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City of Basketball Love (CoBL) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused around the coverage of high school and college basketball in and around Philadelphia. Founded in 2012, the site has become known as one of the top independent sports coverage websites in the entire Northeast, with an award-winning team of correspondents who cover boys, girls, men's and women's hoops in the Delaware Valley

year-round. In addition to its mission to cover amateur basketball as thoroughly as possible, while shining a spotlight on the region's student-athletes, CoBL also serves as a proving ground for young journalists, with over 150 high school and collegiate writers who have honed their skills with the organization over the years. CoBL alumni have gone on to work as journalists and other communications professionals, working for news organizations, professional sports teams, non-profit foundations, and more. Since 2014, CoBL has also run offseason and in-season events, camps and clinics, helping develop the next generations of ballplayers and helping expose them to high-level instruction and collegiate coaches.

Here's part two of our recruiting coverage from the 2026 edition of Philly Live I ⤵️
06/19/2026

Here's part two of our recruiting coverage from the 2026 edition of Philly Live I ⤵️

CoBL Staff () The 2026 edition of Philly Live is well underway, with plenty of action in the books following a full and eventful weekend. Here's part two of our recruiting coverage from 10 courts' worth of games between the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center and Jefferson University:

There will be some new faces roaming the coaching sidelines in the Catholic League, Central League and Friends Schools L...
06/18/2026

There will be some new faces roaming the coaching sidelines in the Catholic League, Central League and Friends Schools League this coming season.

By Joseph Santoliquito There will be some new faces roaming the coaching sidelines in the Catholic League, Central League and Friends Schools League this coming season. At Lansdale Catholic, Bill Coleman returns to coaching as the new boys’ head coach, Lonnie Diggs moves from Chester Charter

Here's part one of our recruiting coverage from 10 courts' worth of games between the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center an...
06/17/2026

Here's part one of our recruiting coverage from 10 courts' worth of games between the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center and Jefferson University ⤵️

CoBL Staff () The 2026 edition of Philly Live is well underway, with plenty of action in the books following a full and eventful weekend. Here's part one of our recruiting coverage from 10 courts' worth of games between the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center and Jefferson University:

CoBL had writers and scouts on hand at both facilities on Saturday for Philly Live I, checking out as much of the action...
06/17/2026

CoBL had writers and scouts on hand at both facilities on Saturday for Philly Live I, checking out as much of the action as we could. Here’s who stood out to our staff in games we watched throughout the day.

By CoBL Staff () The 2026 edition of Philly Live continued with its busiest day on Saturday, with games going from 8 AM until after dark in front of college coaches from all levels between the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center and the courts at Jefferson University. CoBL had writers

The 2026 edition of Philly Live is in full swing, featuring a packed weekend of action between the Alan Horwitz “Sixth M...
06/17/2026

The 2026 edition of Philly Live is in full swing, featuring a packed weekend of action between the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center and the courts at Jefferson University.

Here's Part 1 of our Team Notebook.

CoBL Staff () The 2026 edition of Philly Live is in full swing, featuring a packed weekend of action between the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center and the courts at Jefferson University. Here's part one of our team notebook, featuring coverage of various high school programs within t

The 2026 edition of Philly Live got off to a flying start last Friday, the first of six days this month with 10 courts o...
06/16/2026

The 2026 edition of Philly Live got off to a flying start last Friday, the first of six days this month with 10 courts of action going in front of college coaches from all levels.

Here are our standouts from Friday's action ⤵️

By CoBL Staff () The 2026 edition of Philly Live got off to a flying start on Friday, the first of six days this month with 10 courts of action going in front of college coaches from all levels between the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center and the courts at Jefferson University. CoB

The annual Prime Event East again brought some of the top travel teams in the northeast to Spooky Nook for a bracket-sty...
06/16/2026

The annual Prime Event East again brought some of the top travel teams in the northeast to Spooky Nook for a bracket-style, two-day tournament.

CoBL was on hand Saturday; here’s a collection of interviews we were able to put together while moving between courts during the day ⬇️

By Andrew Robinson () MANHEIM >> The annual Prime Event East again brought some of the top travel teams in the northeast to Spooky Nook for a bracket-style, two-day tournament. CoBL was on hand Saturday trying to cover some ground as local squads and plenty of area players competed

Jo Owens, a 2027 Germantown Academy forward who plays for the Comets UAA 17U team, visited La Salle last Wednesday and g...
06/15/2026

Jo Owens, a 2027 Germantown Academy forward who plays for the Comets UAA 17U team, visited La Salle last Wednesday and gave the school her verbal commitment.

By Tom Robinson Jo Owens has been going to Big 5 basketball games with her family for years. Now, she looks forward to playing in them. Owens, a 2027 Germantown Academy forward who plays for the Comets UAA 17U team, visited La Salle Wednesday and gave the school her verbal commitment. La S

The Lehigh Valley was just a little more appealing than the Garden State for Grace Nasr, so the rising senior at the Aca...
06/15/2026

The Lehigh Valley was just a little more appealing than the Garden State for Grace Nasr, so the rising senior at the Academy of Notre Dame made her pick, publicly committing to Lehigh and head coach Addie Micir last Tuesday.

By Josh Verlin () Several prospective students on tours of Lehigh and Princeton last month might have noticed the 6-foot-3 girl in amongst their groups, strolling around the respective schools’ campuses to check out classrooms, dorms, and other highlights. But if they were curious as to

After 17 years with the Generals, Rob Moore is now the general manager of the city’s 60-some boys’ basketball programs, ...
06/15/2026

After 17 years with the Generals, Rob Moore is now the general manager of the city’s 60-some boys’ basketball programs, overseeing the annual operation of the largest basketball league in the state.

By Josh Verlin () The timing was right for Rob Moore, for so many reasons. Constitution High’s only boys’ basketball coach since the program’s start in the late 00s, Moore made it known during the 2025-26 season that it was to be his last on the Generals’ sidelines. His daughter Cas...

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