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The Beast requires constant feeding, and that is why Roy Oswalt is a Phillie today. Another organization sitting 2 1/2 games out of the wild card and 3 1/2 games out of first place could have passed on the expense, in dollars and prospects, that it took to add a pitcher about to turn...
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Charlie Manuel sounded tired but insisted he wasn't. After watching his offense waste a dazzling effort by Cole Hamels in a 3-1 Phillies defeat to San Diego on Monday, Manuel was left at a loss for words, a familiar position lately.
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LAST JUNE, THE NATIONALS made hard-throwing righthander Stephen Strasburg the No. 1 pick in the draft. Tonight, he'll make his major league debut against the Pirates.
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PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles tried to get better Monday without Pro Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson and Pro Bowl cornerback Asante Samuel, their best players on offense and defense. Jackson also is the top player on special teams, as he made the Pro ...
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BROAD STREET BULLY believes that these are the times that try die-hards' souls, but all these fair-weather fans jumping off the bandwagon don't know Leino from Leno, and think Pronger helps pull Santa's sleigh.
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On Sunday afternoon, Jimmy Rollins was eligible to be activated from the disabled list. Yesterday, however, the still-hobbled shortstop was finalizing plans with athletic trainer Jeff Cooper to continue his rehab in Clearwater, Fla.
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CHICAGO - The math always comes out the same. If the Flyers were going to win the Stanley Cup, they were always going to have to win at least one game in the red-lit crucible that is the United Center.
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Below is the stats and facts package that the NFL put together for today’s monster mash between the Eagles and the Cowboys. I do believe there is enough information here that would make even Pairface blush. There’s 168 pages here with player stats, game recaps and matchup history. Please feel free to download. Eagles...
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For those interested, this is the entire Michael Vick Dogfighting indictment. While there is no doubt that Vick perpetrated the crimes he is accused of in this document, it is still a worthwhile read in order to get the full, despicable story and an idea of what this man was capable of only a...
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While there is no doubt most of you will want this to never happen, it’s gonna happen someday. Ryan Howard, who is certainly not known for his defense, has yet to make a fielding error this season and we want to know if you can predict when that error will come. So when’s it...
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Sports Illustrated’s Peter King has labeled the Eagles his team to root for and breaks down the Eagles draft with much love… This may come out the wrong way, so bear with me. But if I were a football fan looking for a team to root for, I’d pick the Eagles, and what they...
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The Phillies were strong enough to overcome a 3½-game deficit in the National League East during the season’s final three weeks, oust the Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers from the playoffs, then dominate the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 World Series. New general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. — a former Phillies outfielder...
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Even now, Dick Vermeil says, he cannot walk through a grocery store here without being stopped by “some 85-year-old silver-blue-haired lady” who attended the N.F.C. championship game he won as coach of the Eagles in 1980. Such are the bonds between this city of fickle sports fans and the coaches and players they hold...
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Paul Domowitch wrote a gut-blasting article today regarding the insanely-hypocritical NFL… Earlier this week, commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the league would be cutting more than 150 of 1,100 jobs at its headquarters in New York, NFL Films in South Jersey, and its television and Internet production facilities in Los Angeles in response to...
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We are busting – just busting – Amazing. This is me yelping like a little girl after the Phillies won – it felt so good… From Philly.com The Phillies are the champions. Pedro Feliz singled in pinch-runner Eric Bruntlett with the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning, and Brad Lidge finished up a perfect...
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