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Adam Fisher’s men’s basketball team could win its eighth game in a row Wednesday night at Memphis, but the Owls will do so just one day after learning of the sudden passing of assistant coach Bill Courtney. We paid tribute to Courtney, along with our late former staff member Matt Vender, on this week’s podcast, and assistant coach Bobby Jordan joined us on the pod to talk about the Owls' seven-gam...

Things are starting to pick up in the transfer portal for the Temple football program as the Owls look for a quarterback and depth at several other positions on the roster. We’ll get you caught up on some of the latest developments and tell fans why they shouldn’t panic about some of the team’s early swings and misses. Meanwhile, the Temple men’s basketball team has won six games in a row, and Owl...

It looks like K.C. Keeler and his staff are zeroing in on Mason McKenzie as one of their preferred transfer portal quarterback recruiting targets, and you’ll hear part of our interview with the former Saginaw Valley State star on this week’s podcast. Can some get-right wins for Adam Fisher’s and Diane Richardson’s basketball programs get them back on track as American Conference play approaches? P...

Yes, Temple signed three incoming freshman quarterbacks last week from the 2026 class, but head coach K.C. Keeler and his general manager Clayton Barnes are looking around the transfer portal for immediate help at that position. We’ll tell you who’s on their board and fill you in on other roster developments over the last week, and you’ll also hear part of our interview with wide receiver Demonte...

You’ll hear from Temple football head coach K.C. Keeler, general manager Clayton Barnes and one of the Owls’ 2026 recruits, Karon Spencer, on our National Signing Day episode of The Scoop as we break down a Temple class ranked second in the American Conference by On3 and Rivals. Former OwlScoop staff reporter Greg Paone, who now works as the Philadelphia director of regional integrated marketing a...

It’s been a tough Temple sports stretch. Bowl eligibility has evaded K.C. Keeler’s football program heading into the season finale at No. 22 North Texas, and Diane Richardson’s and Adam Fisher’s basketball teams have weathered losses, too. We’re here to help you cope with it all by reflecting on what we can be thankful for during this Thanksgiving week. At least National Signing Day is around the...

Temple can become bowl-eligible for the first time in six seasons if it can upset No. 24 Tulane Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field. Are the odds stacked against the Owls as an 8.5-point underdog? Sure, but we’ll tell you why there’s a path to victory for K.C. Keeler’s squad.   We also went 1-on-1 with Temple safety Javier Morton, conducted a SWOT analysis of Adam Fisher’s Temple men’s basketball...

The Temple men’s basketball team is off to a 2-0 start after routing La Salle, 90-63, in the Owls’ Big 5 opener Tuesday night, and we’ll tell you on this week’s podcast why Adam Fisher’s team should be 3-0 by the end of the weekend after they host Boston College. And on the football front, a bye week will be the best medicine for a team that needs to get healthy ahead of a Nov. 22 home game agains...

The Temple women’s basketball team’s depth was on full display in its 94-85 overtime win over George Mason, the defending Atlantic 10 champions, in the Owls’ season opener. You’ll hear from head coach Diane Richardson on this week’s podcast, and we’ll preview the Temple men’s hoops season opener and talk about why K.C. Keeler’s football team was on the wrong end of a 45-14 rout against East Caroli...

With a big game on the horizon Saturday against East Carolina, Temple tight end Peter Clarke joined us on The Scoop this week to talk about why he’s having a breakout season and why he and his teammates feel a sense of confidence and belief in the locker room as they approach the last four games of the season. We also passed along some notes from this week’s men’s and women’s basketball media days...

Former University of Miami basketball coach Jim Larrañaga joined us on this week’s podcast to talk about why he hired Adam Fisher back in 2013, a move that helped jumpstart Fisher’s career and get him to where he is now entering his third season as Temple’s men’s basketball coach. In addition to John DiCarlo’s interview with Larranaga, Colin Schofield spoke with Temple women’s basketball coach Dia...

You’ll hear from Temple head coach K.C. Keeler as well as his defensive coordinator Brian L. Smith as we take a look at the 3-3 Owls at the halfway mark of the season following their last-minute, 32-31 loss to Navy. With a get-right game coming up at 1-5 Charlotte Saturday, we’ll tell you why we think Temple is still bowl-bound in Keeler’s first season, and we’ll also tell you why the preseason po...

Temple is once again an underdog, this time heading into Saturday's Homecoming game against a 5-0 Navy team. And once again, we'll tell you why the Owls - who are currently 9.5-point underdogs according to BetMGM - should win as they take one step closer toward bowl eligibility in K.C. Keeler's first season on North Broad Street.  This week's mailbag is packed with 15 questions and helped set the...

