and you’ve got to be ready for it, and that’s mental reps, when you don’t go on the ice, being ready,” Tocchet said.

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    Breakaways

    Dan Vladař was on the ice for morning skate. The goalie hasn’t played since Jan. 14 against Buffalo, and is on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. Tocchet said he is likely to make a start this week. … Rasmus Ristolainen was also on the ice for skate and is expected to return to the lineup against the Islanders after missing six games with an upper-body injury.

  • After Philly’s biggest snow in 10 years, a very big chill is coming

    After Philly’s biggest snow in 10 years, a very big chill is coming

    For the Philly region Monday it wasn’t so much a matter of digging out from the heftiest snowfall in a decade, it was more like a chipping, shaving, scraping, expletive-inducing, and ice-chunk hurling operation.

    Public transportation appeared to be getting back on track, and major roads were open for business with speed reductions removed, thanks to crews working through the weekend.

    But expect some side streets in the city and elsewhere to remain fit for sleigh rides this week and trash pickup to be delayed. City offices will be shut down again Tuesday, as will Philly school buildings, with Camden and more calling for a snow day or opting for remote learning.

    And if you’re stepping outside, get used to that underfoot crunching sensation. The removal operation isn’t going to get much help this week from the atmosphere. It’s about to turn about as frigid as it ever gets around here. New Jersey officials are warning of “historic” demands on energy.

    “We’re going to be in the freezer all week,” said Mike Gorse, meteorologist at the National Weather Service Office in Mount Holly. Philly may have its first zero-degree reading in 32 years later in the week.

    It’s as if after recent wimpy winters, the Arctic is reacquainting with Philly and much of the rest of the East.

    And did we mention another snow threat for the weekend?

    “There’s a chance,” said Marc Chenard, meteorologist with NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center in iced-over College Park, Md., who was among those who had to chuck some frozen boulders before leaving for work Monday morning. “I had to chip it and carry it in pieces,” he said. Sound familiar?

    Why this storm was particularly challenging

    Snow totals for the biggest snowfall since Jan. 22-23, 2016, varied throughout the region; the inconveniences, not so much.

    A general 8 to 12 inches of snow and sleet accumulated while temperatures remained mostly in the teens Sunday, 10 degrees or more below forecast.

    A shallow layer of warmer air caused a changeover to sleet, and the tiny ice balls remained frozen for the entire trip through the stubbornly cold air near the surface. As much as 2 to 3 inches of sleet piled on, containing the same amount of liquid as several inches of snow.

    That added weight to the snowpack. Based on the amount of melted precipitation measured in the 9.3 inches at Philadelphia International Airport, the snowpack weighed about as much as a 12- to 15-inch pile of the pure flaky fluff.

    On a 200-square-foot driveway — a 10 by 20 — what fell Sunday weighed about 1,100 pounds. On a 100-square-foot sidewalk — 5 by 20 — that would be about 550 pounds.

    In addition, ice tends to be rather shovel resistant.

    This is going to be a memorably cold week in Philly

    The ice and snow isn’t going to give up easily. On Monday, temperatures topped out in the upper 20s, and that’s going to be warmest day of the week.

    Based on the forecast, it may not get above 28 degrees until next week, said Chenard, a cold streak the region hasn’t seen in decades.

    Chenard said the upper-air patterns remain in place to import Arctic air on winds from the northwest for at least the next several days.

    In fact, temperatures may have trouble getting out of the teens in Philly until the weekend, and Philly has a shot at reaching zero for the first time in 32 years.

    The forecast lows are in the single digits all week, and down to 1 degree on Friday morning and 2 degrees on Saturday, the National Weather Service says. Both would be record lows for the dates.

    The stubborn snow cover “absolutely” will increase the chances of the airport reaching zero for the first time since January 1994, Gorse said. Snow is ideal for radiating daytime warmth (such as it is) into space.

    Temperatures will moderate some on the weekend, he said, but that might come in advance of yet another storm.

    Said Chenard, “There will be coastal low. It’s a matter of how close it is.”

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    One historic footnote in the Philly weather annals

    Philly’s official snowfall total for the winter stands at 15.7 inches, almost double normal for the date and double what fell all of last season.

    Sunday’s was not only the biggest snow in 10 years, it also set a record for a Jan. 25.

    It beat the 8.5 inches of Jan. 25, 2000, a day that the weather service just as soon would like to forget.

    The storm came as a surprise, just a week after a weather service honcho announced a computer upgrade that would bring the nation closer to a “no surprise” era.

    Expect surprises to continue.

    Staff writers Ximena Conde, Kristen A. Graham, Maddie Hanna, Rob Tornoe, and Nick Vadala contributed to this article.

