Matthew De George

Philadelphia

Assistant Sports Editor, Writer and Reporter at The Delaware County Daily Times

Americas Correspondent at Swimming World Magazine

Olympic journalist, @SwimmingWorld | Assistant Sports Editor/Union beatwriter, @delcosports | Swim Author x2 | Always looking for the next story (DMs open)

Featured in: Favicon

delcotimes.com Favicon

swimmingworldmagazine.com Favicon

theguardian.com Favicon

apnews.com Favicon

washingtontimes.com Favicon

orlandosentinel.com Favicon

charlotteobserver.com Favicon

mcall.com

thestate.com Favicon

theathletic.com + 35 more

Articles

Phillies Notebook: Friday matchup latest Cy Young foe for Phillies

6 days ago | mcall.com | Matthew De George

PHILADELPHIA – The Phillies season is only 20 games old, but it feels like they’ve already had their fair share of hype-worthy affairs. An early-April visit from the reigning World Series champion Dodgers followed by a voyage to Atlanta will tend to do that. Ditto next week’s NLDS rematch at Citi Field. But this week has produced a statistical oddity: For the third time in four nights, the Phillies’ lineup had matched up with a Cy Young Award winner.
Despite rough patch, schedule suddenly opens up for Union

6 days ago | mcall.com | Matthew De George

The Philadelphia Union may be approaching the first inflection point in a long MLS season. The club started with wins in its first three games under new coach Bradley Carnell, two of them on the road. It’s followed up with just one win in five games, a stretch that saw the club’s all-time leading scorer Daniel Gazdag traded to Columbus. The next month holds both promise and treachery, a difference made evident by the first month and a half of the MLS season.
Russian Championships: Egor Kornev Wins 100 Free; Kliment Kolesnikov Sixth

6 days ago | swimmingworldmagazine.com | Matthew De George

Russian Championships: Egor Kornev Wins 100 Free; Kliment Kolesnikov SixthEgor Kornev dominated a deep field in the final of the men’s 100 freestyle at the Russian Championships on Friday, wrapping up the six-day meet with a title. Kornev went 47.55 to win by more than a half-second and dip under the automatic qualifying time for the 2025 World Championships.
Russian Championships: Oleg Kostin Wins Chaotic 50 Fly

6 days ago | swimmingworldmagazine.com | Matthew De George

Russian Championships: Oleg Kostin Wins Chaotic 50 FlyOleg Kostin pulled out the right swim at the right time Thursday at the Russian Swimming Championships, winning the men’s 50 butterfly with a time of 23.15 seconds. The session also featured a Russian record by Oleg Kozhakin in the men’s 50 breaststroke. His time was .01 seconds ahead of Egor Yurchenko. Third was Roman Shevlyakov in 23.26.
Ahmed Hafnaoui Officially Suspended 21 Months for Whereabouts Violations

6 days ago | swimmingworldmagazine.com | Matthew De George

Ahmed Hafnaoui Officially Suspended 21 Months for Whereabouts ViolationsTunisian Olympic gold medalist Ahmed Hafnaoui has had his provisional suspension for whereabouts violations enacted, which will keep him out of competition through 2026. World Aquatics’ Integrity Unit affirmed the suspension on Monday. It is effective April 11 for a period of 21 months, keeping him out of competition until Jan. 10, 2026. Results by Hafnaoui since April 11, 2024 have also been disqualified.
Russian Championships: Andrei Minakov Lowers His 100 Fly National Record

1 week ago | swimmingworldmagazine.com | Matthew De George

Russian Championships: Andrei Minakov Lowers His 100 Fly National RecordAndrei Minakov lowered his Russian record in the men’s 100 butterfly on Tuesday, the third day of the Russian National Championships. The highlight of Wednesday’s action in Kazan, Day 4 of the six-day meet, brought a second improvement in as many days for Maria Osterova in the women’s 50 fly junior record.
Kliment Kolesnikov Goes 52.04 in Deep 100 Back at Russian Championships

1 week ago | swimmingworldmagazine.com | Matthew De George

Kliment Kolesnikov Goes 52.04 in Deep 100 Back at Russian ChampionshipsKliment Kolesnikov clocked in at 52.04 seconds on Tuesday at the Russian Championships, winning a deep event for a nation proving it is still among the backstroking powers. The 24-year-old, who won silver in this event at the Tokyo Olympics, was .09 seconds ahead of his teammate, Miron Lifintsev, second in 52.15. Kolesnikov was within reach of his national record of 51.82, set in 2023.
Pieter Coetzee Wraps South African Champs, One of Seven with Cuts

1 week ago | swimmingworldmagazine.com | Matthew De George

Pieter Coetzee Wraps South African Champs, One of Seven with CutsPieter Coetzee wrapped up the South African Senior Championships on Sunday with a fourth World Championships qualifying cut of the meet, one of seven swimmers to book their places in Singapore. Coetzee won the 200 backstroke with ease in 1:56.07. He completed a sweep of all three backstroke distances plus the 50 and 100 freestyle. Coetzee joins Matt Sates with the most titles on the men’s side at five each.
‘Ancient’ or not, Kyle Lowry wants one more year with 76ers

1 week ago | mcall.com | Matthew De George

PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Lowry, in the manner that has guided many of his 19 NBA seasons, started Sunday with a joke and then got to the heart of matters quickly. On the subject of his own career, though, it took more to draw him out. But after jokingly calling 2024-25, “one of the seasons that you really don’t want to remember” and then lauding the young players he’s mentored while sidelined by a hip injury, Lowry declared he’d like one more NBA season.
After painful stretch, Nick Nurse will have chance to help remedy Sixers' ills

1 week ago | mcall.com | Matthew De George

PHILADELPHIA — Upon the conclusion of a 24-58 season, 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey Sunday declared everyone would have to look in the mirror and evaluate what went wrong. Just as unequivocally, he announced he’d be remaining in his job, as would head coach Nick Nurse. It was a low-key reveal of news perhaps not quite so matter of fact these days. For the first time since 2017, the Sixers are not in the NBA Playoffs.

Contact details

Emails

[email protected]

Socials & Sites

Try JournoFinder For Free

Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →

Coverage map

X (formerly Twitter)

Followers: 8K
Tweets: 117K
DMs Open: Yes

Matthew De George @sportsdoctormd

6 Apr 25

Union-Orlando City through 37 minutes https://t.co/OKxnna2ecm

Matthew De George @sportsdoctormd

14 Mar 25

Ahem ... https://t.co/70LL9k2nVK

Twitter User @user

Matthew De George @sportsdoctormd

9 Mar 25

MLS, unlike the Apple broadcast, managed to spell Razov's name correctly

MLS Communications @MLS_PR

After scoring in the second half tonight, @PhilaUnion forward Tai Baribo tied Ante Razov (6 in 1999) for the most goals scored through the first three games of a season in @MLS history. https://t.co/VRmGgS3JXO