The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) articles from January 2004

The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) archives from January 2004

ABC announcers calling for college playoff system.
January 1, 2004... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ BCS is supposed to stand for Bowl Championship Series. This year, however, BCS means Bowl Championship Stain. No. 1-ranked Southern California defeated Michigan, 28-14, on Thursday in the...

Cost of success flying high for Eagles.
January 1, 2004... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ It's happening again; in fact, this might be the most dangerous year yet. The price of the Philadelphia Eagles' continued success _ a 46-18 record over the past four regular seasons, with playoff...

Five guys who should be out the door in the NFL.
January 1, 2004... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ If you've been reading the newspapers or watching any of the 17 replays a day of ESPN's "SportsCenter," you know which NFL coaches and front-office people got pink slips this week. Here are five more...

Solutions to your salad and sticking problems.
January 2, 2004... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: I am looking for an authentic recipe for panzanella (bread salad). Can you help? I look forward to hearing from you. _ Sharon D. A: I guess we spent a little too much on the holidays if one week...

Coming this month: New from Phantom Planet, Crystal Method.
January 2, 2004... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Fresh faces and voices get to star in music shops in January, including vital releases by Phantom Planet, Dizzee Rascal, Laika & the Cosmonauts, Mike Stern, Casey Stratton and `N Sync's newly soloing J. C. Chasez....

Tug made up for lost time with his son, Tim.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Doug Darroch PHILADELPHIA _ Tim McGraw, whose star in country music might outshine even his father's in baseball, refers to himself as a "Triple A accident." Tug was 22 and pitching for the Triple A Jacksonville Suns, the...

Word of an icon's death spreads across a city.
January 5, 2004... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ When you're on press row, you sometimes find out things before other people. At halftime of the Sixers' 88-76 loss Monday night to the Milwaukee Bucks, word began spreading in the Wachovia Center...

HEADLINE HERE.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Mike Kern NEW ORLEANS - News flash: The system that college football put in place six years ago to avoid another split national championship didn't work this time around. And so, once again, the powers that be will be forced to...

Coming this month: New from Phantom Planet, Crystal Method.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Fresh faces and voices get to star in music shops in January, including vital releases by Phantom Planet, Dizzee Rascal, Laika & the Cosmonauts, Mike Stern, Casey Stratton and `N Sync's newly soloing J. C. Chasez....

Here she is, Miss `Reality'.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Ellen Gray Some high and low points for the women of "reality" TV: February 2000: Emergency-room nurse Darva Conger marries real estate developer Rick Rockwell, an imperfect stranger, on Fox special "Who Wants to Marry a...

On unscripted TV, the perfect lady is a tramp or a ditz.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Ellen Gray From Fox's "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" to the new pay-per-view series, "Can You Be a Porn Star?" most of the questions posed by "reality" television seem to involve women. Can Paris Hilton milk a cow?...

Tug never wasted a second.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Bill Conlin PHILADELPHIA _ During the New York Mets' crazed celebration of their improbable 1973 pennant, somebody asked Tug McGraw how he planned to spend his World Series share. "Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women...

Philadelphia loses an icon: McGraw dead at 59.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ The most amazing thing about the amazing life of the amazingly lefthanded Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw might just be this: He was beloved by both Phillies AND Mets fans. That's a record that might never...

Rose recants.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Paul Hagen PHILADELPHIA _ Bill Giles is as close to Pete Rose as he's been to any player. The club chairman played an integral role in getting Rose to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies as a free agent in 1979. He owns a handsome...

Rose, the Lyin' King, burying himself deeper and deeper.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Bill Conlin PHILADELPHIA _ In the week of Pete Rose's act of carefully orchestrated uncontrition, one of his admissions is that the Lyin' King not only bet on major league baseball games, he wagered on the Cincinnati Reds while he...

Tom Selleck nips and plumps to portray Eisenhower.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Ellen Gray HOLLYWOOD _ The bigger they are, the harder they are to cast. First it was James Brolin as Ronald Reagan. Now get set for Tom Selleck as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War II,...

Neighborhoods, Economy Top Philadelphia Mayor's To-Do List.
January 6, 2004

HEADLINE HERE.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Sam Donnellon PHILADELPHIA _ The old lady is near death these days, stripped of her much-maligned turf and clackety blue seats. Piles of rubble, smashed concrete lying on top of twisted metal, pockmark the perimeter of what was...

Expect the Pack to run, run and run.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Rich Hofmann GREEN BAY, Wis. _ There is nothing fancy about the Green Bay Packers' running game, and they will be the first ones to tell you. As guard Mike Wahle said, "The plays that we run, they know we're going to run. We're not...

