Staff Blog
Morning Rounds, September 5th
For a day without any local sports being played, last night
was faaaannnnnnnnnnnntastic. Football
season came back, and neither the Giants nor the Redskins looked particularly
unbeatable (or good), plus Novak Djokovic got the entire U.S. Open crowd to viciously boo
him, hopefully starting a rivalry with all of America (if Andy Murray takes him
down, watch out).
Now, in what seems like the biggest weekend since God
rested, the Phils are geared up for a three game set against the choking Mets
(capped by a Sunday Ace v. Ace finale) and the Birds start their championship
run.
If the Phils take less than two and/or the Eagles drop an
extremely winnable game (not likely) I’ll be singing a different tune Monday,
but for at least this morning … it’s a wonderful time to be a fan.
Oh football season, I missed you so. I seriously don’t know
how non-sports fans can deal with seasonal change. I’d hate to be them.
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“I wouldn’t ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless
it was, you know, important -like a league game or something.” – Dick Butkus
Three lines on their world:
- In the glorious return of football season Plaxico and the
Giants picked up where they left
- Djokovic took out Roddick, and apparently wants to be the
bad guy - Vandy knocked off Steve Spurrier and South Carolina
Three lines on ours:
- After taking a day to rest up and lick their wounds the
Phillies head to New York
for three
- The Birds gear up for Sunday
- JoePa laid down the hammer on four Penn State
players who weren’t smart enough to get rid of some week three hours after they
were told to
Phillies, Birds,
Sixers, Flyers and FUCKTHEMETS after the jump
PHILLIES
Todd Zolecki explains what we all know too well: the
Phillies have to win. SKIP
David Murphy’s off-day story says it’s time for the Phils to
show and prove. SKIP
Bob Ford has an excruciatingly poorly worded lede, but then goes ahead and holds Dave Montgomery to the fire for not going
all-in. READ
Murphy reports that the Phils have shown interest in Tad
Iguchi. SKIP
USA Today says that the Phils are in familiar spot for September,
and need to win now to close the gap. READ
Randy Miller brings it back to 1964. READ
EAGLES
Paul Domowitch brings you five things to watch in the Rams
game. SKIP
Ashley Fox how gets behind the betting odds. READ
Bob Brookover tries to find out what to expect from the
Birds’ D. READ
*if you can only skip
one Gary Miles claims he knows what’s cool in the NFL, presumably because he’s a sports editor. Now, career-wise I should probably be cautious when ripping editors, but what the fuck? His column sucked. Him claiming to know what’s cool in sports because he’s vaguely associated with them is like is like someone
from Alaska claiming they’re accomplished at foreign policy because they live somewhat
close (you know, just a short ocean away) from one of the most unpopulated parts
of Russia. SKIP
Tim Panaccio (whose name I finally spelled right on the
first try) says that Steven Jackson is going to a be a focus of the Eagles
defense, which, is like breaking the news that Christian Bale is
probably going to play a big role in the next Batman. Sure it’s true but … SKIP
Included in the Inqy’s notes: Chris Clemons is ready to
play, Reggie Brown is day-to-day, DeSean Jackson is awesome, and more. READ
Bob Brookover reports that Reggie Brown might not be ready
to go Sunday. SKIP
Rob Parent of the Delco times says that Jerome McDougle
could end up haunting the Eagles. READ
Steve Patton takes a look at Tony Hunt: Fullback. SKIP
Nick Fierro says that the Eagles leaders better be sure the
Lito/Sheldon/Rosenhaus issue doesn’t boil over onto the rest of the team. READ
The Eagles are Beer are staying together for five more
years. SKIP
SIXERS
For the Complex reader with $4 million to spare: Allen
Iverson’s Villanova home isn’t selling, so the former Sixers star just slashed
the price. READ
If you have a talent the Sixers want you to perform at their
home games (I should probably mention that the ‘talent’ they’re looking for is
more “dancing” and less “shooting”, though I imagine both would be acceptable).
SKIP
FLYERS
Sam Cardichi says Simon Gagne is ready to take the ice,
and that he should be considered an addition when looking at this team. READ
TODAY and MORE
Two Local Boys are set to take their teams first snap this
weekend and the basketball HOF
will induct a member with local ties tonight.
Around these parts we may try to goad the Mets fans into a fight (shouldn’t be too hard, as a breed they’re morons), will try to actually take a look at the Sixers roster and more.
As always, feel free
to email
with any questions, suggestions, comments or complaints.
now thats an Eagle who looks like an *Eagle* ! Im not even a sports fan but I check in here all the time for the photos..
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