Dante Collinelli, a deputy editor with The 33rd Team and a former OwlScoop reporter, joined us on The Scoop this week to educate listeners on what Temple’s offense could look like with new offensive coordinator Tyler Walker, who led Montana State to the FCS national championship game this month in that role. We discussed several staff and recruitin…

With an 8-5 record through nonconference play, Temple's men's basketball team heads into its American Athletic Conference opener Friday at the Liacouras Center against a 10-3 Wichita State team. Second-year head coach Adam Fisher spoke 1-on-1 with OwlScoop.com Editor John DiCarlo about Friday's game, the roster and much more.…

Temple’s 2,000th win, a 62-61 victory over Davidson Wednesday night at the Liacouras Center, will look good for the history books, but it looks just as good here and now for an Owls team that is starting to show signs of cohesion and defensive improvement after a rough start to the month. We’ll tell you more on this week’s podcast, brought to you b…

Point guard Lynn Greer III and assistant coach Chris Clark return Sunday when Temple plays at Hofstra. Can they get the Owls back on track during an important, three-game stretch of the season? Can Diane Richardson’s team knock off No. 15 West Virginia Sunday after beating Villanova last weekend to claim the first Big 5 Classic title? And a full an…

We’ll tell you why we believe Temple Athletic Director Arthur Johnson made the right hire at the right time with K.C. Keeler and preview a busy week of Big 5 basketball ahead for Adam Fisher’s and Diane Richardson’s programs. A busy mailbag awaits this week, as well as a ringing endorsement of Keeler from his friend and NFL Films senior producer Gr…

If you weren't able to stop by to see us, you can check out our live episode of The Scoop, which just wrapped up here at the South Philadelphia Tap Room. ESPN's Kevin Negandhi led us off to talk about Temple's football coaching search, and MLB.com Phillies beat reporter Todd Zolecki stopped by on his way to his book signing at at the New Era Team S…

After a Philadelphia Business Journal story left some doubt about the future of Temple football, Temple President John Fry said the university wants to ‘honor and reinvigorate’ the program as it looks for its next head coach. We talked about where that search stands and if the Owls can close out the season with a win over North Texas. And on his wa…

We’re less than a week into Temple’s search for a new head football coach, but we’ll talk about a few notable names that have already emerged, and we’ll get you ready for the Owls’ road game at UTSA, as well as a packed upcoming weekend of Temple men’s and women’s hoops. And we’ll tell you why former Owls point guard Hysier Miller’s name has resurf…

Temple announced late Sunday morning that it has parted ways with head coach Stan Drayton less than 24 hours after the Owls posted an 18-15 overtime win over FAU. Defensive coordinator Everett Withers will coach Temple’s last two regular season games. What does this mean for the program moving forward? Who could be in the mix to replace Drayton? Ho…

In a jam-packed episode of The Scoop, brought to you by Greenspan & Greenspan Injury Lawyers, you’ll hear about the Temple men’s basketball program’s 3-0 start and from assistant coach Bobby Jordan, who gave us a scouting report of the Owls’ two class of 2025 recruits in IMG Academy guard Cam Miles and Westtown School guard Cam Wallace, who also ta…

Jamal Mashburn Jr. was as good as advertised in Temple’s season-opening win over Sacred Heart, while Diane Richardson’s women’s team overcame a 17-point deficit but fell short to Richmond in their opener. We broke down both games, included some audio from Adam Fisher, Richardson and Owls quarterback Evan Simon as we recapped what has already been a…

Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney attorney Andrew Hope joins John Di Carlo, Kyle Gauss, Declan Landis and Johnny Zawislak to break down the NCAA investigation into Temple and the ramifications of the NCAA - House settlement. This week's episode all discusses, among other things, what's next for Temple football after a 56-34 loss to East Carolina and wh…

After leading New Mexico to the Mountain West Conference championship and into the NCAA Tournament, Jamal Mashburn Jr. entered the transfer portal and picked Temple, where he’ll take the floor for the Owls as a preseason first-team All-American Athletic Conference selection. In his 1-on-1 interview with OwlScoop.com for this week’s episode of The S…

Temple women’s basketball coach Diane Richardson joined us on The Scoop this week. She offered a closer look at her roster, talked about her daughter and WNBA star Jonquel Jones, and weighed in on the role of women in sports and sports media. We also previewed Temple’s upcoming homecoming football game against Tulsa, took note of new American Athle…

With three seconds left and mere inches from the end zone on the game's final play, Temple fumbled away a shocking loss at UConn, one we recapped on this week's OwlScopp.com podcast. John DiCarlo, Kyle Gauss, Declan Landis and Johnny Zawislak talked about why it evoked memories of the past and analyzed the questionable coaching decisions that have …

Temple is licking its wounds after a 28-point loss last Thursday to Army, and now the Owls have another quarterback question on their hands. With third-year head coach Stan Drayton electing to keep starter Evan Simon on the field late in the fourth quarter of an unwinnable game, the Rutgers transfer took a hard hit and is now questionable with an S…

