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Football Food for Eagles Fans: Week 11, 'The Return' of Sausage
Our resident foodie pal Mark has been busy eating dumplings and other amazing things in China, so we haven't been able to enjoy a football food for the Birds every week this season, but he returned in a big way this week for the Eagles win over the Giants last night.
From Mark's flickr page:
Last Monday night, my Tuesday morning [in China], my budding kept feeding...
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November 22, 2010
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Best of the Weekend: Giroux's Stuff, Hip-Hop, Manning Face, First Place, etc.
Was a busy weekend around these parts. We wanted to make sure you didn't miss anything: The Sixers beat the Bucks rather convincingly on Friday night, a fat dude danced while Hip-Hop could have died, Penn State played at FedEx Field, the Flyers beat the Caps in a shootout, the Manning brothers cartoon came to life on Sunday, the Flyers traded for Danny Syvret, Claude Giroux used...
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November 22, 2010
With the Spectrum Nearing Its Demise, We Look Back One Last Time
With the Spectrum set to live its final day today only to be torn down tomorrow, we thought we'd take one last trip down memory lane. CSN will air the ceremony and destruction tomorrow at noon, and we may bring you some video here.
But if you were reading this site back in January of 2008, you're aware we did our "Most Memorable Spectrum Memories" post then, so...
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November 22, 2010
A.I. Not Exactly Tearing Up Turkey
Some of you may have tuned in to NBA TV on Sunday afternoon to catch glimpses of Allen Iverson in his Turkish League debut. It was a tough match up for A.I., not just playing competitive basketball against any sort of professional athlete, but also going up against a full slate of NFL games. The former Sixers legend only made one field goal on the day. [video below]
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November 22, 2010
Happening Elsewhere: What Did the Linesman's Palm Say to the Quartberback's Face?
Nice flop there, Vlade. Personally, though, I think it's brilliant and selfless of Richard Seymour to turn the conversation about the recent Steelers-Raiders game on him, as opposed on the 35-3 rout the Raiders suffered. That's veteran leadership for you kids.
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November 22, 2010
First. Place.
It's the middle of November, and the Eagles—predicted by many to be lost in the shuffle somewhere between a first year starter at quarterback and the rest of their young nucleus—have overtaken the Giants to grab first place in one of the NFL's toughest divisions. We all had different goals in mind for the Birds this year, but very few people would have believed this....
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November 22, 2010
Win.
I don't think this game could have ended in a better fashion than Eli fumbling it away without anyone touching him.
more in a bit...
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November 21, 2010
Eagles, Giants Battle for the East
Only two seasons ago, the Eagles battled the defending champion New York Giants for NFC East supremacy. The Birds earned a series split in the regular season, but needed a Week 17 win over the Cowboys just to sneak into the playoffs. Of course, that afforded them the opportunity to end Big Blue's repeat bid en route to a fifth conference final under Andy Reid.
Although little...
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November 21, 2010
Tecmo Michael Vick Destroys Giants in Week 11
During last week's decimation of the Washington Redskins, Michael Vick was earning huge compliments, including drawing comparisons to the legendary QB Eagles of Tecmo Super Bowl fame.
Well, if you wanted to see exactly what Vick might look like in 8-bit glory—specifically in his 2010 week 11 matchup, then we have the video for you. Aside from Mike Bell returning the kicks...
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November 21, 2010
Video: Giroux's Legend Grows With Junk Goal
In real time, it was hard to see exactly where the puck hit Claude Giroux when the dynamic forward was credited with his tenth goal of the season last night. Chris Pronger wound up, the puck hit Giroux somewhere, and the puck went in:
But he gave a pretty good hint to Coatsey later:
Fortunately he wasn't Thoresen'd on...
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November 21, 2010
Trade: Danny Syvret Returns to Flyers, Pat Maroon's Exile Now Completed
Frank Seravalli of the Daily News is reporting that the Flyers have traded Pat Maroon and David Laliberte to the Anaheim Ducks for former Flyers defenseman Danny Syvret and another defenseman, 22-year-old Rob Bordson.
Maroon was surprisingly sent home from the AHL Phantoms late last month despite being their best forward and the leading scorer on the dramatically underperforming...
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November 21, 2010
Cartoon Eli Manning Face Is Pretty Entertaining
If you haven't seen it already, we encourage you to stop by PE.com to check out this week's splash cartoon. More Manning faces at ManningFace.com.
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November 21, 2010
Flyers Give It Up, But Turn It Loose in Shootout Win Over Caps
A lot of things went wrong for the Flyers over the course of Saturday night's matchup with the Capitals. They gave up the first goal. They allowed the Caps to climb back from a two-goal deficit in the third period. They couldn't score on a powerplay in the overtime period.
