The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) articles from September 2007

The Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) archives from September 2007

Sturgis a reliable fill-in as Franklin defeats Imhotep.
September 1, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Sep. 1--THIS IS Labor Day Weekend, not the end of October, so that was not Versean Dawkins in a costume. Yes, judging by his 2006 heroics, Dawkins again figured to be one of the top rushers in Public League football...

Not a win, but Owls: show improvement.
September 1, 2007... Byline: Mike Kern Sep. 1--Second-year Temple football coach Al Golden said he wanted to see how far his Owls had come since the youngest team in Division I-A closed out a 1-11 season with a 36-point loss at Navy last November. Last...

Mom of boy, 2: 'I want to find my son': His dad, who took him in March, won't say where he is.
September 1, 2007... Byline: Regina Medina and David Gambacorta Sep. 1--No matter where she goes, Sara Breen is haunted by a dreadful mix of fear, anxiety and longing. It's been that way for five agonizing months -- ever since her ex-boyfriend, James...

Hamels' return delayed a while longer.
September 1, 2007... Byline: Steve King Sep. 1--MIAMI -- With the Phillies playing so well of late, there are no reasons to take any chances during the final month of the season. The Phils decided to shut down lefthander Cole Hamels from throwing for at...

Birds' Web site unofficially: lists possible cut players.
September 1, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Sep. 1--Dave Spadaro was a busy man yesterday afternoon. Spadaro runs the Eagles' Web site, Philadelphiaeagles.com. Yesterday, Web site employees "dummied in a list," Spadaro said, of 22 possible cuts, which the team...

Hits just keep on coming for Phils.
September 1, 2007... Byline: Steve King Sep. 1--MIAMI -- Kyle Kendrick is pretty honest. He knows he can't lie about the importance of each of his starts as the Phillies head into the final month of the season, with playoff implications on the line. ...

Day lights up La Salle win.
September 1, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Sep. 1--New year, new Day, for La Salle High football. Gone are nine of the starters that last season helped to produce a Catholic Red championship. But one who's back is Matt Day, a 6-foot, 170-pound senior...

Pa. Derby a Grade II race, but the field is top grade.
September 1, 2007... Byline: Dick Jerardi Sep. 1--Major stakes races fall into two distinct categories. There is the race with a star, which usually results in a small field, because trainers of other horses know they can't win. Or there is the race with a...

Birds' Web site unofficially lists possible cut players.
September 1, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Sep. 1--Dave Spadaro was a busy man yesterday afternoon. Spadaro runs the Eagles' Web site, Philadelphiaeagles.com. Yesterday, Web site employees "dummied in a list," Spadaro said, of 22 possible cuts, which the team...

Makers beef up CD, DVD features.
September 3, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Takiff THE GIZMO: Multimedia CDs and DVDs. DISC DELIGHTS: For many people today, "home base" for music is their computer. It's where they shop, swap and download tunes. And it's also where they increasingly...

Your own lobster bake, beach optional.(Recipe)
September 4, 2007... Byline: Jim Coleman and Candace Hagan Q: I would like your help and hope that you can get back to me. I have never tried to cook a lobster bake or a clambake, but I want to have one. I have a large grill to cook it on. Can you please send...

Philadelphia Daily News Sam Donnellon column: Sam Donnellon / Defensive line isn't taken for granite anymore.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Sam Donnellon Sep. 4--IT WAS THE BUZZ of the 2006 preseason, the axis in which much hope revolved. A year ago, the Eagles' heavily populated defensive line was their 99-mph fastball, wreaking havoc throughout the preseason into...

Philadelphia Daily News Bernard Fernandez column: Bernard Fernandez / Zbikowski's hits will be only for Notre Dame.(Column)
September 4, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Sep. 4--WITH A season-opening, 33-3 loss to visiting Georgia Tech already in the books and Saturday evening's nationally televised matchup with Penn State in Beaver Stadium fast approaching, Notre Dame coach...

