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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

Rich Hofmann | Real Eagles a matter of opinion - (12/18)

IRVING, Texas - They came here without saying it, but they had to be searching for a sign, for an affirmation. Because the Eagles this season have left so much undone.

Paul Domowitch | Comparing Tebow to Titans' Young - (12/18)

HEISMAN TROPHY winner Tim Tebow can't enter the NFL draft until 2009, but NFL scouts already are intrigued by the pro potential of the versatile University of Florida quarterback.

Paul Domowitch | Lito was up T.O. the challenge - (12/18)

IRVING, Texas - Jim Johnson came up with an interesting remedy yesterday for getting struggling cornerback Lito Sheppard out of his season-long funk. He had him cover one of the league's most dangerous wide receivers.

Bob Ford | Almost doesn't count in NFL - (12/18)

All right, now you are allowed to feel bad about the whole what-might-have-been aspect of the Eagles' season. Now you can believe some of the talk about how close they have been - "just a hair off" - and about the narrowness of the line between winning and losing in the NFL.

Bob Ford | Can't shut No. 20 down - (12/18)

IRVING, Texas - The game had been over for nearly an hour and a half, and all the players and coaches and front-office personnel were loaded on the five buses that idled in the cold just outside Texas Stadium. All except one.

Bob Ford | Losing T.O. didn't cause Birds' fall - (12/18)

Terrell Owens played just 21 regular-season games for the Philadelphia Eagles, a span that was eventful and undeniably brief. The Owens Moment has expanded in retrospect, however, growing in the rearview mirror like a semi tractor-trailer with no brakes.

Bob Ford | Scarred Stars - (12/18)

George Mitchell found the iceberg right where it was supposed to be, bobbing serenely amid the somewhat roiled waters of major-league baseball.

Rich Hofmann | T.O. YUKS - (12/13)

ON A CONFERENCE call yesterday with Philadelphia-area reporters, Terrell Owens said, "In my heart, I'm getting the last laugh." And that, "Everything happens for a reason and I feel like I got the better end of the deal."

Paul Domowitch | Will wanted man Vick still have skills? - (12/12)

IF MICHAEL VICK wants a shot at playing in the National Football League again after he's finished making license plates, there's a pretty good chance that somebody will give him the opportunity.

Paul Domowitch | On the contrary, Burress a big factor - (12/12)

GIANTS wide receiver Plaxico Burress arrived at the Linc yesterday with a bum right ankle and just one touchdown catch in the last six games.

Rich Hofmann | Perfect team to root for - (12/12)

BASED UPON a careful analysis of current e-mail traffic, as well as an assiduous tabulation of radio talk-show callers' comments, approximately 90 percent of the complaints concerning a certain Philadelphia football team fit into one of three areas: that the people who run things are stupid, or they are cheap, or that they care less about winning than the fans do.

Rich Hofmann | Figure on Reid staying focused - (12/12)

GAME 14 IS UPON them and Andy Reid is selling. He is selling harder than a Democrat in Iowa on the eve of the caucuses. His team is 5-8 and Reid is selling to them, to the players, to a constituency of 53.

Rich Hofmann | One-man gang great, but not enough - (12/12)

CHECK-DOWN, dump-off, underneath, onward. Into the valley of death rode the sub-.500. For the Eagles, there was no stretching of the field yesterday against the New York Giants. There can be no stretching of the truth, either. They are a 5-8 football team after this 16-13 loss and their sell-by date is just about upon us. The foot is on the pedal and the trash-can lid is open.

Bob Ford | Ever-dutiful Reid will play it out no matter what - (12/12)

Andy Reid said this yesterday in the auditorium at the NovaCare Complex. He said it in front of the cameras and the tape recorders and the sepia-toned, mural-sized picture of Chuck Bednarik, who never looks very amused, and this didn't seem to help his mood, either.

Bob Ford | End of the season can't come soon enough - (12/12)

Apparently, it wasn't all Winston Justice's fault. That was the subtext, the humming through the wire, the first time the Eagles lost to the New York Giants this season. Justice replaced injured William Thomas at left tackle that game, leading, not entirely coincidentally, to a dozen quarterback sacks and the transformation of New York defensive end Osi Umenyiora from vowel machine to sack machine.

Bob Ford | McNabb Back, But. . . - (12/09)

The transcripts have become worn and nearly unreadable, but it is likely the Roman Senate gave Caesar a vote of confidence just before delivering its pointed retirement plan to the emperor.

Paul Domowitch | NFL likely to say 'fine' to ref bashing - (12/08)

THE NFL knows its officials aren't perfect. That said, it doesn't take kindly to players and coaches publicly criticizing the zebras, or worse, impugning their integrity.

Rich Hofmann | Birds wait for someone to take charge - (12/08)

LAST CALL, then. Last call or U-Haul. After Sunday's loss to Seattle, the Eagles are just about down to the nub here and they all know it. With their 5-7 record, with everything, they pretty much have to win out from here in order to make the NFC playoffs - and even that might not get it done

Rich Hofmann | It's not the playcalling, it's the QBs - (12/06)

IT IS THE quarterbacking, not the playcalling. You know the argument, the one that flared again after the Eagles' loss on Sunday to Seattle, the one that states that the way and the truth and the light was the playcalling that Jeff Garcia received last season after he took over as quarterback when Donovan McNabb tore up his knee.

Bob Ford | Broken Home - (12/06)

As the Eagles franchise continues to write the story of this unlovable campaign, one that has "transition season" scrawled on nearly every page, even the idea of a home-field advantage is not the reliable plot line it once was.

Paul Domowitch | WINDOW DRESSING - (12/05)

EVER SINCE Andy Reid's Eagles came up five points short in their first NFC Championship Game appearance against the St. Louis Rams in January 2002, the fans and the media have spent a good amount of time wondering aloud just how long the window of Super Bowl opportunity would remain open for this team.

Rich Hofmann | A Philly guy with the guts to take some big risks - (12/05)

YEAR AFTER YEAR, in press rooms from Olean to Morgantown and everyplace in between - but in the Palestra most of all - Ed Stefanski kept the dream alive. It took some doing.

Bob Ford | Moody Reid's resolve is clearly unraveling - (12/05)

Andy Reid called the fellas in from their day off again yesterday, for the third time this season, although it's difficult to tell if even he believes that sort of thing matters any longer.

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