Eagles well-established as an NFC contender.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ The life expectancy of a Super Bowl contender in the NFL these days is about as long as a Britney Spears marriage. When the playoffs got under way last weekend, eight of last season's 12 postseason...

Eagles' defensive line cherishes bye week.
January 7, 2004... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ To tell the truth, Philadelphia Eagles defensive linemen N.D. Kalu, Corey Simon, Darwin Walker and Brandon Whiting lost track of how many snaps they had played a long time ago. With the rash of...

Animal Planet boss says `Crocodile Hunter's' gig is safe.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Ellen Gray HOLLYWOOD _ "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, who recently told "A Current Affair" that what he "would do differently is I would make sure there were no cameras around," really is sorry he played chicken with his baby and...

The Chef's Table: Make your tenderloin the tenderest of all.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: I am having a dinner party and want to cook a whole tenderloin to slice for serving. What is the best way to cook it and at what temperature? I would like to serve it medium rare to medium. Thanks...

Workplace diversity in NFL coaching hierarchy a work in progress.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ Three hirings so far, three familiar faces. The Giants have brought back Tom Coughlin (late of the Jacksonville Jaguars). The Redskins have reached back even further, bringing back Joe Gibbs (late of...

The story's in the Musiq: Singer works to put tales in song again.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Al Hunter Jr. PHILADELPHIA _ In music, there are singers and there are storytellers. If you're lucky, you find both in one artist. But in hip-hop and R&B, where the emphasis these days is on looks, beats, choreography and...

Philadelphia Daily News John M. Baer Column.
January 8, 2004

Philadelphia Businessman Gets Jail Time in $1.5 Million Bribe Scam.
January 8, 2004

Pennsylvania Doctors to Sign Pledge to Get Lower Malpractice-Insurance Bill.
January 8, 2004

Philadelphia Former HIV, AIDS Panel Chief Admits $130,000 Theft.
January 9, 2004

Philadelphia-Area Steak Shop's Name Stirs Controversy.
January 9, 2004

US Airways May Be Considering Sale of Philadelphia Hub, Other Assets.
January 9, 2004

Hall of Famers should make the call on Rose.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Stan Hochman PHILADELPHIA _ Poor, poor pitiful Pete Rose. All those years you thought he was dumber than a doorknob, reckless, greedy, selfish, risking his career, his image, his bankroll and possibly his place in the Hall of Fame...

Eagles have playoff history on their side.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ Stopping the run. Destiny. Weather. Brian Westbrook's absence. Brett Favre vs. Donovan McNabb. Mike Sherman vs. Andy Reid. All these factors and matchups, along with many others, will be analyzed...

Favre, from the Mississippi delta to the Wisconsin cold.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Bernard Fernandez KILN, Miss. _ The weather can be severe and unpredictable in this part of the country. Fog can roll in as thick as anything described in "Wuthering Heights," and it is not unusual for a cats-and-dogs thunderstorm...

Reid's performance the best-ever by Eagles' coach.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ The noise at this point is filling everybody's head, probably even Andy Reid's: from assistant coaches making adjustments, and players talking about finishing the unfinished, and fans hollering for...

FOX' triplets ascend to top of their game.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ They are the chosen ones, asked to fill some of the biggest shoes in sports broadcasting. With John Madden leaving FOX Sports for ABC's "Monday Night Football" and Pat Summerall heading into...

Joe Gibbs, welcome to Mount Everest.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ Joe Gibbs became the latest sixty-something geezer to trade in the good life of retirement for another round of 17-hour work days as an NFL coach, which certainly is his prerogative. But I...

With Gibbs back in Washington, NFC East just got tougher.
January 9, 2004... Byline: John Smallwood ASHBURN, Va. _ Watching the Washington Redskins introduce Joe Gibbs as their new/old head coach Thursday, something immediately came to mind _ well, something other than his constant, uncontrollable giggling. It...

The story's in the Musiq: Singer works to put tales in song again.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Al Hunter Jr. PHILADELPHIA _ In music, there are singers and there are storytellers. If you're lucky, you find both in one artist. But in hip-hop and R&B, where the emphasis these days is on looks, beats, choreography and...

`Tony Soprano' is not as gun-shy now.
January 11, 2004... Byline: Ellen Gray HOLLYWOOD _ Tony Soprano may not be easily intimidated, but for James Gandolfini, it takes only a handful of tape recorders and notebooks to get his back against the wall. "Does this end at some point?" the burly...

In our mind there's nothing in Carolina.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Will Bunch PHILADELPHIA _ We knew it all along. Oh, sure, maybe some had their doubts _ when the Eagles fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter, or when it was 4th-and-26, or when Brett Favre got the ball one last time in OT. ...

