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USA makes Final Four

USA makes Final Four

Well, my back-up team is officially out of the tournament. Sweden fell in dramatic fashion to Slovakia last night marking the end for the current gold medal holders and possibly the end of Peter Forsberg on your TV sets. While there are rumors Peter Forsberg might try to make another return, his foot seems to be acting up. He's still a ...
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Goodbye Westy: Shining Eagles moments from #36

Goodbye Westy: Shining Eagles moments from #36

It's the end of an era - Brian Westbrook was officially released today by the Philadelphia Eagles. In the back of our minds, we probably knew this coming, what with the emergence of young talent like LeSean McCoy and the regular physical breakdown of #36, including a duo of concussions last season. Despite all of the injuries, Westbrook played his ...
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Time for the Phillies to get to work

Time for the Phillies to get to work

Obviously, the biggest news in Spring Training yesterday was the bearded monster that is Jayson Werth. After an offseason spent back home in Illinois, Werth showed up to camp looking like Falkor from The Neverending Story, as Mistertug pointed out. While the beard is impressive. the bigger news is that everyone is in camp and accounted for. There were a few ...
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Guest Post: Down with Bunnies

Guest Post: Down with Bunnies

Let's give a warm welcome to guest writer Candice Monhollan. With NHL hockey on hiatus for the Olympics, life has been pretty quiet in Flyerdom. So instead of focusing on the team, I'm going to touch on a subject that reared its annoying head again. An issue that has been bothering me all season long appeared again last night during the Canada-Switzerland ...
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Jordan as good as gone

Posted by Mike Santa Barbara on March - 10 - 2010
As I reported weeks ago (not like it was a shot in the dark) there are reporters all over the NBA world claiming the 76ers are ready to give head coach Eddie Jordan the axe. And as word has spread the deny game has started from the brass at Comcast-Spectacor. President of Comcast-Spectacor Peter Luukko denied Wednesday that a “predetermined decision” had been made to fire Jordan. Though, the writing is on the wall and...
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Contreras off to rough start with the Phillies

Posted by Kieran Kelly on March - 9 - 2010
Not going to lie, I wasn’t that excited when I heard that the Phillies signed Jose Contreras in the offseason. This is a Phillies team that needed a little help in the bullpen, and adding someone like Contreras didn’t seem to be the addition that was needed. Contreras has been a solid, if not spectacular pitcher during his 7 seasons in MLB. His best years were with the Yankees  and he’ll most likely not...
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Guest Post: Amaro’s Folly

Posted by Roman Zubarev on March - 8 - 2010
Guest writer Joe Gallagher returns to pick a bone with Ruben Amaro: A little over two months ago, our Philadelphia Phillies were sitting pretty. They had just won 2 Pennants and a World Series title in two years. They had held a stirring and emotional parade just a year and a half ago. The city was and still is in love with them. They had perhaps the top lineup in all of baseball and a top of the line farm system. They were...
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Is Michael Leighton the answer?

Posted by Chris Shafer on March - 8 - 2010
Whether Flyers fans are comfortable with it or not, Michael Leighton is the starter going into the playoffs. If someone, at the beginning of the season, told you that Michael Leighton would make a glorious return to Philadelphia and be penciled in as the starter heading into the postseason, how would you react? Would you laugh like the rest of the NHL and possibly joke about the Flyers’ instability at the goaltending...
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Spring prospect update as Flyers add two

Posted by Chris Shafer on March - 5 - 2010
Lukas Pither of the Barrie Colts is in the middle of a spectacular year in the OHL. The Flyers have signed the undrafted Pither to an entry level contract, and he will play with the Phantoms next season. When Luca Sbisa was shipped off to Anaheim along with two back-to-back first round selections, many were worried that the Flyers gave up too much for an aging Chris Pronger. Even though that doesn’t appear to be a fair...
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Race for 5th, Version 2.0

Posted by Kieran Kelly on March - 5 - 2010
For the second consecutive season, the biggest news in Spring Training will come down to who the 5th spot in the rotation will belong to when the Phillies head north. Last season, the race was between Kyle Kendrick, J.A. Happ,  and Chan Ho Park. With Chopper moving on to the Yankees and Happ solidifying his spot in the middle of the rotation, there was bound to be a new competition for the last spot in the rotation. The race...
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Phillies set to open Grapefruit League play

Posted by Kieran Kelly on March - 4 - 2010
While the Phillies first exhibition game was a 13-6 win over the Florida State Seminoles yesterday,  the Phillies start playing the big boys today. In the Grapefruit League opener, the Phillies play the New York Yankees at Bright House Networks Field at 1:05 P.M. Now, besides being the spring training opener, the game will also serve as Roy Halladay’s Phillies’ debut. An entire city of baseball fans has been waiting...
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Flyers do nothing at deadline, sort of

Posted by Chris Shafer on March - 3 - 2010
It took a week or so for the Flyers to get used to a new kind of coaching under Laviolette, but the team seems to have sparked due his energetic system. It’s easy to go and blame contract clauses and shortage of usable assets for the Flyers’ lack of movement on trade deadline day. While everyone wanted a shiny new toy to throw into the locker room, no team really got anything special in one of the slowest Trade...
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NHL Post-Olympic Mission Statement

Posted by Chris Shafer on March - 2 - 2010
Forward James vanRiemsdyk is not only looking to become an elite hockey player from New Jersey, but he is also an American with hopes for a gold medal some day. Here I am on a Tuesday morning working on an top prospect article for the Flyers’ top 20 prospects with Mike & Mike in the Morning playing on the TV in the background. For those who have never heard of the show, it’s normally some of the best programming...
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Eagles Offseason Bingo: 2010 Edition!

Posted by David Foley on March - 1 - 2010
In case you missed it last year…Eagles Offseason Bingo is back with a new and improved version for 2010!
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