Philadelphia Daily News Paul Hagen column: Paul Hagen / It's back to looking at the wild-card race.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Sep. 4--ATLANTA -- Hello again, everybody, and welcome to Turner Field. It's an absolutely gorgeous afternoon for baseball here as the Philadelphia Phillies get ready to play just another one of those teams they...

Andrews: 'Tear-jerker' remark was a test.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Sep. 4--SHAWN ANDREWS sounds ready to roll as the Eagles look to their season opener Sunday at Green Bay. L.J. Smith sounds a little less certain, but both players participated in a light practice yesterday, the first...

BRIEF: Man dies as car plunges from Center City garage.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Regina Medina Sep. 4--A Buick Park Avenue crashed through a concrete pillar on the third floor of a Rittenhouse Square parking garage yesterday -- killing its driver and leaving a 12-foot opening in its wake. The car hit the...

'We looked kind of down. Dead'.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Sep. 4--ATLANTA -- Maybe all that winning last week took too much out of the Phillies. After sweeping four from the Mets in Philadelphia and drawing to within two games of the division lead, the Phillies yesterday...

Trotter to play for Buccaneers.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Sep. 4--The ax isn't going to get hung on the wall just yet, after all. Jeremiah Trotter flew to Tampa yesterday and was to sign a 1-year contract with the Bucs last night. The deal is believed to be for a little...

New CDs by the Subdudes, DeeDee Bridgewater excel.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Sep. 4--If the "American Idol" folks can deliver make-it-or-break-it judgments in 30 seconds or less, why shouldn't I give it a try with some new CD releases? The Subdudes, "Street Sym- phony" (Back Porch, A):...

Bloody holiday weekend: 9 dead.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Mensah M. Dean and Regina Medina Sep. 4--As block parties and barbecues reverberated across Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, so did something that is growing just as common in many neighborhoods: homicide. Eight people were...

La Salle student, 21, struck by cab, killed.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Valerie Russ Sep. 4--Steven Amarillo was an only child who grew up in a big extended family in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was a serious, "very intelligent" La Salle University computer-science student who so impressed his bosses at...

Political zeal on Labor Day Targets: City Hall to White House.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Chris Brennan Sep. 4--Labor Day may be the traditional start for mayoral candidates in the city's general election, but yesterday it sounded more like the jump-off point for next year's congressional elections and presidential...

Seeking dads to walk the walk.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Damon C. Williams Sep. 4--It may very well take a village to raise a child, but David Fattah Sr. believes it takes a father to walk one to school. That's the theory behind the Million Father March, a national initiative...

Correction.(Correction notice)
September 4, 2007... Sep. 4--Due to an editing error, comments attributed in Saturday's Daily News to Dave Spadaro, who runs the Eagles' Web site, and Eagles officials regarding a list of players who were to be cut were incorrectly stated. The story should have...

EDITORIAL: A BACK-TO-SCHOOL QUIZ: IT'S NOT HARD, BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FLUNKED.(Editorial)
September 4, 2007... Sep. 4--CLASS, PLEASE TAKE OUT a pencil, paper and answer the following: What do a chief financial officer, nonteaching assistants and student test scores have in common? Answer: They're all connected by a series of questionable moves...

Philadelphia Daily News Ronnie Polaneczky column: Ronnie Polaneczky / Out with a season that was beyond all reason.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Ronnie Polaneczky Sep. 4--'TIS THE end of the summer, and all through the land, The weary are feeling relieved -- almost grand! The whirlwind, hot season finally took leave, Giving us all a much-needed reprieve. ...

Philadelphia Daily News Tattle column: Tattle / Brad: Angie & me, we want another kiddo.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Howard Gensler Sep. 4--WHILE PUSHING his new movie, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," at the Venice Film Festival, Brad Pitt said that he and Angelina Jolie are ready for another child. This one...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: Dan Gross / Fundraiser to die for.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Dan Gross Sep. 4--THE LAST man to see blonde bombshell Anna Nicole Smith naked will be the featured speaker at a local political fundraiser. Dr. Joshua Perper, the medical examiner for Broward County, Fla., performed the...

