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D ash, flash, creating a bi g splash. That’s become the nature of the Eagles offense, a unit that shattered the New York Giants defense Sunday night in the Meadowlands, sparked by by one quick scoring strike and so many other goodies pulled out of the bag. DeSean Jackson going…
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Read on mcall.com →The Eagles are loaded with young bucks. Baggy jeans, smokin’ warm-up suits, stylish sneakers, expensive jewelry. They sport it all. Aside from all the bling-bling, the Eagles’ young players, led by second-year pro DeSean Jackson, also play with enthusiasm and beg-for . It’s all…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Eagles are loaded with young bucks. Baggy jeans, smokin’ warm-up suits, stylish sneakers, expensive jewelry. They sport it all. Aside from all the bling-bling, the Eagles’ young players, led by second-year pro DeSean Jackson, also play with enthusiasm and beg-for it. It’s…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Andy Reid reached a coaching milestone on Sunday as he joined Miami’s Don Shula (1970s), Dallas’ Tom Landry (1970s) and New England’s Bill Belichick (this decade) as the only coaches to lead their teams to 100 regular-season victories in a decade. Reid, now in his 11th season…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Andy Reid reached a coaching milestone on Sunday as he joined Miami’s Don Shula (1970s), Dallas’ Tom Landry (1970s) and New England’s Bill Belichick (this decade) as the only coaches to lead their teams to 100 regular-season victories in a decade. Reid, now in his 11th season…
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Read on mcall.com →Asante Samuel makes a lot of noise on the field in practice and in games. His teammates want him to talk, especially since the Eagles’ two-time Pro Bowl cornerback often backs it up. “A silent defense is a scared defense,” Eagles rookie free safety Macho Harris said. “You want…
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Read on mcall.com →It wasn’t hard to notice that Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown was in some pain Sunday. Sometimes the eight-year veteran pulled up slow, sometimes hobbled, but never did he ask to be taken out of the Eagles road game against the Chicago Bears at Soldiers Field. Bothered by a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It wasn’t hard to notice that Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown was in some pain Sunday. Sometimes the eight-year veteran pulled up slow, sometimes hobbled, but never did he ask to be taken out of the Eagles road game against the Chicago Bears at Soldiers Field. Bothered by a…
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Read on mcall.com →Only two running backs since 2002 have run rampant on the Easton defense. One was Parkland’s Austin Scott in 2002, who carried the Trojans to the PIAA Class 4A title. Two years ago, a less flashy, but more bulldozing back from Hazleton named Nate Eachus ran for 263 yards and…
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Read on mcall.com →A helmet-to-helmet hit made Eagles running back Brian Westbrook groggy on Sunday afternoon in San Diego, forcing him to leave the game early in the third quarter with a concussion that could possibly be a season-ending injury. The hit, by San Diego safety Eric Weddle, happened…
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Read on mcall.com →A helmet-to-helmet hit made Eagles running back Brian Westbrook groggy on Sunday afternoon in San Diego, forcing him to leave the game early in the third quarter with a concussion that could possibly be a season-ending injury. The hit, by San Diego safety Eric Weddle, happened…
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Read on mcall.com →It was a Friday the 13th that had a whole lot of playfulness for many of the Eagles’ younger players. Cornerback Sheldon Brown, an eight-year veteran, wasn’t as loose as his teammates following a short practice. He remained quiet as he dressed and finished packing key belongings…
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Read on mcall.com →Easton bulldozed on offense, bone-crushed on defense and coasted to a 28-0 victory over Nazareth in a District 11-2-4 Class 4A quarterfinal matchup Friday night at Cottingham Stadium. The top-seeded Red Rovers (10-1) have won their last four games by a 132-21 margin, their only…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →— It was a Friday the 13th that had a whole lot of playfulness for many of the Eagles’ younger players. Cornerback Sheldon Brown, an eight-year veteran, wasn’t as loose as his teammates following a short practice. He remained quiet as he dressed and finished packing key…
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Read on mcall.com →Back in the 1960s Nazareth High’s football team filled up the school’s trophy case. “Back them we won championships pretty regularly,” said Easton coach Steve Shiffert, a 1969 Nazareth grad. “Nazareth was the big school. We played Wilson, Bangor, East Stroudsburg. “I think…
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Read on mcall.com →Sometimes when Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb turns over in his bed he feels a little pain from the cracked rib he suffered running for a 3-yard touchdown late in the third quarter against Carolina in the season opener in September. Sometimes he’s reminded that he’s not fully…
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Read on mcall.com →Sometimes when Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb turns over in his bed he feels a little pain from the cracked rib he suffered running for a 3-yard touchdown late in the third quarter against Carolina in the season opener in September. Sometimes he’s reminded that he’s not fully…
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Read on mcall.com →Eagles coach Andy Reid was full of compliments and no complaints at his press conference on Monday at the team’s NovaCare Complex, less than 24 hours after the Eagles dismantled the New York Giants 40-17 at Lincoln Financial Field. The coach also gave an update on running back…
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Read on mcall.com →Leonard Weaver has a typical brickhouse body for a fullback, blocks with force and appreciates every time he gets a handoff because he knows he won’t get many opportunities. The Eagles coaches love his attitude, his teammates cherish him and the New York Giants found out more…
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Read on mcall.com →I t’s Easton vs. Liberty tonight at Cottingham Stadium in what could be the first of two meetings between the Lehigh Valley Conference powerhouses this season. They could meet again in come in the District 11-2-4 Class 4A subregional playoffs as they did in 2005 and 2006. Easton…
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Read on mcall.com →The hitting seemed a little harder, especially from new middle linebacker Will Witherspoon, who made an impact early and stayed on a seek-and-destroy mission throughout a Monday Night Football matchup against the Washington Redskins. He had a 9-yard interception return in the…
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Read on mcall.com →The Eagles’ hitting seemed a little harder, especially from new middle linebacker Will Witherspoon, who made an impact early and stayed on a seek-and-destroy mission throughout a Monday Night Football matchup against the Washington Redskins. He had a 9-yard interception return…
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Read on mcall.com →Liberty played with punch on both sides of the ball to knock Nazareth out of a much-hyped Lehigh Valley Conference game early in the first quarter Friday night. Ahead 21-0 after the first, Liberty added 14 more points in the second quarter and breezed through the rain and chill…
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Read on mcall.com →Trap games do exist in high school football. Emmaus, Easton and Liberty will try to avoid them tonight in Lehigh Valley Conference matchups that have District 11-2-4 Class 4A subregional playoff implications. Next week is the traditional rivalry showdowns, featuring Emmaus…
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