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Paul Domowitch: Cowboys are the team to beat in NFL - (08/25)

NFL TRAINING CAMPS won't open for another 7 weeks, but most of the adding and subtracting is complete. What you see right now on the league's 32 rosters is pretty much what you're going to get, unless Chad Johnson unexpectedly breaks the Bengals' resolve or the Dolphins ship Jason Taylor off to another NFL ballroom.

Rich Hofmann: Eagles need another receiver with Curtis on shelf - (08/25)

THE WORDS still ring less than 3 weeks later. They seem to mean more, somehow, under darkening skies. They were spoken by Eagles owner

Rich Hofmann: Only some boos kick in - (08/25)

FOR THOSE keeping score at home, it began with an interview by Jimmy Rollins on cable television, which spawned an Internet fan movement, which was being written about in a dead-tree newspaper - all of which left us a short-wave radio short of hitting for the cycle, me and Carson Book and his wife Mandy, who swore she wasn't a hostage as she helped her husband hand out the flyers that said, "Campaign: Cheer!"

Rich Hofmann: Jackson catching Eagles' attention, but it's still early - (08/25)

THERE IS A buzz in the land about DeSean Jackson, the Eagles' rookie wide receiver. That they were fake games does not matter. Jackson's catches and his athleticism were real. People think he might be something, and quickly. People are talking.

Rich Hofmann: Hey fans, you can boo so let Rollins speak - (08/25)

THE SKINS IN THIS TOWN are so thin as to be translucent. I mean, is it possible that we really are so offended about Jimmy Rollins describing the fans of Philadelphia as "front-runners?" Are people here really that insecure?

Rich Hofmann: Eagles fans apparently aren't ready for football yet - (08/25)

A COUPLE of years ago, Phillies president David Montgomery was talking about the Eagles and the National Football League and their extended stay in the sweetest of sporting sweet spots, about how no one has ever dominated in the business the way that "the NFL today dominates on Sundays in the fall." And who was to argue?

Rich Hofmann: As usual, you can't assess Eagles during preseason - (08/25)

BETHLEHEM - Lightning is detected in the distance. Practice is cut short. The players flee like kids on the last day of school and it is just as well. There is nothing to see here.

Rich Hofmann: No deal, but there's still hope for the Phillies - (08/25)

WASHINGTON - The picture of Manny Ramirez patrolling rightfield for the Phillies would have been outrageous. The departure for general manager Pat Gillick and this ownership group, with this kind of acquisition, would have been radical. That it did not happen in the end was not about Manny's personality or anything like that. It was just that the price in prospects was too high for Gillick, just Pat being Pat.

Rich Hofmann: Phillies' clubhouse not itching for a trade - (08/25)

WASHINGTON - As the hours grow shorter, the chances that the Phillies will make a significant deal by this afternoon's non-waiver trade deadline shrink accordingly. They sound as if they are quietly tinkering around the margins, nothing more; no bluster, no blockbuster.

Rich Hofmann: Eagles take care to be sure players stay hydrated in camp heat - (08/25)

BETHLEHEM - Suddenly there was all of this shouting about a half-hour after the Eagles finished practicing yesterday morning. The little roadway behind the fieldhouse was being rapidly cleared of stray pedestrians - reporters and a few fans, mostly. A policeman was waving his arms. Club officials were insisting: "No cameras . . . cameras down." A bright, unrelenting sun illuminated the scene.

Rich Hofmann: It's a start for Jean-Gilles - (08/25)

BETHLEHEM - Partly sunny, partly cloudy, mostly humid, entirely too early on a Sunday morning, a blast from an air horn begins the first of two practices for the Eagles. Jarring, piercing, demanding - in hell, there will be air horns.

Bob Ford: Eagles fans: A faithful and insecure flock - (08/25)

In the parlance of the trade, Eagles fans "travel well." Oh, yes, they do.

Bob Ford: The mystery of Shawn Andrews - (08/25)

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The players come gasping to the sideline, remove their helmets, and sink to one knee. The sweat stings their eyes and runs hotly down their necks, and it takes a minute to even realize that one of the ubiquitous helper kids is standing there with a water bottle in one hand and three shades of sports drink - red, blue and yellow - in the other. The day appears to be abnormally bright, and everything seems to be buzzing.

Bob Ford: Tour de France cleans up its act - (08/25)

The 2008 Tour de France, which appeared to end Sunday on the Champs-Elysees, actually comes to a conclusion sometime this week when the last technician exits the Chatenay-Malabry doping laboratory in suburban Paris, shrugs and says, "Rien."

Bob Ford: Phillies still need pitching help - (08/25)

For a team that had just won two straight games, there was a lot of unhappy scurrying around in the Phillies' clubhouse last night.

Bob Ford: Hamels takes his bad day in stride - (08/25)

Just like mama, Cole Hamels said there would be days like this. There would be days when the ball feels wrong, when your mind-set isn't locked in, days when that delicate balance between the mental and physical is see-sawing out of control. Days when trying to throw a baseball past major-league hitters is just as difficult as it is supposed to be.

Bob Ford: Ford and Purdy: Combative columnists - (08/25)

Editor's note: The Soul and the San Jose SaberCats meet tomorrow in New Orleans to play ArenaBowl XXII, the championship of the Arena Football League. Inquirer columnist Bob Ford and San Jose Mercury News columnist Mark Purdy have been looking forward to this showdown for quite a while, and someone might just get banged into the sideline barriers before it is over.

Bob Ford: Eagles rookie Mays eager to start hitting - (08/25)

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The ball was snapped, and the receivers, unfettered by pads and unworried about being hit, scattered quickly into the secondary like mice in a world without cats.

Bob Ford: The ball starts with McNabb - (08/25)

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - There was no goofy hat this time. No T-shirt with an inspirational message. No plug for the Web site where fans could find his blog.

Bob Ford: Time to sing along at Eagles training camp - (08/25)

The calendar has spun around again, the heat index is over 100 degrees, and that must mean it is training camp time for the Eagles. Time for the players to sauté in their juices at Lehigh University. Time for the fans to stand for hours in the heat for no

Bob Ford: Rich signing has a ripple effect - (08/25)

If the Eagles hoped the signing of free-agent cornerback Asante Samuel would make a huge impact on the roster this season, they appear to be getting their wish.

Paul Domowitch: Between the tackles: Desean Jackson catching on quickly with Eagles - (08/25)

WITH EACH practice rep and preseason snap, Andy Reid's confidence in DeSean Jackson grows a little bit more. Jackson, who was expected to earn his rookie keep primarily as the Eagles' punt returner, is looking more and more like a guy who is going to have a fairly significant season-opening role in the offense as well.

Paul Domowitch: DeSean Jackson getting grip on Eagles' system so far - (08/25)

BETHLEHEM - The smart money says that if rookie DeSean Jackson is able to keep his tiny little body in one piece this summer - which is a big if for a 5-9 guy who weighs slightly more than Shawn Andrews' right leg - he'll provide an immediate boost to an Eagles return game that had trouble getting out of its own way last season.

Rich Hofmann | Kids seem to be getting anti-steroid message - (12/19)

THE MOST IMPORTANT steroids story last week involved neither George Mitchell, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Lenny Dykstra nor Bud Selig, which means no one paid any attention to it.

Paul Domowitch | Mending Defense - (12/19)

WHEN THE crime-scene investigators are brought in to look for evidence in the death of the 2007 Eagles, they'll discover more fingerprints than in a gas station

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