This week’s podcast includes a recap of the Owls’ first football win of the season and part of our 1-on-1 conversation with Temple men’s basketball coach Adam Fisher, who talked to OwlScoop.com Editor John DiCarlo about where he feels the program stands with NIL, how they put together their schedule and what he learned from his first season on the …

Temple’s offense finally showed some signs of life last Saturday with Evan Simon under center, but the Owls are an 0-3 football team after their loss to Coastal Carolina. Could Saturday’s game against Utah State be the day when the Owls finally put it all together and land their first win of the year? Will Simon get another chance to start? We exam…

After an 0-2 start has left Temple football fans feeling quite frustrated, we’re here with a mailbag-heavy episode of The Scoop to listen to your airing of grievances. What needs to be done to give Temple better NIL support? Why did the Owls play so poorly in their loss at Navy? Is it the scheme? The execution? A little bit of both? And we got into…

Yes, there’s reason for optimism coming off Temple’s 51-3 loss at No. 16 Oklahoma as the Owls prepare for their American Athletic Conference opener at Navy this Saturday. We’ll tell you why on this week’s episode of The Scoop, which includes interviews with Temple quarterback Forrest Brock, head coach Stan Drayton and defensive tackle Latrell Jean.…

The Owls are just three days out from their season opener at No. 16 Oklahoma, and John DiCarlo and Declan Landis looked at all the key matchups of Friday’s game and answered questions from the mailbag. You’ll also hear from senior middle D.J. Woodbury about his recovery from last year’s season-ending injury and how he rebounded to become a single-d…

As he walked in to greet a room of reporters last week, Temple wide receiver John Adams smiled and started with a little bit of humor. "The president is back," he said, referencing of course that he shares a name with that of the second president of the United States. Adams has every reason to be in a good mood these days. After working his way int…

This week’s podcast is packed with everything you need to know and hear about a very successful recruiting week for head coach Adam Fisher and the Temple men’s basketball program, as well as the latest preseason camp updates for Stan Drayton’s Temple football team that is now just two weeks away from its season opener at No. 16 Oklahoma. Westtown S…

Forrest Brock and Evan Simon have company now with a third player in the mix for Temple’s starting quarterback job as the Owls’ season opener at Oklahoma approaches. You’ll hear from Temple’s third-year head coach Stan Drayton, defensive line coach Larry Knight and long snapper Andrew McIlquham, a Wuerffel Trophy and AFCA Good Works Team watch list…

Temple convened at Edberg-Olson Hall Monday for its first preseason team meeting and then practiced on its new Chodoff Field surface for the Owls’ first fall camp workout. You’ll hear from third-year Owls head coach Stan Drayton, who talked to OwlScoop Editor John DiCarlo Tuesday about the health of the team, new JUCO transfer running back Terrez W…

We went 1-on-1 with Temple guard Jameel Brown, examined three storylines of the Owls’ upcoming preseason football camp, and revealed the winner of our OwlScoop Summertime Madness food bracket on this week’s episode of The Scoop, the last of Season 9. Intro: 0:00 – 5:08 Famous No. 47s: 5:08 – 9:00 On (or around) this date: 9:00 – 15:35 OwlScoop Summ…

Temple and CFL Hall of Famer Henry Burris joined us on The Scoop this week to share memories from his career on North Broad Street as a record-setting quarterback out of Spiro, Oklahoma. Burris, who recently returned to his alma mater back in May to serve as the Klein College of Media and Communication’s commencement speaker at the Liacouras Center…

Temple guard Quante Berry will be at the Lupus Links Golf Challenge Wednesday at Lafayette Hill’s Green Valley Country Club to help raise awareness and money for lupus research. It’s a cause that’s quite important to the redshirt-sophomore point guard, as his sister and mother have both been diagnosed with the autoimmune disease. Participants in We…

Temple’s Board of Trustees unanimously appointed John Fry as the university’s 15th president Wednesday morning, and we talked on this week’s episode of The Scoop about how Drexel’s former president might impact the Owls’ athletic programs. Fry, who has served as Drexel’s president for the last 14 years and helped it raise more than $800 million ove…

After completing an internship back home in Milan with his Temple MBA program, Matteo Picarelli returned to North Broad Street this week to practice with some of the players who helped the Owls advance to the American Athletic Conference championship game, along with several more he hopes will lift Temple to a conference title and into the NCAA Tou…

Andy Carl, the executive director of the TUFF Fund NIL collective, joined us on The Scoop this week to talk about their growth over the past year and what's ahead in the coming weeks, including camps and other charitable initiatives for Temple's student athletes and fans. We also have Temple football and men's basketball recruiting updates to share…

Dionte Christmas, who scored 2,043 career points and helped lead Temple to consecutive Atlantic 10 championships during his stellar career with the Owls, has been named to the Temple Athletics Hall of Fame, and he joined us on The Scoop this week to share some incredible stories about his time with the Owls that you won't want to miss. We'll tell y…

Temple has the help of another NIL collective with the Owl Elite Fund. On this week’s podcast, we talked to its president, Lou Parisi, about how it came together and how it can collaborate with the work that has been done by the TUFF Fund. Parisi, a former mid-distance runner on Temple’s track team, is the director of marketing at Comcast Business,…