  • Iron Hill Brewery could be revived in some locations as judge OKs trademark acquisition

    Iron Hill Brewery could be revived in some locations as judge OKs trademark acquisition

    Iron Hill Brewery may get a second life.

    Four months after the chain closed nearly 20 locations and filed for bankruptcy, a federal judge has approved the acquisition of Iron Hill’s trademark and intellectual property in conjunction with the transfer of five restaurant leases, including one in Philadelphia, according to court documents filed over the weekend.

    The shuttered brewpubs in Center City, Huntingdon Valley, Hershey, Lancaster, and Wilmington are set to be taken over by new tenants, each of which is referred to as “IHB” in the documents. Earlier this month, these tenants registered as business corporations under “IHB” and the name of each location, according to state records in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

    Judge Jerrold N. Poslusny Jr. also approved a written agreement that allowed for “Rightlane LLC” to assume Iron Hill Brewery’s trademark and intellectual property, according to the same filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey.

    A view from the outside looking in on a closed Iron Hill Brewery.

    Jeff Crivello, the former CEO of Famous Dave’s BBQ, was originally set to buy the assets of these five Iron Hill locations, along with those of five others that he has since sold.

    On Monday, Crivello confirmed that the assets of his five remaining Iron Hills, along with the brand’s trademark and intellectual property, had been acquired by a buyer called Right Lane.

    There are several companies that go by the name Rightlane or Right Lane. Attempts to reach representatives of the Right Lane that was involved in the Iron Hill deal were unsuccessful.

    The deal could revive some prime real estate in the Philadelphia region. In Center City, the 8,500-square-foot restaurant was meant to help revitalize the troubled Market East. In Wilmington, Iron Hill had renovated its 10,000-square-foot restaurant on the waterfront.

    In December, Crivello had hinted at the possibility of an Iron Hill resurrection, saying, “We’re working with a couple buyers that want to reopen [closed breweries] as Iron Hill.”

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    Iron Hill Brewery, which was founded in Newark, Del., developed a loyal following over its nearly 30 years in business. Fellow business owners and brewers considered it a pioneer in the local craft beer scene and a restaurant that helped put suburban downtowns like West Chester and Media on the map. Customers said they loved its family-friendly atmosphere.

    In more recent years, Iron Hill opened a production facility in Exton, started canning its beers, and unveiled new locations in Philadelphia, South Carolina, and Georgia. This expansion occurred against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic and a nationwide decline in consumers’ thirst for beer and other alcohol.

    For Iron Hill, it did not prove a winning strategy. By the time the chain filed for liquidation bankruptcy this fall, it owed more than $20 million to creditors and had about $125,000 in the bank.

    Since then, massive shells of former breweries have sat vacant throughout the region. As the case made its way through bankruptcy court, landlords were delayed in their searches for new tenants.

    Many locations still remain empty, with no word on what might fill the spaces. But in some spots, there are signs of life.

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    The company that owns P.J. Whelihan’s may be moving into the former Iron Hill in Newtown, Bucks County.

    Last month, PJW Opco LLC, which is registered at the headquarters of PJW Restaurant Group, was approved to take over a lease for an 8,000-square-foot closed Iron Hill in the Village at Newtown shopping center.

    In South Carolina, Crivello has sold the assets of the former Iron Hills in Columbia and Greenville to Virginia-based Three Notch’d Brewing Co.

    This story has been updated to reflect additional information about Right Lane.

  • Reports: Former Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader agrees to deal with Giants

    Reports: Former Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader agrees to deal with Giants

    Harrison Bader reached an agreement with the Giants on a two-year, $20.5 million contract, according to multiple reports on Monday.

    The center fielder posted a career year offensively in 2025, slashing .277/.347/.449 over 146 games. The Phillies acquired Bader from the Twins at the trade deadline to bolster their outfield, in exchange for two prospects, outfielder Hendry Mendez and right-handed pitcher Geremy Villoria.

    Bader, 31, was immediately a popular member of the Phillies clubhouse in the second half of the season, with several of his teammates adopting his catchphrases and signature crop top. He suffered a groin strain while running the bases during Game 1 of the National League Division Series and was limited to pinch-hitting in Games 2 and 4.

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    He declined his end of his $10 million mutual option following the season, becoming a free agent.

    Following Bader’s departure, the Phillies’ outfield is set to look quite different on opening day. Max Kepler remains unsigned after receiving an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug, and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski has said the club plans to find a “change of scenery” for right fielder Nick Castellanos.

    The Phillies signed Adolis García to a one-year, $10 million contract, and they expect to give top outfield prospect Justin Crawford the opportunity to earn the starting center fielder job in 2026. Crawford was extended a non-roster invite to major league spring training on Friday.

