Philadelphia Throws a Pep Rally For Its Hometown Little League World Series Team
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — As young players get their first taste of the Little League World Series, in Williamsport, Pa., Taney fever was running high in Philadelphia. In the center of the...
View ArticleTaney Dragons Win Game 1 Of Little League World Series
By Tim Jimenez and Matt Rivers PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – UPDATE 8/15/14: The Taney Dragons beat Tennessee, 4-0, on Friday. Taney will take the field again on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN2. Mo’ne Davis...
View ArticleFans Keep Cheering As Taney Dragons LLWS Journey Continues
By Dan Wing PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Taney Dragons will play their second game in this year’s Little League World Series tonight against Pearlman, Texas in Williamsport. And just like on Friday, the...
View ArticleTaney Dragons Inspiring Young Baseball Players Around The Delaware Valley
By Justin Udo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Taney Dragons baseball team is playing their 2nd game in this year’s Little League World Series at 7pm Sunday against Pearlman, Texas. The Dragons and their star...
View ArticleTaney Dragons Rally To Beat Texas At Little League World Series
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (CBS/AP) — Zion Spearman scored on shortstop Matt Adams’ two-out throwing error to first base in the sixth inning to give Philadelphia’s Taney Dragons a 7-6 victory over...
View ArticleTaney Dragons Score Big In Ratings Game
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Taney Dragons scored some big TV ratings in the Little League World Series. If you were watching TV in Philadelphia Sunday night, there’s a decent chance you...
View ArticleMo’ne Davis Can Overcome The SI Cover Jinx
By Ray Boyd PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — You don’t want to mention it. You sort of want to act like you’ve never heard of it. That’s tough to do for any sports fan who is well aware of the dreaded Sports...
View ArticleTaney Dragons Take On Las Vegas In LLWS Semifinals
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia’s phenoms – the Taney Dragons – resume their quest for the Little League World Series tonight in Williamsport with a semifinal game against Las Vegas....
View ArticleRyne Sandberg: “We’re Still Looking At Domonic Brown”
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg was asked on the 94WIP Morning Show by Al Morganti, why we don’t see Darin Ruf more? “Well, we’re still looking at Domonic Brown to make a decision...
View ArticleTaney’s Wide Baseball Family Prepares To Root Team at Little League Semifinals
By Jim Melwert WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (CBS) — Dozens of Taney baseball fans and players are on their way to Williamsport, Pa. to watch the Dragons in their US semifinal game against Nevada. A charter bus...
View ArticleA Philadelphia School Cheers — and Shelters — Its Little League Stars
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A watch party is planned tonight at a Philadelphia private school that has three of its students on Taney’s Little League World Series team. “We can’t help but feel...
View ArticleCampbell: On Taney Dragons, New MLB Boss And Dick Bavetta
By Bill Campbell Bring on the Dragons Last Saturday afternoon, the minivan carrying five Mountain Ridge Little League players from Las Vegas and their coach pulled to the side of Ballpark Boulevard in...
View ArticleLast Surviving Member Of Philadelphia Stars Talks Taney Dragons And Their...
By Pat Ciarrocchi PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – When the Taney Dragons take the field tonight, Mahlon “Duck” Duckett will be watching every move. Duckett is the last surviving member of the Philadelphia Stars,...
View ArticleTaney Dragons Fall To Nevada 8-1
By Joseph Santoliquito WILLIAMSPORT, PA (CBS) — You just knew that they were going to make it exciting. You knew that despite being down three runs against what appeared to be an unhittable pitcher,...
View ArticleStigall Show Log 8.21.14
6:00 President Obama addressed the killing of journalist James Foley by ISIL. 6:02 What happens to your online life after you die? 6:21 The Taney Dragons fell to Las Vegas last night in the Little...
View ArticlePhilly’s Taney Dragons Sets LLWS Ratings Record
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Wednesday night’s Little League World Series game between Philly’s Taney Dragons and Las Vegas, Nevada—with 13-year-old female sensation Mo’ne Davis on the mound—was the highest...
View ArticleTaney’s Run Comes To An End As They Lose 6-5
By Joseph Santoliquito PHILADELPHIA, PA (CBS) — It would have been nice if the fairytale continued a few more days. The Taney Dragons’ lure had grown so strong that it formed a communal bond of fans...
View ArticleTaney Dad Bryant Simon: “They Gave Us An Incredible Gift”
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Taney Dragons took Philadelphia by storm during their run to the Little League World Series. Their run came to an end on Thursday night when they lost to Illinois in a nail...
View ArticlePhiladelphia To Celebrate Taney Dragons Homecoming
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — The city of Philadelphia is planning a welcome home ceremony for the Taney Dragons Little League baseball team. Mayor Michael Nutter says the event will take place when the team...
View ArticleTaney Dragons To Be Honored By Phillies During Pregame Tribute
By Dan Majka PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia’s Little League baseball team will take the field in a Major League ballpark. The Philadelphia Phillies announced on Sunday that the Taney Dragons will be...
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