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GarryCobb 11:59 am | Tweet Eagles tight end James Casey had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee earlier this week and will miss the rest of the OTA workouts. Casey wrote this morning on his Twitter account the following message:  ”I had a minor scope done on my right knee. I’ll be back to full speed…

GarryCobb 10:23 am | Tweet Eagles General Manager Howie Roseman says he likes what he seeing at Nova Care Complex as Chip Kelly and the Eagles go through their OTA’s.  Roseman likes the uptempo, high energy workouts, which show a motivated and enthused football team. “The most important thing we have is buy-in from our players.…

GarryCobb 05:21 am | Tweet Philly.com has a feature article today on second year wide receiver Damaris Johnson.  Jeremy Maclin says Johnson could be the biggest winner in the new Chip Kelly offense and I concur. More than any other weapon on the team, Johnson is able to operate as a wide receiver, slot receiver, but…

GarryCobb 04:48 am | Tweet ESPN NFL analyst and my former teammate with the Eagles, Ron Jaworski weighed in on Chip Kelly’s offense and whether he thought it was going to work in the NFL.  He said categorically, “No”, he didn’t think it would work on the NFL level. “I just don’t see NFL passing concepts…

Denny Basens 10:09 pm | Tweet The Philadelphia Phillies won their second straight game on Wednesday night, taking down the Miami Marlins 3-0. Their record improves to 23-24. Cliff Lee threw the team on his back tonight, carrying the Phillies with a complete game shutout. Lee was on fire tonight, allowing just three hits and two walks…

Mylow Young 08:04 am | Tweet Is there a “Comeback Player of the Year” on the 2013 Philadelphia Eagles or perhaps a Scrub or a Dud? Is there a player or players on the roster who is going to be that underachiever you expected them to be? Three people come to mind, maybe four when I…

Denny Basens 08:01 am | Tweet The Philadelphia Phillies won the second game of their series against Miami on Tuesday night, taking down the Marlins 7-3. Their record improves to 22-24. Tyler Cloyd came out and pitched a fine game in his second start of the season. Cloyd made it through seven innings, allowing just two runs…

GarryCobb 03:55 pm | Tweet I felt I needed to comment on the dustup involving Eagles quarterback Michael Vick which occurred last week.  He was on Mike Missanelli’s 97.5 The FAN radio show, when he was confronted with the criticism that he holds onto the football too long and takes too long to read the…

GarryCobb 08:36 am | Tweet I don’t remember exactly what music was playing when I walked into practice, but the music seemed to start kind of mellow then it built a tempo as the practice went on yesterday.  It was a different selection to what we heard last week, more old school stuff.   “You…

Denny Basens 09:54 pm | Tweet The Philadelphia Phillies lost the first game of their series with Miami, falling 5-1 to the Marlins. Their record drops to 21-23. It was yet another wasted effort for starter Cole Hamels, who took his seventh loss of the year. Hamels allowed just two runs over six innings, and struck out…