October 31 Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Phil Sheridan: “There is one major flaw in the speculation that Andy Reid could fire defensive coordinator Sean McDermott at any point in the near future. Simply put, Reid can’t fire McDermott – not without inviting a lot of hard questions about Reid’s judgment over the last couple of years. At [More…]
October 31 Philadelphia Inquirer: “Before Saturday’s matchup with the New York Islanders, Flyers coach Peter Laviolette and his players not only dismissed the difficulty of playing back-to-back games, but talked of embracing the challenge. Then the Flyers went out and backed up their enthusiasm with Saturday’s 6-1 pummeling of the New York Islanders at the [More…]
October 31 Philadelphia Inquirer: INDIANAPOLIS – In the minutes after Saturday night’s 99-86 loss to the Indiana Pacers, 76ers coach Doug Collins dropped a statistic that landed with the weight of a bowling ball. No one on the Sixers’ roster – not one player – has a winning record as a basketball professional. In the locker [More…]
October 31 Philadelphia Inquirer: STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – While Michigan’s Denard Robinson burned the Beaver Stadium grass at his feet with his dashing and darting, Penn State’s Matt McGloin was cool, composed, and more than competent. McGloin, the former walk-on making his first career start, passed for one touchdown, ran for another, and engineered one [More…]
October 30 Philadelphia Inquirer: Richmond never really had a chance. The Spiders headed into Saturday’s much-anticipated Colonial Athletic Association matchup depleted at quarterback. As a result, signal-caller Montel White, a true freshman who was fourth-string in the preseason, had to face a Villanova defense ranked fifth nationally in both scoring and rushing defense. The Wildcats [More…]
October 30 Philadelphia Inquirer: Not since 1971 had a Temple football team put together back-to-back shutouts. That changed Saturday, when winless Akron visited Lincoln Financial Field and left with a 30-0 defeat. The Zips drove across midfield only once. The Owls, who were held to a couple of field goals during the first two quarters, [More…]
October 30 Philadelphia Daily News: “Contact has been made between Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. and the agent for Jayson Werth, although the free-agent-to-be rightfielder still seems certain to hit the open market 5 days after the World Series ends. “We’ve touched base,” Amaro said, without offering specifics of the conversation. Although Werth still [More…]
October 30 Philadelphia Inquirer: “Placido Polanco had successful surgery on his left elbow Friday, the Phillies said. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said in a statement that he is confident Polanco will be ready for spring training. The team is hopeful he can swing a bat within 10 weeks, in early January. “It went very [More…]