Reed braces himself for another shot with Birds.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Sep. 4--BRIAN DAWKINS looked down the row of locker stalls to the spot where J.R. Reed stood talking to reporters following yesterday's Eagles practice. "That's a walking miracle right there," Dawkins said. ...

Phillies' Howard having striking problems at plate.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Sep. 4--ATLANTA -- The misses just keep on coming. Ryan Howard fanned three more times in yesterday's 5-1 loss to the Braves, bringing his season total to 168. It's not as if the loss should be hung on him: He hit...

Slots of fans turn out for Pa. Derby's return.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Dick Jerardi Sep. 4--EVEN THOUGH the race was not run last year and the track did no advertising this year, the fans did not forget about the Pennsylvania Derby. Philadelphia Park's picnic area, with a giant tent at the far end,...

McHale contributes a lot to Judge's opening win.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Ted Silary Sep. 4--When it comes to listing his favorite sport, Andrew McHale is one of those whatever's-in-season kind of guys. However, baseball was shunted aside this summer so all droplets of sweat could be spilled in the...

Mixed bag for city, firefighters.
September 4, 2007... Byline: Mark Mcdonald Sep. 4--Though the firefighters' union and the Street administration rarely agree on anything, they're in accord on one thing: Both are undecided whether to appeal a recent Commonwealth Court ruling that gave...

Zbikowski's hits will be only for Notre Dame.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez PHILADELPHIA _ With a season-opening, 33-3 loss to visiting Georgia Tech already in the books and Saturday evening's nationally televised matchup with Penn State in Beaver Stadium fast approaching, Notre Dame...

Philadelphia Daily News Jenice Armstrong column.(Column)
September 5, 2007... Byline: Jenice Armstrong Sep. 5--You'd think that by now, the tides of street fashion would have shifted and men would have stopped wearing them. Or at least started hiking them back up around their waists. I'm referring to those...

Ready or not, Irish freshman to start vs. Nits.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Bernard Fernandez Sep. 5--When you're being buried in the fourth quarter of the worst season-opening loss in Notre Dame's 120-year football history, perhaps the only recourse is a bit of levity. Just before he sent heralded...

Lohse gives Phils the start they needed.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Sep. 5--ATLANTA -- Kendrick and Lohse and pray for . . . snows? Yuk. Nothing catchy seems to rhyme with Kyle Lohse's last name, or Kyle Kendrick's, either. For now, though, they're the Phillies' Spahn and...

Philadelphia Daily News Paul Hagen column: Paul Hagen / Cole: Get my back, will ya?
September 5, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Sep. 5--ATLANTA -- Sometimes a pitcher will challenge the hitter. Sometimes he'll knock the batter off the plate. Cole Hamels, who knew exactly what he was doing, took advantage of an impromptu interview session in...

Neighbors balk at 'temporary' detention site.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Mark Mcdonald Sep. 5--GOV. RENDELL and Mayor Street are pushing a proposal to relocate the city's Youth Study Center, temporarily, to the vacant Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute on Henry Avenue adjacent to shuttered MCP...

Inspector got full pay working 1 day a week.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Bob Warner Sep. 5--A veteran official in the city Health Department spent about five months working full-time for the Washington, D.C., Health Department at the same time he remained on the Philadelphia payroll, collecting a salary...

Info sought in student's death.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Valerie Russ Sep. 5--When 15-year-old Kayla Peterwas killed by a speeding car on Ridge Avenue in East Falls two years ago, the driver fled, and was later sentenced to jail. And police are now probing whether La Salle University...

D.A. brings murder charges in 41-year-old cop-shooting case.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley Sep. 5--More than half of William Barnes' 71 years on earth have been spent in the cold dark of prison cells. Now Barnes is in prison again, this time facing murder charges in the 1966 shooting of police officer...

DHS investigating tub drowning of 11-month-old foster child.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Damon C. Williams Sep. 5--The city and police are trying to find out why an 11-month-old child drowned in a bathtub in the baby's foster home in Olney on Monday. "We're still investigating this, and we're getting information...

