• An Eagles Shirt? What? So Dieon Sanders interviewed Terrell Owens recently, and the conversation was shown during Thursday's halftime of the Steelers-Bengals game. Main question: Why is T.O. wearing an Eagles shirt? It's possible that Deion's incisive reporting skills ferreted out the answer, but I'm not counting on it. So I went to the American Eagle Outfitters site, and found this. So it's possibly just an innocent misunderstanding, and not a dig at his former team. Um, right. Next question: What's with Deion's sweater? My eyes! Get an eyeful of of these questionable fashion statements in the video below.
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The more I hear about it, the more convinced I am that this Eagles-Bengals tie quote is going to be Donovan McNabb's legacy; like Chris Webber's time out with none remaining, or the ground ball through Buckner's wickets. I'm not saying that's fair, it's just the way it's gonna be. Because when videos like this pop up less than 24 hours after McNabb said he didn't know there were ties in the NFL, well, it goes to show that the situation has just taken on a life of its own.
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OK it's true, Donovan McNabb had no idea that there was such a thing as a tie in the NFL (see video below). But let's not pick on him; it seems that there were several members of the Eagles and Bengals who were unaware of the rule, as unbelievable as that might sound. In what will go down in my household as a tragic waste of some very nice avocado dip, the teams stumbled to a 13-all deadlock on Sunday, the first time since 2002 that NFL teams will use two dashes when listing their records. Ha. Just like soccer.
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The Philadelphia Eagles are one of the most notoriously uptight teams when it comes to their public image so this little blurb in John Gonzalez's Inquirer column today comes as no surprise. It turns out that the team's press box is outfitted with a web censoring device, similar to the ones found in stuffy corporate offices all across the country designed to keep employees from mindless web-trolling or downloading animal porn on the company's dime. But it does seem odd that the press box of all places would be equipped with this type of block. Here's a list of the banned sites from Lincoln Financial Field:
Naturally, all gambling and pornography pages are barred. No surprise there (though it's a touch disappointing). Curiously, the media are also prevented from accessing a staggering number of entirely reputable or innocuous sites.Slate, Politico and The Nation are prohibited. Deadspin, Kissing Suzy Kolber and The Big Lead are all banned. Bleeding Green Nation is forbidden, and Top 100 Bloggers (which merely links to a number of blogs) is also off-limits. A few other sites that have been deemed verboten by the Eagles' manipulation machine: Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, Google Finance, Gawker and AOL Instant Messenger.Strangely, The 700 Level - one of the most critical, well-read local blogs - has not been blacklisted by the Eagles. That's a little like locking up your house before going to sleep but forgetting to retrieve the spare key from under the mat.
This youngster here is obviously a fan of the classic, straight-ahead running style of now-retired Dolphins running back Larry Csonka. Ouch. I should have listened to mom when she suggested beginning golf.
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First of all, Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson appears to have broken it off with boyfriend Hugh Hefner (you drop to knees, scream "Nooo!"). And that means that she's free to romp around with the Eagles' Hank Baskett with impunity, although the two are rarely together due to their schedules. The solution? Sweet, sweet cyber sex. Or, Skype sex to be more precise. Wilkinson outlined the situation on Chelsea Handler's E! talk show recently — video following the jump — in which she confides that the live video chat is "way better than phone sex. Try it!" I'm afraid I can't just take your word for that, Kendra. You know my SkypeIn ...
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And then there's the other Philadelphia sports team. No, it wasn't all mirth and merriment in the 215 sports community this weekend after the Eagles surprisingly dropped a home game to the Redskins. All that talk about the Birds being the class of the NFC East this season has quieted down, now that they're (ugh) last in the division at 2-3. And now with Brian Westbrook possibly out for an extended period of time courtesy of two fractured ribs, the year that once looked so promising is now filled with the familiar stink of uncertainty. Eagles' fans acted accordingly this weekend, as they attacked the Redskins buses with the requisite amount of vitriol and breakfast products befitting a fan base notorious for its misguided passion. Chris Cooley commended them on their egg-throwing accuracy:
"You know what, though, they're good shots," he said of the Philly fans. "They've been practicing. You could see them coming in; they were leading the bus. It was good egging."
I don't know how to tell you this so I'm just going to say it: Apparently, Hank Baskett and Kendra Wilkinson are no longer together. (Some are taking the news kind of hard). It's sad, because if these two crazy kids can't make it, what chance do the rest of us have? The horrible details, and the man who wrestled her away:
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Yesterday, Philadelphia gossip hounds were investigating a rumor that "Girl Next Door" Kendra Wilkinson was engaged to Philadelphia Eagles' receiver Hank Baskett. Although many theories about the couple's cozy relationship were circulated, Baskett denied any physical relationship and maintained that he and the bouncy-tushed Wilkinson were just friends. Kendra caught wind of the rumors and chose to respond via her MySpace Blog:
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You hate to see anyone become the victim of a burglary, but at the same time it's hard to feel any sympathy for Bruce Marziani. Bruce was born and raised in Philadelphia, but is a Dallas Cowboys fan, as you can see. And when he traveled to Irving for the big Monday Night showdown with the Eagles, he brought with him a bunch of valuable Cowboys memorabilia, hoping to get signatures. But things then took a tragic turn.
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