It first hit me when my American Airline Jet put the landing gears down on my return flight from the Super Bowl. The Captain said we were 10 minutes from “another touchdown” in Philadelphia, home to the World Champion Philadelphia Eagles. When did it hit you? Because it hit us all, and more importantly, it […]
We all find our calling at some point in our lives. For some it comes later in life. For others, it may come through an event that had an impact on his or her station in life. For Dr. Danielle Ponzio, her calling to become a doctor came from her father and the work he […]
MINNEAPOLIS: The Eagles, riding the arm of backup quarterback Nick Foles and an opportunistic defense, defeated the New England Patriots 41-33 in epic fashion and captured the first Super Bowl championship in franchise history. Foles was named MVP of the game after outdueling the sport’s all-time great Tom Brady, who the day before was named […]
“Selection Saturday” resulted in eight “Heroes of the Game” earning election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Hall’s selection committee held its annual selection meeting today in Minnesota to elect the Class of 2018.
In the Philadelphia Eagles Draft of 2012 they selected Fletcher Cox with the first pick. They had two selections in the second round and took Mychal Kendricks and Vinny Curry. Do you see where this is going? In the third round they selected out of the University of Arizona, a quarterback, named Nick Foles. I […]
BLOOMINGTON: The Eagles (15-3) will take on the five-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots (15-3) today at 6:30 PM (ET, NBC). These teams are tied or nearly for the season in points scored, points allowed and interceptions. The Patriots have allowed 60 more yards per game but have not allowed a lot of points. […]
BLOOMINGTON: Ted Karras III, an outstaning offensive lineman for Illinois, never enjoyed a winning season during his three seasons with the Fighting Illini, never played in a Bowl game. But as fate would have it, the 6-foot-4, 305 pounder ended up on the opposite side of the football universe when he was drafted in the […]
MINNEAPOLIS: This comment is as obvious as any story lead you will read this week…The Eagles secondary will face its toughest task of the season when they face Tom Brady and his receivers in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis (6:30 PM ET NBC). That New England Patriots veteran corps includes All […]
MINNEAPOLIS: If the Eagles are going to knock off the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots this Sunday, it won’t happen with a shootout. The path to the Lombardi Trophy is from defense and turnovers. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will be starting his eighth Super Bowl game this Sunday. He has won five of […]
MINNEAPOLIS: It has been talked about, probably too many times, that Eagles quarterback Nick Foles is not as good as League MVP candidate Carson Wentz. That is true if you compare their overall games. Wentz showed he is a franchise quarterback in just about every aspect of the position for the first 13 games of […]
