During my first season covering the Seattle Seahawks in 2015, I posed a question to coach Pete Carroll during a routine press conference.

He paused and stared at me, offering a response that had nothing to do with football.

“Why are you yelling at me?” he asked, pointing out that his hearing was fine and he wasn’t that old.

I guess that’s how I was raised in the media world — shouting questions at the NovaCare Complex and Lincoln Financial Field. What’s that old saying? You can take the reporter out of Philly, but you can’t take Philly out of the reporter?

After a tremendous two years working for ESPN and living in Seattle, I’m thrilled to be back home to help lead The Athletic Philadelphia. I’ll be writing plenty about the Eagles but will also be weighing in on other sports. I hear that the basketball team across the street has generated some buzz as of late.

The concept for The Athletic is pretty straightforward. You pay for a subscription, and in return we promise to offer you great coverage of the teams you care about. When you click on a link, you won’t get hit with advertisements or autoplay videos. Our app is easy to navigate and fast to load. And you will also get access to The Athletic’s other writers and sites, including its growing national coverage.

I am not in the business of telling people how to spend their money, but we’re going to work hard to provide you with Philly sports content that you won’t find elsewhere. We will listen to your feedback and take into account what’s working and what’s not. We’ll experiment with new ideas. Some will be home runs, and others will flop. That will be part of the fun. We’ll learn and get better.

And we will have a civil comments section — a place where you’ll want to hang out, share links and weigh in with your opinions without having to deal with disruptive trolls.

What I’m most excited about is the team that we’ve assembled. Bo Wulf joins me on Eagles coverage and will bring a unique voice that will have you cracking up to yourself as you scroll through your phone, tablet or computer.

Derek Bodner leads our Sixers coverage (more from him here) and will continue to offer the smartest basketball analysis in the city. The versatile Rich Hofmann will join him on that mission and will also pitch in on other sports. Charlie O’Connor will write about the Flyers in a way that no one else can.

We will have a host of other talented voices, including Phillies writers, whom you’ll become familiar with soon enough.

Our co-founder and CEO, Alex Mather, is a Philadelphia native, and he’s committed to providing us with the resources to make this site special. So for those of you who have already subscribed, a sincere thank you.

And if you haven’t made the leap yet, give us a shot. We won’t let you down.

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