BY JAY BOEHMER, Staff Writer
As we begin to round the bend into the final stretch of the NHL season, a playoff picture starts to take shape. Fortunately for the Flyers, the brush is in their hand. None of the teams that they are in serious contention with have more games left to play than they do, so coach Peter Laviolette’s team has complete control over its destiny.
BY JARED NAGLE, Staff Writer
The Eagles have had a very uneventful last couple days in the eyes of many. Those of you who expected a big splash in free agency were surely disappointed when word came in of Julius Peppers $91 million payday from the Chicago Bears. The Birds reportedly had an offer on the table for Peppers, but ultimately he proved too costly.
Peppers would have been far from the only move in this busy Eagles off-season. So let’s take a look at some of the Birds other activity.
BY SHAY RODDY
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Everyone knows Stephen A. Smith and what he’s about. I’m not in the business of ripping people for their columns, even though it wouldn’t have been hard to build a lawsuit against Smith for his piece in yesterday’s Inquirer. If you want, find it on your own time. I won’t link to it. But it basically said Allen Iverson would die in the near future if someone didn’t reach him to steer away from an apparent life of drinking and gambling.
It seemed like BS to me. Just a bad attempt to get his name out there again by Smith. But perhaps, I was wrong.
BY JARED NAGLE, Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles have traded former second round pick Reggie Brown to the Tampa Bay Bucs for a 2011 sixth round pick.
BY JARED NAGLE, Staff Writer
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According to philadelphiaeagles.com, Jason Avant has resigned with the Eagles for five years locking him up until 2014. Avant has established himself as a premier slot receiver with a knack for making the tough grab in his first four seasons in the midnight green.
BY SHAY RODDY
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It still hurts to see or hear baseball in this city without Harry Kalas behind the microphone. It will never be the same. Harry Kalas was a legend, just as much as any player or coach. He was put up on a pedestal by his fans, but he always stepped off that pedestal to be with you. That is what made him so great.
Why? Because he was a person. There was a man behind that voice.
And the man wasn’t perfect. It isn’t all that hard to find flaws in his life. His drinking, his infidelity, his smoking, his gambling, bad relationships with colleagues — they’re all there. Randy Miller, in his new book Harry the K: The Remarkable Life of Harry Kalas, doesn’t run from these truths. It’s a warts and all biography. But even after hearing all the warts, presented by Miller in a way that could not be more fair, it’s hard to dislike Harry. He was just a guy that loved life.
BY JAY BOEHMER, Staff Writer
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After that pair of discouraging losses, one 7-4 blowout against the Florida Panthers and a particularly frustrating overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres, the Flyers needed a win to avoid a skid going into this important stretch of games.
This matchup marked the start of a four game home stand for the Flyers. With seemingly every team around them winning and moving up the standings, the Flyers needed a win here against the last place Maple Leafs to start it off strong and hopefully build some momentum going forward.
BY JAY BOEHMER, Staff Writer
The undisputed answer to the question of what this game hinged on lies in net for the Flyers. 13-4-1 when playing for the orange and black, goalie Michael Leighton was silently picked as the organization’s leading goaltender when the decision was made to not make a trade before Wednesday’s deadline. He responded that night by giving up four goals before being pulled in a 7-4 loss to the Florida Panthers.
BY STEVE WILDMAN, Staff Writer
October 8th, 2009 was a beautiful, sunny, fall afternoon. The perfect day for a NLDS game versus the Colorado Rockies. A day which Cole Hamels was taking the mound, and a day which our Phightin’s were going to take a commanding 2-0 lead in this first round playoff series.
However, the game started as a typical Hollywood-Hamels start in 2009, with Cole giving up 4 runs in the first 5 innings, after which Charlie Manuel decided to go to the bullpen. When regular season starter Joe Blanton trotted out from the center field warning track, there was a collective ‘okay, we were told by Charlie that this may happen’ around the stadium. But when a second regular season starter, JA Happ, trotted out only one inning later, a collective ‘what in the…’ echoed from South Philly.
BY STEVE WILDMAN, Staff Writer
“Welcome back, Placido!” the Phillies fans shouted as he committed his first error during the first inning of his first game of his second stint as a Phightin’.
Check that.
“Where’s Pete Happy?!” is more like it.
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