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Philly Radio Dipshit Calls Jason Kelce A "House Negro"
Sports radio is full of terrible morons who use their short tempers to draw out a two-minute topic into a 10-minute segment. (Examples can be found here, here, here, and here.) The only acceptable sports radio is Mike Francesa taking 40 minutes to name all the stops on the 7 train, and presumably th...
New Eagles Coach Doug Pederson Immediately Grilled About Chiefs' Lethargic Offense In Playoffs
The Eagles held an introductory press conference today for newly hired head coach Doug Pederson, and the former Chiefs offensive coordinator mentioned that he called the plays on Kansas City’s 16-play, clock-bleeding drive against the Patriots on Saturday which left them with little time to attempt ...
Knicks Win In Double-OT After Carmelo Anthony Hits Tying Three At End Of Regulation
What could possibly get the whole Internet talking about a January afternoon Sixers-Knicks game? The combination of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and a free League Pass preview. Just when we were ready to rub a Sixers win in the face of our New York-based co-workers, ‘Melo had to pull this rabbit out o...
The 76ers Aren't Historically Bad Anymore, They're Just Bad
The Philadelphia 76ers clobbered the Portland Trail Blazers last night, winning 114-89 for their fifth victory of the season. At one point they were 1-30 with an average point differential of -13.3; now they’re 5-37 with an average point differential of -11.1. They still aren’t any good, but their f...
Eagles Chose "Best Guy" For Head Coach, Says ESPN Analyst Who Helped Hire Him
Former Eagles QB and current ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski revealed that he served as an advisor to his old team as it searched for a new head coach. Jaworski sat in on meetings with a couple of candidates, and even got a big folder to flip through:...
Bulls Need Every Single One Of Jimmy Butler's 53 Points To Beat The Sixers
Missing Pau Gasol and Derrick Rose, the Bulls spent most of Thursday night’s game against the 76ers looking like they’d never played basketball with each other before. They were down by as many as 24 points in the second quarter, and had 23 turnovers for the game. Here is Joakim Noah giving a visual...
Report: Eagles Hire Andy Reid's Offensive Coordinator
The Eagles will hire Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson, according to Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News....
Eagles' Jason Peters Goes On Rant Against Bengals Lineman For Making All-Pro Team
Eagles lineman Jason Peters is never one to shy away from giving his opinion about something. A few weeks ago, he pulled himself from a loss to avoid risk of injury and was open about it. He’s at it again, this time in a series of now-deleted Instagram posts ranting about Bengals tackle Andrew Whitw...
Report: Uhh, The Eagles Are Interviewing Tom Coughlin
Tom Coughlin, the grumpiest Tom in the world, might be switching NFC East head coaching jobs. He stepped down as Giants coach last week, made Eli Manning cry, and dissed team president John Mara, all in one press conference. Now, according to Fox Sports’ Mike Garafolo, Coughlin is interviewing to mo...
Court Docs: MLS Coach Spanked Players, Called Concussed Players Pussies And More
In 2012, the Philadelphia Union fired then-coach Peter Nowak. The ongoing legal battle over that firing has made public the disturbing allegations that got Nowak canned. They include Nowak spanking rookie players, sometimes with a sandal, to the point where it hurt his own hand; belittling concussio...
Kendall Marshall's Dad Thinks The Sixers Are Racist And A Joke
Veteran point guard Kendall Marshall recently joined the Philadelphia 76ers’ active roster after recovering from an offseason knee surgery. At the time of Marshall’s return, GM Sam Hinkie put forward a theory that the team would have gotten off to a much better start had Marshall’s steady hand been ...
Report: Chip Kelly Was Fired In Part Because He Messed Up The Eagles' Holiday Party
Holiday parties are a wonderful time of the year where you can get drunk with your coworkers, contract gonorrhea from them, or in Chip Kelly’s case, hurry on your pending unemployment. CBS’ Jason La Canfora has a report from the aftermath of Kelly’s firing by the Philadelphia Eagles, and it’s pretty...
The Eagles Sure Seem To Have Hated Playing For Chip Kelly
There’s no shortage of reasons explaining the Philadelphia Eagles’ decision to fire Chip Kelly, but here’s a simple one: It appears that his players did not like playing for him....
What Do The Eagles Do Now?
On its face, the Eagles’ decision to dump head coach Chip Kelly after two good seasons and a bad one makes little sense. A good coach is one of the hardest things to find in the NFL, and it’s usually a bad idea to get rid of a coach after just one down year. That logic doesn’t really follow in Kelly...
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Eagles Fire Chip Kelly [Updated]
The Philadelphia Eagles have “released” head coach Chip Kelly, according to a statement the team made tonight. The full statement reads:...
Jason Peters Pulled Himself Out Of Eagles Loss To Avoid Risk Of Injury
The Philadelphia Eagles needed to beat Washington at home last night to stay in playoff contention. They did not, despite Kirk Cousins briefly forgetting how to play football, and they’re now certain to finish the season below .500 for the first time in Chip Kelly’s tenure. Obviously, the Eagles wer...
Sixers Mascot Gets Robin Lopez A Christmas Present, Catches His Hands In Return
Franklin the dog, much like the team he represents, got walloped on by Robin Lopez last night. I can’t feel bad for ole Franklin here, when he asked for the asskicking....
Anonymous 76er Throws Down One Of The Year's Best Dunks
Richaun Holmes, a second-round pick out of Bowling Green, is just one of the many anonymous puds that the Philadelphia 76ers are relying on to help the team lose as many games as possible. Last night, young Richaun threw down what will probably end up being the dunk of his life, and in the process b...
Bills Fans Stop Traffic With Their Butts
The Bills played in Philadelphia on Sunday, but Buffalo’s horde travels well. Here’s a pair of them halting a vehicle’s path with their butts, accompanied by “Fly Eagles Fly.”...
Chip Kelly vs. LeSean McCoy Beef Reaches New Beef Level
Remember how earlier this week Chip Kelly was all like “I’d love to shake LeSean McCoy’s hand,” and then LeSean McCoy was all like, “Chip can’t say shit to me.”? Well this week Kelly called McCoy and he was all like, ‘Hey it’s Chip, from Philly,’ and McCoy was all like *hangs up phone*....