Mateo to face trial on assault charge.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Steve King Sep. 5--NEW YORK -- Phillies minor league pitcher Julio Mateo will face a jury trial next month on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting his wife at a Manhattan hotel in May. Mateo, through his lawyer, declined a plea...

Accident claims union officer: Teachers' leader says Ezzio 'was our Mr. Labor Day'.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley and Mensah Dean Sep. 5--TO DESCRIBE Donato "Dan" Ezzio in one word or with just one story would be an injustice to the teachers' union veteran whom one former colleague called "Mr. Labor Day." Friends, family...

Philadelphia Daily News Jonathan Takiff column: Jonathan Takiff / Get these handy gadgets for students.(Column)
September 5, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Takiff Sep. 5--THE GIZMO: Back to School/Back to the Grind Goodies. Nothing will remind your new collegiate that "we love and support you" like receiving a high-tech care package. Today's roundup of gizmos could also...

New suspect held in tot's shooting.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Julie Shaw Sep. 5--A former Navy seaman from the city's Frankford section was held for trial yesterday on murder and weapons charges in last year's shooting death of 5-year-old Cashae Rivers. Noel "Pablo" Garcia, 23, was the...

Prostitution alleged, man charged in Porter case.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil Sep. 5--The underlying current of worry so many feared in the brutal murder of Howard Porter could be coming to fruition. Authorities in Minnesota yesterday charged Rashad Arthur Raleigh, 29, of St. Paul,...

Mayor OKs $ for anti-violence project.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Dave Davies Sep. 5--State Rep. Dwight Evans said yesterday that state and city funding will prevent the collapse of the Youth Violence Reduction Partnership, which works with troubled youths and young adults in high-crime areas of...

Philadelphia Daily News Jill Porter column: Jill Porter / By all that is hole-y: Fox 29 promo shame.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Jill Porter Sep. 5--IF YOU WERE a lucky viewer of Fox 29's local morning show, "Good Day Philadelphia," yesterday, you could have won the latest in hip fashion wear: A bullet-riddled jacket. Well, OK, not the real thing --...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column: Rich Hofmann / A 10-6 SENSE.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Rich Hofmann Sep. 5--LABOR DAY PASSES, the kids go back to school, and you pick the Eagles to finish 10-6. It is almost automatic anymore. You do it because of the history of this coaching staff and this front...

Philadelphia Daily News Tattle column: Tattle / Lewis sorry for slur.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Howard Gensler Sep. 5--NO GOOD deed goes unpunished. Especially if you use a slur. Jerry Lewis dropped the anti-gay F-word -- the same one that got Isaiah Washington in trouble -- during the 18th hour of his annual Labor...

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray column: Ellen Gray /.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Ellen Gray Sep. 5--TELL ME YOU LOVE ME. 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO. IT SEEMS impossible to talk about HBO's "Tell Me You Love Me" without talking about the sex, which is graphic, even by HBO standards, and yet seems not so much...

Philadelphia Daily News Dan Gross column: Dan Gross / It's Sunny for McElhenney.(Column)
September 5, 2007... Byline: Dan Gross Sep. 5--'IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY in Philadelphia" creator/star Rob McElhenney is comfortable with his fame. The Moyamensing & Dickinson-raised McElhenney says that while he and the rest of the cast get recognized a lot,...

Loss of Madson hurts Phillies' bullpen.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Sep. 5--ATLANTA -- Moving Ryan Madson from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL yesterday underscored just how badly the Phillies miss him. Since Madson strained his right shoulder in late July, the middle...

BRIEF: Temple favored over Buffalo.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Mike Kern Sep. 5--According to Vegas Vic, the last time it happened was Oct. 25, 2003: Temple's football team was favored by four points, at home, against Rutgers. The Owls lost, 30-14. They have played 38 games against...

Philadelphia Daily News Stu Bykofsky column: Stu Bykofsky / Needed: Leaders for Brave Witness Fund.(Column)
September 6, 2007... Byline: Stu Bykofsky Sep. 6--WITH BODIES piling up like cordwood, and Philadelphia police boiling in frustration, what will get witnesses to come forward to help put murderous thugs in jail? One answer: Protection from made-in-U.S.A....