UTSA is bringing one of the best running backs in the nation to Lincoln Financial Field in Robert Henry Jr., but we’ll tell you why we think Temple could – and should – beat the Roadrunners in Saturday’s American Conference opener despite being a 6.5-point underdog. Intro: 0:00 – 6:40 Roster departures, injuries and Temple’s chances of beating UTSA: 6:40 – 29:35 Why we’re all predicting a Temple w...

With Temple’s football team at 2-2 and heading into its bye week before conference play, we blended some basketball talk into this week’s podcast by talking to Andy Allison, Adam Fisher’s new chief of staff whose goal is to help the men’s basketball program reach more individual and corporate donors and attract and retain more players. We’ll tell you how we’re feeling about K.C. Keeler’s football...

Can Temple learn enough from the film of last Saturday’s 42-3 loss to No. 13 Oklahoma to be more competitive against - or even upset - No. 18 Georgia Tech on the road this Saturday? We’ll tell you what the Owls are facing in the 3-0 Yellow Jackets and how they'll defend Yellow Jackets quarterback Haynes King, hear from Temple head coach K.C. Keeler, answer your mailbag questions and celebrate the...

It's been a productive week on North Broad Street. K.C. Keeler's football program is off to its first 2-0 start in six seasons and hosts No. 13 Oklahoma Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field, and Adam Fisher's men's basketball team got its first class of 2026 verbal commitment in Father Judge High School guard Derrick Morton-Rivera. We recapped a successful week in Temple athletics on this week's po...

There was plenty to like about Temple’s 42-10 rout of UMass in the Owls’ season opener. We dissected the first game of the K.C. Keeler era, previewed Saturday’s upcoming home opener against Howard, broke some Temple men’s hoops news and answered your mailbag questions. You’ll also hear from Owls left tackle Giakoby Hills on this week’s podcast, brought to you each week by Greenspan & Greenspan...

Game week is here, and we’ll get you ready for Temple’s season opener up at UMass. On this week’s episode, brought to you by Greenspan & Greenspan Injury Lawyers, you’ll hear Owls head coach K.C. Keeler explain why he believes both Evan Simon and Gevani McCoy will get snaps against the Minutemen, and we’ll break down some of the key matchups and predict Saturday’s outcome. Are there any future...

Evan Simon hasn’t been sleeping on the job. In fact, he’s literally been sleeping at Temple’s Edberg-Olson Hall football complex for the last two weeks, he told reporters, as the Owls’ quarterback competition moves along. That was one of the gems to come from Thursday’s media day session, and you can hear the media day interviews from Simon and head coach K.C. Keeler on this week’s podcast, along...

Wide receivers Colin Chase and JoJo Bermudez have routinely looked like the two best players on Temple's offense since preseason camp began in late July. Listen to their Wednesday post-practice interviews on this week's edition of The Scoop, as well as some single-digit speculation and answers to your mailbag questions.  Intro: 0:00 – 4:45 Preseason football updates: 4:45 – 12:48 Colin Chase inter...

Temple is seven practices into preseason camp, and we have the latest position battle details for you, along with some audio from defensive coordinator Brian L. Smith, who spoke with reporters following Wednesday’s workout at Chodoff Field. All of that and more on this week's podcast, brought to you by Greenspan & Greenspan Injury Lawyers.  Intro: 0:00 – 1:51 Wednesday’s practice details and B...

Temple reported to camp Tuesday at Edberg-Olson Hall and conducted its first preseason camp practice Wednesday. How did the Owls look? Our staff was there for the whole practice and talked to head coach K.C. Keeler, quarterback Evan Simon and defensive tackle Sekou Kromah afterward, so we’ll recap what we saw – including some precision throws from Simon and Gevani McCoy - and forecast what’s ahead...

You’ll hear part of our interview with Aiden Tobiason on this week’s podcast, brought to you by Greenspan & Greenspan Injury Lawyers. The rising sophomore guard took us inside conversations he had with teammate Babatunde Durodola as they weighed their options before ultimately deciding to stay on North Broad Street and play for third-year head coach Adam Fisher. This week’s mailbag asked us to...

New Temple men’s basketball assistant coach Bill Courtney joined us on The Scoop this week to talk about why he wanted to work for Adam Fisher on North Broad Street and why he feels Fisher is entering his “sweet spot” as he moves toward his third season as the Owls’ head coach. We also have some hoops scheduling news, answers to your mailbag questions and much more on The Scoop, brought to you by...