This week’s episode of OwlScoop.com’s podcast is packed with a little bit of everything, so time stamps will be your friend. Temple men’s basketball fans can enjoy the first part of our 1-on-1 interview with Owls forward Steve Settle, who explained how he and his teammates turned around their season in the span of five games to get to the brink of …

The transfer portal has its ups and downs, and Stan Drayton's football program experienced both feelings in the same week. Just days after getting a verbal commitment from Division II defensive tackle Collin Vaughn, Temple lost Vaughn to Utah State after he changed his mind less than a week later. So what's next for Drayton's football program and A…

Scoop listeners will hear part of John DiCarlo's interview with new transfer defensive tackle Collin Vaughn, who announced his verbal commitment to Temple Sunday night, and we have some summer content ahead that will engage our listeners.OwlScoop.com

Listeners will hear from Temple's newest transfer portal addition, former Fordham forward Elijah Gray, on this week'e episode of The Scoop. Our 1-on-1 interview with the 6-foot-8, 220-pound rising junior is part of our ongoing Get To Know The Owls series, and you can listen to the first part of it on this week's podcast, along with answers to your …

After landing New Mexico transfer Jamal Mashburn Jr., Temple head coach Adam Fisher and his staff added two more important players to their backcourt in St. Joe's transfer and legacy recruit Lynn Greer III and Penn State transfer Jameel Brown, who grew up just a few blocks from Temple's North Philadelphia campus. Scoop listeners will hear exclusive…

Jamal Mashburn Jr., one of the top guards available in the transfer portal, energized the Temple men's basketball program and fanbase when he announced his verbal commitment to the Owls Monday, and you'll hear part of John DiCarlo's exclusive interview with him on this week's podcast, in addition to more men's and women's hoops transfer portal upda…

The defense was credited with 13 sacks in Saturday's Cherry and White, with Diwun Black getting six of them, and head coach Stan Drayton said he's not ready to say that any of his quarterbacks are ready for the season opener at Oklahoma. What does that mean for what looks like a wide-open quarterback battle between Forrest Brock, Evan Simon, Tyler …

Temple will wrap up its spring football season Saturday with the program’s annual Cherry and White game scrimmage, and we talked about what fans should and should not expect from the intrasquad exhibition. Listeners will also hear from Tyron Carrier, a former All-American at Houston and Temple’s new wide receivers coach, who talked about his approa…

With Hysier Miller and Jahlil White entering the NCAA’s transfer portal over the past two days, Temple’s roster will look much different next season. Where do the Owls turn from here to restock their roster? Where is Temple’s football roster starting to improve this spring? We take a closer look at all of that and more on this week’s podcast, which…

Three of Temple’s men’s basketball players – Deuce Roberts, Taj Thweatt and Emmanuel Okpomo – entered the transfer portal over the last week. That was to be expected. Over the weekend, a player who was expected to compete for Temple’s starting quarterback job also entered the transfer portal. That was not to be expected. We covered all of that and …

It’s been an eventful two weeks since we last recorded. Adam Fisher’s Temple men’s basketball team nearly pulled off what would have been an improbable to the NCAA Tournament, Diane Richardson’s women’s team fell short of its goal of a conference title, and just about every position battle is up for grabs as Temple gets started with its padded spri…

With top-five marks among all linebackers in the 40-yard dash, vertical jump and broad jump at last week's NFL Scouting Combine, former Temple linebacker Jordan Magee helped his draft stock as next month's NFL Draft approaches, and he joined us on The Scoop this week to talk about his success out in Indianapolis. Magee is back in Philadelphia and t…

Temple guard Shane Dezonie, who hit a three-pointer late in regulation and then scored on a putback to help the Owls grab an overtime win at Wichita State Sunday, joined us on The Scoop this week from the road to talk about his career and his growth this season as his team prepares to take on Rice Wednesday night. And we’ll get you ready for the Te…

If the world of Name, Image and Likeness and its overwhelming influence on the world of college sports has been confusing for you, this week’s podcast will be a helpful explainer. Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney attorney Andrew Hope, who has written on the intersection of law and sports and recent NIL developments, joined us on The Scoop this week to…

Former Temple center Kevin Lyde, who came to John Chaney's program as a McDonald's All-American, talked to OwlScoop.com prior to Sunday's game at the Liacouras Center, and you can hear that entire interview on this week's podcast. Lyde, who shared memories about the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Temple NCAA Tournament teams, including the Elite Eight runs in…

After Temple signed 19 more players to its 2024 recruiting class, we caught up with Owls offensive line coach Chris Wiesehan, and you'll hear part of that conversation on this week's podcast, as well as audio from head coach Stan Drayton, who's excited about what Temple is getting in North Allegheny High School linebacker Tyree Alualu. Declan Landi…

Jahlil White had been playing some of the better basketball of his career prior to Temple's overtime loss at ECU Sunday, when the redshirt-junior guard was hampered by foul trouble and held scoreless for the first time since November of 2022. On this week's episode of The Scoop, White told OwlScoop that he feels the Owls beat themselves and have th…