Career criminal charged: in knifing of Center City woman.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley Sep. 6--Jail to Duane Jackson was a revolving door. Since age 18, he has amassed a lengthy rap sheet for crimes that included robbery, theft and assault. So when cops were looking for him for a brutal rape, they...

Police: Porter's murder may not have involved drugs.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil Sep. 6--The latest news regarding Howard Porter's murder seemed to indicate that Porter, a former cocaine addict, had suffered a relapse, but a St. Paul police spokesman cautioned yesterday that the statements...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column: Rich Hofmann / Can Big Bird still wing it?(Column)
September 6, 2007... Byline: Rich Hofmann Sep. 6--IT HAS ALWAYS been Donovan McNabb's greatest strength and his greatest failing that he never wants to give up on a play. It has led him to excellence, to near the top of his profession. It also has gained him...

Blood-drenched victim found near Logan apartment.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Christine Olley Sep. 6--The 46-year-old woman was being carried on a gurney to the ambulance outside a Logan apartment yesterday when a blanket fell off her motionless body. The woman was naked and so bloodied, she was...

Heroes save 5 children from burning house.
September 6, 2007... Byline: David Gambacorta Sep. 6--The distinctive odor of burning wood wafted in through the open window yesterday, prompting Thomas Ortiz to drop his construction equipment and peer outside. Ortiz was horrified to see two little...

1-day taxi strike is over: Drivers upset by rules for credit-card fares, GPS location.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Dave Davies Sep. 6--Taxi service should be back to normal today after a one-day strike by hundreds of drivers angry about a GPS system and credit-card readers they're required to use. "We got our message out," Ronald Blount,...

Heroes of the Schuylkill: 2 cops who gave their lives saving others honored.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Damon C. Williams Sep. 6--When Police Officer Leo P. Van Winkle, 44, joined the marine unit, he was hesitant to leave his brethren in the 35th District, in Ogontz, where he had spent much of his 17-year career. But Van Winkle...

EDITORIAL: RAT-CATCHING IN THE CITY: INSPECTOR GENERAL UNCOVERS A HEALTH VIOLATION.(Editorial)
September 6, 2007... Sep. 6--OUR REACTION to the news that a city health inspector somehow managed to collect a full-time city salary at the same time he was getting paid to work for the Washington, D.C., health department was not exactly "nice work if you can get...

Philadelphia Daily News Ronnie Polaneczky column: Ronnie Polaneczky / Amid cheers, tears, joining the long blue line.(Column)
September 6, 2007... Byline: Ronnie Polaneczky Sep. 6--AS 158 NEWLY minted police officers walked across the stage of Temple University's McGonigle Hall yesterday to receive their diplomas, Lucy Bryant and her sister, Reena Miller, listened for the cheers of...

Philadelphia Daily News Sam Donnellon column: Sam Donnellon / Can't help but be on de fence.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Sam Donnellon Sep. 6--IT DOESN'T MEAN anything. The big third-down plays, the wide-open screens against a sluggish blitz, the huge masses of yardage surrendered and time-of-possession chunks -- they are just the offshoot of a...

Philadelphia Daily News Paul Hagen column: Paul Hagen / Phils must address arms limitations.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Paul Hagen Sep. 6--ATLANTA -- It's possible that the Phillies have veered off the road now, run into a ditch and won't be able to get a tow until it's too late. This loss was that horrific. Given the bounceability they've...

Philadelphia Daily News Mike Kern column: Mike Kern / Fall madness is under way.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Mike Kern Sep. 6--IN A PERFECT world, the highest level of college football would have some sort of a playoff. Like every other sport. But since that's not likely to happen any time in the immediate future, or perhaps even anywhere...

Philadelphia Daily News John Smallwood column: John Smallwood / Now, Birds hope Lewis, Buck or Reed will bloom.
September 6, 2007... Byline: John Smallwood Sep. 6--SOMETIMES IT'S hard to figure out what the Eagles are thinking. It wasn't so much that the Birds put an awful lot of faith in Jeremy Bloom winning the job as the kick return man; it's that they didn't...

