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Birds fans vs. Boo-birds

The question of whether or not Terrell Owens would be booed tonight was rendered impotent when he caught a long TD pass on the Eagles first play from scrimmage. The question of why the hell Philly fans wear the boo as a badge of honor, however, continues to go unanswered. Though I consider myself a Philly fan, I began to sour on the clichéd member of our fandom after the Super Bowl. WIP callers sounded like fans of a 2-10 team after yet another loss. I actually watched the game with one idiot screaming "McNabb sucks" as the quarterback led the Birds to a touchdown and brought the score to 24-21. Now, many were looking to boo T.O., who like it or not is key to our hope for a Super Bowl this year. I honestly think there's a faction of Eagles fans more interested in calling WIP, getting beer muscles at a game, booing, doing the E-A-G-L-E-S chant, and singing the fight song, than seeing a Super Bowl victory. In case any of you are having this read to you, please let me e

T.O. and the Media

Is it even possible to get beyond the rants of the Terrell Owens "drama" that has all but consumed Philly sports coverage. This situation has gotten so ridiculous it's bordering on the surreal. But, my question is: Why the hell is this being covered the way it is? For the record, I think the Eagles handled this perfectly . . . until they sent Owens home. Unless they were going to send him home permanently, the only intelligent thing to do was ride it out. He wasn't talking, he was reportedly practicing just fine, and there was no real story. It was a fragile situation. Why get into a spat with him over signing autographs, of all things, and hand him the attention he craves? He's a total jackass for continuing to bury McNabb, but if you want to win a damn Super Bowl, you just live with it for one more year. But everyone — well, almost everyone — is ranting about that. After watching T.O. do sit-ups with microphones in his face on his front lawn, I couldn't

Rob Q. on Philly Sports

Google “sports” today and you’ll get 303 MILLION results. Every possible opinion on every possible sports issue is presumably already out there. So, I’m not sure I can offer anything original with my sports blog. In fact, I'm not quite sure what I can offer. I do, however, know that my lifelong love of sports is dwindling, and it's time to try something. Like every other blogger in the world, I hope to do something a little different. The Philadelphia sports scene is becoming too predictable, if you ask me. And, no, I’m not talking about the play of the teams. I'm talking about the way fans and media alike react to everything. We live and die with the Eagles, scoff at the Phillies and the Sixers, and don’t care about the Flyers until playoff time. We take every non-championship season as a mortal wound. We listen as WIP hosts and, more recently, Daily News scribes, tell us how they knew all along that our beloved teams never had a chance and never will. Success is mocked, u