Philadelphia Daily News John M. Baer Column.
January 12, 2004

More Philadelphia Officials Pulled into FBI Corruption Investigation.
January 13, 2004

HEADLINE HERE.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Sam Donnellon PHILADELPHIA - Franco Harris and "The Immaculate Reception" . . . Roger Staubach's "Hail Mary" pass . . . Bart Starr's Ice Bowl sneak . . . Joe Montana, Dwight Clark and "The Catch" . . . And now,...

U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter a regular on Philly sports radio.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Joseph R. Daughen Every week this season following an Eagles game, WIP radio talk-show host Angelo Cataldi has received a phone call from U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter. He doesn't call to talk about the single-bullet theory. "He...

NASCAR hoping new format will increase interest.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ NASCAR, renowned for changing its rules in midseason, is making a big change _ altering the points system to determine the champion in the Nextel Cup series (formerly Winston Cup). In the first...

Eagles trainer steps up for playoff run.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil PHILADELPHIA _ To the left of Rick Burkholder's desk sit the framed photographs of his wife, Kristine, his 2-year-old daughter, Quinn, and the latest addition to the family, 8-week-old Carly Ann. Burkholder...

Eagles must deal with the enormity of the task.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ Paul Brown, the man who pretty much invented modern football coaching, once walked the same path Eagles coach Andy Reid walks this week. So did Tom Landry, and so did a handful of other coaches who...

Chef's table: potato preparation; picnic ham.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Jim Coleman Q: What's the difference between au gratin potatoes and scalloped potatoes, and do you have a recipe for au gratin potatoes? I have bought both in box form and I don't think there is a difference between the two....

Adding Miami, Va. Tech, Boston College won't help ACC hoops.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Dick Jerardi PHILADELPHIA _ Almost all of the crazy conference movement, precipitated by the Atlantic Coast Conference's football-driven raid of the Big East last summer, won't happen until 2005-06. Only Miami and Virginia Tech...

Eagles looking for winning ratio on offense.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ Andy Reid never has hidden his fondness for the pass. Likes it more than cheesesteaks. Likes it more than Wisconsin bratwurst. Definitely likes it more than a low-fat run off tackle. Especially...

For Panthers' Kasay, first Eagles meeting was agony of de-FEET.
January 14, 2004... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ It was a colossal meltdown _ the kind that NFL kickers don't typically get the opportunity to have twice. On Nov. 30, after the Carolina Panthers had lost a crucial NFC home game to the Eagles,...

For Panthers' Kasay, first Eagles meeting was agony of de-FEET.
January 15, 2004... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ It was a colossal meltdown _ the kind that NFL kickers don't typically get the opportunity to have twice. On Nov. 30, after the Carolina Panthers had lost a crucial NFC home game to the Eagles,...

Philadelphia's City Controller Walks Fine Line as Politician, Fiscal Lookout.
January 15, 2004

Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell's Sworn Testimony: Eagles by 10 in NFL Playoffs.
January 15, 2004

Hint of 'Pay-to-Play' Contracts Enters Philadelphia Housing Lawsuit.
January 15, 2004

Philadelphia's Tax Board to Reassess City at Market Value.
January 15, 2004

City contends with rowdy Eagles fans.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Jill Porter PHILADELPHIA _ Whether the Philadelphia Eagles win or lose on Sunday, one thing is almost certain: The city will have to contend with the monkey on its back. By that I don't mean the outcome of the game, but the...

Eagles don't want to overwork McNabb this time around.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ At the podium afterward, Freddie Mitchell pretty much summed up the Eagles' offensive philosophy during Sunday's 20-17 overtime victory over the Green Bay Packers: "We don't need fate," FredEx...

Lewis puts his heart in it for Eagles.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ Everybody knows what quarterback Donovan McNabb went through on the day he was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles _ the booing, the doubts, all nationally televised. Fewer people remember the private...

HEADLINE HERE.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Nicole Weisensee Egan PHILADELPHIA _ Football, it's not just for men anymore. At least that's what a slew of statistics is showing. In fact, a 2002 study by Scarborough Sports Marketing found that football is women's...

Panthers' Fox fesses up to using Eagles to motivate the troops.
January 15, 2004... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ If nothing else, Carolina Panthers coach John Fox will stand behind the things he says. Given the opportunity to modify, tone down, walk away from or flat-out lie, Fox instead owned up to the...

King of the world changes . . .
January 16, 2004... Byline: Bill Conlin PHILADELPHIA _ When I'm King of the World . . . Traded players who become free agents will not be permitted to sign with their original team . . . In the nice-deal-if-you-can-make-it department, the Orioles traded...