But they won anyway, and they also did a lot of things right to pull a win in a raucous building...
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November 20, 2010
Flyers-Caps: Get Back on the Train
Knowing, as we do, how much the resident sports fans of our nation's capital enjoy a visit from their northern neighbor Philadelphia counterparts, today must be a real treat in the District of Columbia.
First: Where Are... Penn State? At FedEx Field, that's where. Droves of PA natives have stormed the area, and if they also happen to be Flyers fans, they may as well stick...
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November 20, 2010
Video: The Time a Bunny Could Have Been Killed and a Fat Man Danced
With the Sixers holding a rare double digit fourth quarter lead over the Bucks on Friday night, their crazy-bunny mascot Hip-Hop was seen descending from the rafters during a time out. He started amidst banners for members of the organization held in similar regard to the bunny himself, guys like Wilt Chamberlain and Hal Greer, and slowly slid down some sort of rope apparatus. I...
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November 20, 2010
Penn State hopes to get their Mike Vick on in FedExField
Kevin McGuire covers Penn State football for Examiner.com. Follow his coverage on Twitter @PSUExaminer.
Pennsylvania teams are not quite through with playing in FedExField this week. Just days after Mike Vick and the Eagles torched the Washington Redskins in historic fashion, the Penn State Nittany Lions pay a visit to the capital region to take on the Indiana Hoosiers in a...
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November 20, 2010
Can't Lose 'Em All: Sixers Bench Fuels 90-79 Win Over Bucks to Put End to 5-game Skid
The Sixers came out on Friday night and played a relatively complete game for the first time in weeks securing their third victory of the season along the way. They defended well, holding the Bucks without a three pointer the entire night, something the Sixers hadn't done to an opponent since 2007. They played well in transition, got a huge boost from their bench, and made free...
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November 19, 2010
Liberty Ballers Look to Avoid Sixth Loss in a Row Tonight at Home Against Bucks
“Sometimes you have to be willing to trust each other, give up the ball here and there in certain situations. I think right now we are trying to do too much ourselves and I think if we move the ball everything will get way better. You just have to play without thinking.”
That's what Sixers rook Evan Turner had to say after their loss on Wednesday night to the lowly...
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November 19, 2010
Ibanez on the Block? Discuss
That's the rumor coming out of Major League Baseball's GM meetings in Florida. Ruben Amaro is down there touting his veteran left fielder, leading some reporters to believe he's trying to trade Raul.
Every person I've spoken to and suggested the Phils trade Ibanez scoffed at the notion, with responses typically somewhere along the lines of, "Who would be...
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November 19, 2010
Happening Elsewhere: Felix Kinged AL's Best
Score a win for the Sabremetricians on this one, I guess. Or rather, don't score a win, but an, uh, positive WAR and solid K/BB ratio or some such instead. Mariners ace Felix Hernandez, deemed by most stat heads and some casual fans as the most dominant pitcher in the Junior Circuit this season for his 2.27 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and league-leading inning total, was still seen as something...
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November 19, 2010
We're Just One Week Away From Black Friday
Every once in a while I'll search for random things on Ebay just to see what amazingness pops up. Usually I'll pick a person or a local team and mindlessly scroll through photos of the various items up for auction. I came across this gem (pictured above in all its glory) while searching for things that would make me feel better about the current state of the 76ers.
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November 19, 2010
Quotable: Finally a Foolproof Plan to Stop Vick
Hasn't happened yet to v2.0, that's for sure, but one man may have found the answer: former Falcons head coach Dan Reeves. Who would know more about Vick's abilities and limitations than some of the men who coached him? And Reeves of all people, he of two Super Bowl championships as a running back for the Cowboys, and 201 head coaching wins in the NFL.
"I'd...
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November 19, 2010
8-7... This Is the Score of a Hockey Game
Where to begin. In something resembling an NHL All Star Game for the first two periods, the Flyers and Lightning combined for 14 goals. After nine in the first and five in the second, the scoring ground to a halt in the third, but not before Tampa Bay rammed home the game winner.
Let's start with the plusses. If you were at the game, at least you got your money's worth...
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November 18, 2010
Flyers-Lightning: A Tale of Two Novembers, and a Look Back at Gagne's Departure
The first time the Flyers faced the Lightning this season, the big storyline was the return of Simon Gagne to Philadelphia. Though it was just four games into his tenure with the Lightning, there was much fanfare, and, as expected, a very warm reception for Gagne by a packed house at the Wells Fargo Center.
The Gagne trade was an emotional one for Flyers fans, as he was a very...
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November 18, 2010
Do Your Duty as a Philadelphian
Remember citizens, if you don't vote for the Phillies ballgirl election, you don't get to complain when they flub a grounder. [Phillies]
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November 18, 2010
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