As if O.G. television GOAT Jim Gardner retiring wasn’t enough, now Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz is leaving us. He’s calling it a career:

Hurricane is gonna dabble in a bunch of different things. That’s cool. He’s more than welcome to do a guest post for Crossing Broad on a topic of his choosing. It can be about the Eagles’ QB situation, Ben Simmons’ best three-pointers of all time, or a Philadelphia Stars season preview. He can write about anything he chooses.

Good for Hurricane, though. Guy is a local legend. 42 years on television! He’s been on TV since I was negative five years old. He also wrote a couple of books, one of which was a fiction thriller about climate change.

One of Glenn’s best moments was when he flipped shit on the Phillies and Major League Baseball for playing with lightning in the area:

But the best moment was when he dunked on Ben Simmons, live on television. Ben was put on a poster by Hurricane, who said “what is wrong with that guy?” and then issued a warning:


Love it. Even the 70-year-old meteorologists get in on the sports action in this town.

For real though, congrats to Hurricane on a great TV career. We’re losing some good ones around here. Jim Gardner, Hurricane Schwartz, Vernon Odom, etc. I’ve got Sheena Parveen at +350 odds to replace Hurricane. She’s doing mornings in San Diego but at +350 odds, you have to throw at least a fiver on it.