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Much Ado About Nothing

When Jimmy Rollins’ comments that the Phillies are the “team to beat” in the NL East are the biggest story in Philly sports for the week in February, things are pretty damn slow. Should he have said it? Will it heighten the rivalry with the Mets? What was the reaction of Billy Wagner? Will this make Rollins the leader in the clubhouse? It’s enough to make you want to tailgate the Soul’s training camp. The fact that Rollins said it is completely meaningless except to the media. If the Phils get off to a slow start, the media will bring it up. If the Phils get out of the gate hot, the media will bring it up. If something he said is what makes Rollins a leader for this team, that’s just sad. If he becomes some sort of veteran leader in the dugout, fine. But Rollins is a secondary player at this point, behind Ryan Howard and Chase Utley. He’s a decent leadoff hitter, but could be better if he learned to take pitches, and is certainly solid at shortstop. Yet, the fact is that if the Phillie

Starting over...again

As we muddle through the dead spot in the sports calendar known as the NBA All-Star weekend, the best thing to be said about the winter teams in Philadelphia is that they have lopped off the head of the monsters. Peter Forsberg has followed Allen Iverson and the thief Chris Webber out of Philly, and at least the next phase of these pathetic franchises can begin. What I know about hockey might fill a thimble, but trading Forsberg seems a bit odd. Granted, the Flyers suck and couldn’t risk getting nothing for him. That said, one player can dominate hockey, it seems, more than any other sport. Whatever was going on with Forsberg’s foot seemed to be finally fixed. They even won a couple games. Even after the trade, both sides seemed more than open to him re-signing with the Flyers when he becomes a free agent. As good as it would be to finally see a Philly franchise pull of a shrewd move like acquiring young talent for a guy they’ll see return by training camp, I have to think avoiding any

To Win Or Not to Win

By my calculations — why in the world aren’t NBA standings listed by conference? — the Seventy-Sixers are 7.5 games out of the playoffs with 32 games left to play entering tonight’s game. The Sixers are playing better. The rest of the conference is pretty bad. So, the debate is beginning to heat up — should they try to win or tank the season? Tank the season! Tank it now, tank it hard. Tank it, tank it, tank it. Greg Oden is the man-child now playing center at Ohio State considered the hands-down favorite to be the number one pick in the draft. If Samuel Dalembert reaches his full potential tomorrow, Oden is still what this team (or any other) needs worse than oxygen. The logic against tanking the season seems to be that losing can be a habit, that it will kill the psyche of our young core, and that Oden might not even come out. Get serious, people! Losing is a habit for teams with no talent. Besides Andre Iguodala, I could not care less about the psyche of any player on this team. We’

Colts Win Super Bowl

Peyton Manning received the coronation so many in the NFL have wanted to give him for years. He has one man to thank more than any other for the new Super Bowl ring he’ll soon own — Rex Grossman. In a decent, though far from great Super Bowl, the Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears despite everything seeming to give the Bears the chance to win. Bad weather, the first ever opening kick returned for a touchdown, and an early interception from Manning seemed to set the stage for an upset. Everyone knew Grossman couldn’t carry the Bears, but if he just showed up and everything else fell into place, they had a shot. Grossman’s 165 yards and 2 interceptions doesn’t tell the story. He fumbled twice, losing one, and didn’t rush for a single yard. His longest completion (to a teammate) was 22 yards. The Bears didn’t sustain one long drive, absolutely wearing out their defense. Give Tony Dungy credit. The Colts, known as a passing team with a weak defense, transformed into a team that

Why McNabb Gets No Love in Philly

I heard more than one commentator rush to Donovan McNabb’s defense this week with an exacerbated, “Why do fans even care?” in reference to McNabb’s comments at his Chunky’s Soup press conference. McNabb once again tried to act like he was setting the world straight on a number of issues, when in fact he was saying very little. In fact, except for constantly illustrating an inability to use the phrase “so-called” properly, he really didn’t do anything new with his answers. Instead, he reinforced his image of a guy who wants to be catered to and is simply too fragile to be the quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles. The most newsworthy thing he said was after the press conference when he went on ESPN radio. McNabb once again denied puking in the Super Bowl two years ago, and managed to blame Terrell Owens for the lack of a hurry-up offense when the Eagles needed two scores at the end of Super Bowl XXXIX. The reason I care about stuff like this is that he’s the quarterback, and therefore