Poor Donovan McNabb. The guy can't win - even when the Eagles do.For years, people complained that Five is incapable of engineering a fourth-quarter comeback. Then he did just that against the Bears (even though there was a fair amount of time remaining on the clock) and the Redskins over the last two weeks. Naturally, the detractors apologized and gave credit where it's due, right? ...
HAPPY? LET'S SEE, Philadelphia native Mike Tollin is one of TV's most successful producers - "One Tree Hill," "Smallville"- and an Oscar-nominated film producer/director who has turned his love of sports into such features as "Radio," "Coach Carter" and "Varsity Blues." His Phillies ("The team I live and die with") are close to another World Series and Donald Trump thinks he's a loser. So, yeah, life is good ...
When I was a kid, I heard a lot about the golden era of Philly sports - that stretch in the late '70s and early '80s when Philly was America's Title Town and all four teams seemed to be in the championship mix every year. I was busy coloring on the wall and eating paste while all that was unfolding (which isn't all that different from my current day-to-day), and I don't remember any of it ...
SURE, PHILADELPHIA MAY have a world champion, but Pittsburgh has two. That appears to be the mentality of a computer program at the Sporting News that ranked Philly second in the publication's annual Best Sports Cities List. The complete list will be in the magazine on newsstands this week ...
Robert Siegel has a twisted sense of humor. Who else would cast a New Yorker as an Eagles fan?The writer and director's latest movie, Big Fan, opened to critical acclaim last week. (Siegel also wrote The Wrestler.) The film - a smart commentary about how our collective obsession with sports can sometimes turn ugly - focuses on a hyper-intense New ...
WHEN THE true believers came up with the idea for a Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, there were skeptics. As the sixth class was introduced yesterday morning at the Spectrum, it became even more apparent the visionaries had it right all along ...
Page 2 has spent a fair amount of time wondering which Philadelphia sports organization runs the top operation. To find an answer, we ranked each team in five categories on a scale from 1 to 10. The club with the most total points wins the unofficial title of the Best Franchise in Philly ...
I've rewatched the Scottie Reynolds play about 10 times now on YouTube. I remain amazed by the way he shot past so many defenders and zigzagged his way to the rim. That play was something we'll always remember. If we're putting together a list of great Philly sports moments, what else should we include? ...
The country was 200 years old, and a peanut farmer from Georgia was elected president.It was 1976, and among the movies of the time: Rocky (the first one), The Bad News Bears (the original), A Star Is Born (the remake), and The Omen (the first one) ...