  • Pennsylvania officials vote for land deal widely opposed by Limerick residents

    Pennsylvania officials vote for land deal widely opposed by Limerick residents

    A split Pennsylvania Game Commission has voted in favor of a developer’s land swap widely opposed by Limerick Township residents who fear it could pave the way for a large data center.

    The commission voted 6-3 on Saturday in favor of a contract with developer Limerick Town Center LLC that would yield the state 559 new acres across three counties. The swap would include what would become Delaware County’s first state game land.

    As part of the land trade, Limerick Town Center LLC would get 55 acres of state Game Land 234 in Limerick, Montgomery County. The land is adjacent to an industrial site the developer already owns and that’s currently proposed for warehousing.

    Limerick Town Center LLC has not said what it plans for the new land. A representative of the company could not be reached for comment.

    In return, however, Limerick Town Center LLC would give the state 60 acres in Limerick it owns immediately to the south of the existing game land, next to the Schuylkill.

    Steve Hacker, who lives near Game Land 234 and opposes the swap, called it “a great deal for other townships who will gain all that land … but it comes with a pretty heavy price.”

    Commissioners made their decision after listening to the public, who were also split over the deal.

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    For and against the swap

    In general, residents who live in or near Limerick mostly opposed the swap, saying it would destroy a game land teeming with wildlife and a popular spot for hunting.

    Many are wary of what Limerick Town Center LLC wants to do with the 55 acres it would gain, fearing it’s part of a broader plan for a large data center. Although the developer has not proposed building a data center, the idea has been widely circulated on social media, including in posts by State Sen. Katie Muth. Data centers are used to handle the massive amounts of computing needed for artificial intelligence.

    The land they’ll be getting in return, residents said, is in a flood plain and has been clear-cut. In addition, those opposing the contract believes it sets a precedent of letting developers use leverage to get what they want.

    Limerick officials sent a letter to the commission last week in opposition to the swap.

    But hunters who live outside of Montgomery County, as well as some commissioners, spoke in favor of the deal. They said it would provide the state hundreds of acres of new hunting grounds at no cost.

    As part of the deal, Limerick Town Center LLC will give 377 acres in Bern Township, Berks County, to the state. And the company would give the state 177 acres in Edgmont Township in what would become the first state game land in Delaware County.

    The commissioners

    Stanley Knick, president of the Game Commission, who is from Northeastern Pennsylvania, voted against the contract, as did Commissioner Robert Schwalm of Bethlehem.

    Commissioner Todd Pride, of Cochranville, Chester County, voted in favor of the contract. Pride said there is, “a lot of information being passed around that was not correct.”

    He said Limerick Town Center LLC’s current proposal was “clearly going to have an impact on our existing game lands if we do nothing.”

    Now, he said, the commission, “would be swapping 55 acres to get 60″ acres in Limerick while “protecting that area along the Schuylkill.”

    “So we’re not losing,” Pride said.

    He estimated the overall gain of acreage to the state at $20 million.

    ‘Simply irreplaceable’

    However, Fred Ebert, owner of Ebert Engineering in Montgomery County, speaking as a member of the public, said the current location of state Game Land 234 “is simply irreplaceable.”

    He said the new land the state would get in Limerick is surrounded by a railroad and consists mainly of wetlands. The only access, he said, is existing farmland.

    State Game Land 234, he said, was entrusted by the former Pennhurst State School and Hospital before it shut down.

    “This exchange places a target on all in all game lands for development,” Ebert said. “It provides developers with a game plan and a path to seek out desirable land.”

    One East Vincent Township, Chester County, woman who did not identify herself, told the commission she lives across the Schuylkill from the Limerick swap site.

    She said so many residents have come forward with stories about how they walk the game land with their children, “showing them what wildlife is still around.”

    “If this heavy industry gets to switch out this property, that’s not going to be there for them any longer,” she said.

    But Steve Tricarico, a member of the Bern Township planning commission, sees the 377 acres of conserved space his municipality is gaining as a win given the development pressure in Berks County.

    “This land would offer new opportunities for outdoor activities and public enjoyment,” Tricarico said.

  • Sixers sign Charles Bassey, send him to NBA G League

    Sixers sign Charles Bassey, send him to NBA G League

    The 76ers assigned Charles Bassey to the Delaware Blue Coats on Monday, hours after announcing they signed him to a 10-day contract.

    This is Bassey’s second stint with the Sixers (24-20). The team initially selected the 6-foot-11 center with the 53rd pick in the 2021 draft out of Western Kentucky. He appeared in 23 NBA games as a rookie, averaging 3.0 points on 63.8% shooting along with 2.7 rebounds, 0.7 blocks, and 7.3 minutes.