Who would the Eagles rather play in Super Bowl? Colts or Pats.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Sam Donnellon PHILADELPHIA _ Admit it, you've peeked. Your team can talk all it wants about taking one game at a time, about not looking past the Carolina Panthers and toward a Super Bowl we all thought was preordained before the...

38 facts for Panthers-Eagles.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Ed Barkowitz PHILADELPHIA _ It was no stretch at the beginning of the season to predict the Eagles would be in the NFC Championship. Anyone who had them playing Carolina either lives in Charlotte or is one heckuva prognosticator....

Eagles must do better than Packers' performance.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ Styles make fights. With history _ and the Carolina Panthers _ beckoning, that is the Philadelphia Eagles' biggest problem. It is the ominous presence that hangs over this game, even if nobody here seems...

FOX' Oliver gets kudos for sideline reporting.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Bill Fleischman PHILADELPHIA _ The question for FOX's Pam Oliver was: What's the difference between roaming the sidelines at Veterans Stadium and Lincoln Financial Field? At the Vet, Oliver said this week, "You could hear every...

Expect the Eagles to redo Reid's contract, and other notes.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ Sometime in the next few months, regardless of what happens Sunday night at Lincoln Financial Field, the Eagles will sit down with head coach/executive vice president of football operations Andy Reid...

Morgan packs a wallop for Panthers.
January 16, 2004... Byline: John Smallwood PHILADELPHIA _ The e-mail's title read _ Dan Morgan: former local boy coming home for Eagles showdown. It was sent to me by a Tom Richards and highlighted the early career of Carolina Panthers middle linebacker...

With Eye on Casinos, Delaware Indians Sue over 'Stolen' Pennsylvania Land.
January 16, 2004

Eagles expect defense to determine outcome vs. Panthers.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ Every week, it seems, the Eagles vow to tighten up defensively. Specifically, they vow to stop the run, while acknowledging that not stopping it didn't keep them from beating the whomevers the previous...

Eagles don't want to overwork McNabb this time around.
January 17, 2004... Byline: Les Bowen PHILADELPHIA _ At the podium afterward, Freddie Mitchell pretty much summed up the Eagles' offensive philosophy during Sunday's 20-17 overtime victory over the Green Bay Packers: "We don't need fate," FredEx...

Mid-Atlantic AAA Club to Move Philadelphia Headquarters to Wilmington, Del.
January 17, 2004

Chef's table: potato preparation; picnic ham.
January 19, 2004... Byline: Jim Coleman Q: What's the difference between au gratin potatoes and scalloped potatoes, and do you have a recipe for au gratin potatoes? I have bought both in box form and I don't think there is a difference between the two....

Staley's likely done as an Eagle.
January 19, 2004... Byline: Rich Hofmann PHILADELPHIA _ The way Duce Staley figures it, it's over _ seven years as an Eagle and out. "I think this was my last game," Staley said Monday, on the day after the Philadelphia Eagles' NFC Championship Game loss...

Electronics show ramps up the `wow' factor.
January 19, 2004... Byline: Jonathan Takiff We have seen the near future of consumer electronics, and it's pretty darned exciting. Long-brewing visions of the fully connected home are finally becoming a reality. Those sleek, flat-panel, wall-hanging TVs...

Reality TV takes a look at the Amish.
January 19, 2004... Byline: Ellen Gray HOLLYWOOD _ The Amish may not be interested in television, but television seems interested in the Amish. In recent months, both CBS' "Judging Amy" and NBC's "ER" have done stories on the Amish rite of rumspringa _...

`Executioner' awaits parole from King contract.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ Undisputed middleweight champion Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins' contract with promoter Don King expires Saturday. After his lopsided unanimous decision over William Joppy last month, Hopkins...

Electronics show ramps up the `wow' factor.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Jonathan Takiff We have seen the near future of consumer electronics, and it's pretty darned exciting. Long-brewing visions of the fully connected home are finally becoming a reality. Those sleek, flat-panel, wall-hanging TVs...

PBS' look at Alzheimer's is a memorable 90 minutes.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Ellen Gray HOLLYWOOD _ Sometimes "The Surreal Life" refers to more than just a WB show about a house full of has-beens. I've spent nearly two weeks in a hotel packed with TV critics and the people we're paid to criticize,...

Philadelphia's Airport Concessions Make Lackluster Showing in Poll.
January 21, 2004

Mayor Wants Philadelphia to Run Parking.
January 21, 2004

Philadelphia Mayor Wants Limit on Skyscraper Tax Breaks.
January 21, 2004

Here's a five-step program to rescue the Eagles.
January 22, 2004... Byline: Paul Domowitch PHILADELPHIA _ Your football team lost in the NFC Championship Game for the third straight year, and you're in no mood right now for Life Strategies advice from Dr. Phil. You're miserable and depressed and want...