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray column: Ellen Gray / Gunn's 'Guide' sticks to usual makeover show format.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Ellen Gray Sep. 6--TIM GUNN'S GUIDE TO STYLE. 10 tonight, Bravo. I CAN'T TELL you exactly what I was wearing when I met Tim Gunn. But since I was then six days into a 17-day business trip to L.A., I'm pretty sure I chose...

The Al and Mike Show: You call this a debate?: Candidates meet, agree, hug in another wonk- and lovefest.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Dave Davies Sep. 6--If you're sick of bitter partisanship in politics, the Philadelphia mayor's race remains your feel-good story of the year. Democratic mayoral candidate Michael Nutter and Republican nominee Al Taubenberger...

New flight path draws Delco ire.
September 6, 2007... Byline: William Bender Sep. 6--The Federal Aviation Administration is moving ahead with the plan that Delaware County loves to hate. With the stroke of a pen, the agency gave its blessing yesterday to a massive restructuring of the...

As usual, Jaws is ready for some football.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Mark Kram Sep. 6--RON JAWORSKI says he played in a dozen or so "Monday Night Football" games during his 17-year career as an NFL quarterback. They were always big events, especially back in his early days with the Rams. Seeing...

ALWAYS BY THEIR SIDE: Jameer Nelson, brother remember a dad they could count on.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Dick Jerardi Sep. 6--THEY MIGHT NEVER know exactly how he died. But Floyd "Pete" Nelson's family will always have the memory of how he lived. They will bury him tomorrow in Chester following last week's accidental drowning....

Nutter opposes court relocation.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Mark Mcdonald Sep. 6--Democratic mayoral candidate Michael Nutter is on a collision course with the Street administration over the location of a new Family Court. Mayor Street favors moving the court from its current location...

'Respect' demanded in youth-center flap.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Mark Mcdonald Sep. 6--Mayoral candidate Michael Nutter yesterday sharply criticized the Street administration's handling of the proposed short-term relocation of the Youth Study Center to the vacant Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric...

Gordon crushed by crushing defeat.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Sep. 6--ATLANTA -- It meant a lot, apparently. The game meant so much that Flash Gordon, the 39-year-old setup man who lost his closer's job partly because his balky right shoulder hasn't been right since July of...

'I can't believe what happened'.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Marcus Hayes Sep. 6--ATLANTA -- This might be the one that does it. With 23 games to play, with ace Cole Hamels hurt and complaining, with the club a whisper away from evening a crucial road trip . . . this loss . . . this 9-8,...

BIRDS of PASSAGE: Five legendary Eagles quarterbacks talk.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Mark Kram Sep. 6--NO ONE IN Philadelphia is on the spot, year in and year out, as much as the quarterback of the Eagles. No one is so endlessly probed, scrutinized or as squarely in the crosshairs of public debate. The Charlie...

On pins & kneedles?: Not McNabb, who sees steady improvement.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Sep. 6--IT WAS Jeremiah Trotter, of all people, who provided a useful context for the most immediate issue facing Donovan McNabb, as McNabb and the Eagles embark on their 2007 season. After he returned to the Eagles...

Aside from ring, Mac has it all over Favre.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Sep. 6--DONOVAN McNABB didn't have to think very long yesterday when a questioner asked the Eagles quarterback what he thought the biggest difference was between himself and Brett Favre, the Green Bay Packers legend the...

McNabb's focus on future, says feud with T.O. is thing of the past.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Dana Pennett O'Neil Sep. 6--DONOVAN McNABB looked like a man who had eaten a lemon while simultaneously being hit in the head with a crowbar. That is to say, not all that thrilled with the question just tossed at him. With...

Favre offers support to Reid in time of trouble.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Les Bowen Sep. 6--Given the depth of their relationship, it isn't surprising that Brett Favre called Andy Reid to express concern over the drug and legal problems affecting Reid's family. Favre remembers Andy's two older sons,...