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    However, Bassey became expendable when the Sixers added reserve center Montrezl Harrell to the roster in September 2022. The Nigerian player was waived on Oct. 13, 2022.

    He has averaged 4.3 points and 4.3 rebounds across 115 NBA games with the Sixers, San Antonio Spurs, and Memphis Grizzlies.

    Charles Bassey (28) has played 115 NBA games with the Sixers, San Antonio Spurs, and Memphis Grizzlies.

    Bassey’s rejoining the Sixers enables two-way contract players Dominick Barlow and Jabari Walker to continue playing in NBA games. The Sixers would have run out of available games for players on two-way deals since they had fewer than 15 players signed to standard NBA contracts. Bassey’s signing brings the number up to 15.

    Before his signing, Bassey played for the Santa Cruz Warriors, the NBA G League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors.

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    He is averaging 18.7 points, 11.2 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks with Santa Cruz.

    This is the second time Bassey received a 10-day contract this season. He had one with the Grizzlies on Oct. 27.

  • Eagles promote Joe Kasper to fill departed Christian Parker’s defensive backs coaching role

    Eagles promote Joe Kasper to fill departed Christian Parker’s defensive backs coaching role

    The Eagles are promoting Joe Kasper to fill their defensive backs coach/passing game coordinator vacancy left by Christian Parker, a league source confirmed to The Inquirer on Monday.

    The NFL Network first reported the news, which comes four days after the Dallas Cowboys hired Parker as their next defensive coordinator.

    Kasper has a history with both the Eagles and Vic Fangio spanning five seasons. He began his NFL coaching career in Philadelphia in 2021 as the team’s defensive quality control coach, a position he held for two years. He left in 2023 to work for Fangio as the Miami Dolphins’ safeties coach.

    When Fangio was hired as Eagles defensive coordinator in 2024, he brought Kasper with him to serve in the same role. Kasper had a hand in developing a stingy secondary, beginning with a group that allowed the fewest passing yards in the league (174.2 per game) and ranked No. 6 in passing touchdowns allowed (22) in 2024.

    The Eagles surrendered the fewest passing touchdowns (14) in the NFL and were No. 8 in passing yards allowed per game (189.8) in 2025. Cooper DeJean spoke highly of Kasper and his impact on the defensive backs in the aftermath of the Eagles’ wild-card exit.

    “[Parker] and Coach Kasper, what those guys mean to us in the DB room, how they coach, the intensity they bring, the passion they have for the game, means a lot to us,” DeJean said on Jan. 12. “Doesn’t go unnoticed.”

    The Eagles will now be tasked with identifying a new safeties coach in addition to filling their vacant offensive coordinator job and any subsequent departures on the offensive side of the ball.

    Staff writer Jeff McLane contributed to this article.

  • Trash pickup, school closures, and rescheduled events: What you need to know post-snowstorm in Lower Merion

    Trash pickup, school closures, and rescheduled events: What you need to know post-snowstorm in Lower Merion

    The largest snowstorm in a decade just hit the Philadelphia area, closing schools and coating the roads with a sheen of slippery white stuff.

    Penn Wynne received 9.4 inches of snow on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

    Lower Merion lifted its snow emergency declaration at noon on Monday, though crews are continuing to do post-storm cleanup.

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    Trash and recycling will not be picked up Monday in Lower Merion, and a holiday schedule will go into effect. To figure out when your garbage will be picked up, use the township’s address lookup tool to determine what zone you live in. Then, use this chart to determine your holiday garbage pickup day. If you live in Zone 3, your garbage will be picked up on Thursday following today’s Monday snow “holiday.”

    The township has asked residents to bring their trash curbside because garbage trucks may not be able to get into alleys with the high volume of snow. Any missed collections from this week will be made up next week.

    Narberth residents can expect their normally scheduled trash pickup on Tuesday and Wednesday.

    Sidewalks must be cleared (36 inches in width) within 24 hours of the last flakes falling in both Lower Merion and Narberth (here are The Inquirer’s tips for shoveling snow safely). It’s illegal to throw or plow snow into the street.

    The Lower Merion School District has declared today a remote instruction day (rest in peace to the snow day), and all libraries and township offices are closed.

    Narberth Borough’s administrative offices are also closed, and any documents that need to be dropped off can be left in the secure lockboxes outside the building entrance on Haverford Avenue. Narberth Borough Hall’s multipurpose room will be open until 8 p.m. for residents who need access to heat, water, and power.

    Waldron Mercy Academy, Friends’ Central School, the Baldwin School, Agnes Irwin School, Holy Child School at Rosemont, and Gladwyne Montessori, and the Shipley School are closed. Merion Mercy Academy is having a remote learning day.

    Monday’s Coffee with a Cop has been rescheduled to Wednesday.

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