by Justin Adkins The Eagles have announced the signing of veteran wide receiver Kelley Washington. Washington, 30, was a third-round pick of the Bengals in the 2003 NFL Draft. The 6-3, 217 pounder spent last season with the Baltimore Ravens, posting career highs in catches (34) and yardage (431). For his career Washington has 107 career receptions [More...]
July 31 Camden Courier-Post ”After missing three straight games with a bruised foot, shortstop Jimmy Rollins returned to the Phillies’ lineup Friday night as the team opened a three-game set against the Nationals. Rollins fouled a pitch off his left foot in the second inning Monday against Colorado, but X-rays found no break. He said [More...]
July 31 Philadelphia Inquirer “Jayson Werth didn’t want the attention, so he wouldn’t admit he was paying attention. He was the constant source of trade rumors a week ago. Heck, a San Diego radio station erroneously reported Werth had been traded to the Padres on Monday. But at that time, the Phillies were coming off [More...]
July 31 Philadelphia Inquirer ”Roy Oswalt’s flight from Houston arrived here at 11 p.m. Thursday. He settled into the team hotel about two hours before the rest of the Phillies and went to bed knowing he would pitch Friday night in a pennant race for the first time since 2006. He was excited, probably too [More...]
July 31 Philadelphia Daily News “The questions were everywhere. Coming off one of the most prolific seasons of his career, Raul Ibanez suddenly found himself staring down the barrel of a potential platoon situation. The club was about to call up its 22-year-old top prospect, presumably to share time with the veteran in leftfield. Ninety-four [More...]
July 31 Philadelphia Inquirer “It’s “go time,” as Kevin Kolb said. The first real day of training camp kicks off Saturday at 8:15 a.m. with the full team, in pads, in . . .. Well, we’ll just let the Eagles‘ new quarterback explain: “It’s exciting, because we haven’t played in front of fans in a [More...]
July 31 Philadelphia Daily News “Ernie Sims is experiencing quite the culture shock coming from Detroit.Instead of hotels, he’s staying in tiny college dorm rooms. Instead of training camp at the team facility, he’s “in the middle of nowhere,” surrounded by mountains. Instead of no fans being able to attend Lions camp during his early [More...]
July 31 Philadelphia Inquirer ”DeSean Jackson is not talking, so Andy Reid spoke for his wide receiver. “I think he just wants to concentrate on football,” Reid said Friday after the full team practiced together for the first time at training camp. “He doesn’t want to be disrupted by any, I guess, questions on contracts [More...]