Billy Paultz Reconsidered

I wrote this in a preview of the Big 33 game that appeared in last Sunday’s (June 10) paper:
“Incredibly, there isn’t an Ohio State signee on the Ohio roster. Or the Pennsylvania roster, for that matter.”
Not that incredible, according to reader Ken Rankin of Millersville, who points out that for the second straight year the […]

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in Philadelphia is over. It seemed to fly by, really. Flashing the heart and people skills for which they’ve become famous, the Eagles released the former McCaskey and Syracuse QB Wednesday, after signing him to a free agent contract Tuesday. He was a quasi-Eagle for one day.
Seriously, why would you do that to a kid?
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This just in: The Philadelphia Eagles have signed Perry Patterson, the McCaskey and Syracuse grad, to a free agent contract.
Patterson’s agent, Jerry Tierney, announced the signing today.
“Actually, he has the size [6-4, 245] and athleticism to play several positions in the NFL. I told him, it doesn’t matter whether you’re a first-round pick or a […]

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We should all give Michael Vick a break and lighten up about dog fighting, according to Clinton Portis. They’re his dogs, after all. He owns them.

         The mind boggles….

 With the Phillies in Florida tonight, check out Miguel Cabrera. He looks like the teenage Monica from “Friends.” If the camera adds 10 pounds, exactly how many […]

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Donovan McNabb for Brett Favre? Sunday News Sports Editor Jim Hersh runs that one up the flagpole in tomorrow’s (Sunday, May 20) edition. It’s not gonna happen, of course (Hersh acknowledges that), and it’s only a half-serious suggestion (Hersh acknowledges that, too). But the more you think about it, the more sense it makes.
At least, […]

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