Alex Coffey
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Sports features @PhillyInquirer, previously @TheAthletic. Second-generation sportswriter. Proud sister of an Olympic gold medalist. ✉️: [email protected]
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2 days ago |
inquirer.com | Alex Coffey
Ed Uberti was walking through a Philadelphia hotel lobby in November 1991 when he saw a familiar face. Wilt Chamberlain was hard to miss. At 7-foot-1, the former 76er towered over everyone else, with enormous hands, a 7-8 wingspan, and the same distinctive mustache he’d had since high school. Chamberlain was promoting his autobiography, A View From Above, on a local radio station. During commercial breaks, fans waited in line for autographs, carrying photos, magazine covers, and basketballs.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Alex Coffey
Last July, when Jazmine Jackson learned she was pregnant, she and her older sister, Tyquanique, came up with a joke. They were talking about baby names, and Tyquanique said that if she ever had another child, she’d name it Sirianni, after Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni. Jazmine decided to claim the name for her unborn daughter. “No, I’m going to call her Sirianni,” she told her sister. Jazmine had recently become an Eagles fan.
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1 week ago |
kdhnews.com | Alex Coffey
PHILADELPHIA - When Mucha Nama drives his white minivan up and down Broad Street, he gets some interesting reactions. Most people hear his car before they actually see it.
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1 week ago |
thederrick.com | Alex Coffey
PHILADELPHIA — When Mucha Nama drives his white minivan up and down Broad Street, he gets some interesting reactions. Most people hear his car before they actually see it.
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1 week ago |
dailygazette.com | Alex Coffey
PHILADELPHIA — When Mucha Nama drives his white minivan up and down Broad Street, he gets some interesting reactions. Most people hear his car before they actually see it.
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RT @byalexcoffey: Hi friends! I'm trying to write some stories about Philly sports memorabilia —why we choose to keep certain things, and t…
Gina did a great job with this:
Sixers assistant GM Ned Cohen walked into the draft lottery room focused on No. 3, which was his lucky number long before Monday night. @ginamizell was one of 14 media outlets inside the drawing room, where Cohen watched the Sixers move up to third. https://t.co/fkVstHXFbL
RT @byalexcoffey: "I’m sure people who knew him back then never would have realized he had that deep of spiritual sense to him," Rev. Victo…
