LEBRON JAMES BY ROCK HOFFMAN The Philadelphia 76ers gave the Cleveland Cavaliers all they wanted but in the end – to no one’s surprise – LeBron James was too much for the Sixers in a 108-101 Cleveland win at the Wachovia Center. James finished with 36 points on 12-of-26 shooting but a pair of […]
DeSean Jackson NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Running back FRANK GORE of the San Francisco 49ers, rookie linebacker BRIAN ORAKPO of the Washington Redskins and punt returner-wide receiver DESEAN JACKSON of the Philadelphia Eagles are the NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played the 14th week of […]
Eagles have clear path to Division title EAST RUTHERFORD: The game between the New York Football Giants and Philadelphia Eagles Sunday night was already an important NFC East contest going in. Each team was looking to better its playoff position on the national network television broadcast, but when the Dallas Cowboys lost to the San […]
ALEX JOSEPH BY ROCK HOFFMAN Sunday figures to be a big day for Temple University athletics, the Owls basketball team will host their Big 5 rival Villanova and prior to that game the toast of North Broad – the bowl-bound football team – will have an open practice session for fans at the Edberg-Olson […]
ALABAMA QUARTERBACK GREG MCELROY 1 – Alabama (13-0) 2 – Texas (13-0) 3 – TCU (12-0) 4 – Florida 12-1) 5 – Cincinnati (12-0) 6 – Boise State (13-0) 7 – Oregon (10-2) 8 – Georgia Tech (11-2) 9 – Ohio State (10-2) 10 – Iowa (10-2) 11 – Penn State (10-2) 12 – LSU (9-3) 13 – Virginia Tech (9-3) 14 – BYU (10-2) 15 – Pittsburgh […]
ANGELO BABBARO BY ROCK HOFFMAN For the New Hampshire Wildcats it must have felt like they were playing two opponents, the Villanova Wildcats and they weather; they beat neither. A fumble on the first play from scrimmage that Villanova safety John Dempsey returned four yards for a touchdown set the tone in the 46-7 […]
TIM TEBOW 1 – Florida 12-0) 2 – Alabama (12-0) 3 – Texas (12-0) 4 – TCU (12-0) 5 – Cincinnati (11-0) 6 – Boise State (12-0) 7 – Oregon (9-2) 8 – Ohio State (10-2) 9 – Iowa (10-2) 10 – Georgia Tech (10-2) 11 – Penn State (10-2) 12 – Pittsburgh (9-2) 13 – LSU (9-3) 14 – Virginia Tech (9-3) 15 – BYU (10-2) 16 – […]
Brent Celek will be an Eagle through 2016 The Philadelphia Eagles today announced they have signed TE Brent Celek to a six-year contract extension that will keep him in Philadelphia through 2016. With the signing of Celek today and T Winston Justice last week, the Eagles have now inked 22 players on the current roster […]
MATT SZCZUR Villanova outlasted Holy Cross 38-28 in an NCAA Football Championship Subdivision first-round playoff game at Villanova Stadium on Saturday. Five different players scored touchdowns as the Wildcats rolled up 537 yards of total offense which was enough to offset the day that Crusaders quarterback Dominic Randolph had. The three-time Patriot League Player of […]
Donovan McNabb leads Eagles to 24-20 win over the Bears Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb exercised a few demons during Sunday night’s road win over the near hapless Chicago Bears on national network TV. Donovan McNabb led his team to a fourth quarter-touchdown that gave the Eagles the 24-20 win and raised their record to 6-4. […]
