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Lou Williams Pays Homage to Allen Iverson

Nice.  Well played, Lou Williams.

But, he should be talking about the bench... not the court... the bench.

THN Deems Flyers Fans Craziest, Brings Up Santa Snowball Incident

The Hockey News released their list of craziest fans in the NHL and guess what?  Flyers fans topped the list.  But it's not because Flyers fans are knowledgeable about the sport, passionate, and unwavering in their support during bad times.

"In Philadelphia, Santa Claus gets pelted with snowballs and goons are beloved figures. If you don’t play hard and hit, you won’t survive the Flyers faithful – and that’s just when they’re playing road hockey."

Oh ok, I get it.  We're the nuttiest because fans threw snowballs at Santa back in 1968 at an Eagles game.  That makes perfect sense.  Then again, what national sports media outlet hasn't used the Santa cliche when referencing Philadelphia this week?  I guess THN was just trying to fit in.

Of course, having condoms thrown at me in Boston during this year's playoffs didn't get as much attention (although Deadspin and Puck Daddy picked it up).

Either way, Flyers fans are the most dedicated in the NHL. Around the Atlantic Division, Pittsburgh and New Jersey weren't mentioned, while Rangers fans finished second. Surprisingly, Islander fans finished eighth. Click here for the complete Top 10.

By the way, crazy fans, you can get really good deals on Flyers tickets with Crossing Broad Tickets.

McNabb Lunacy Has Reached Epic Proportions, You Can Bet on His End Zone Celebrations

Just when you thought the ridiculousness surrounding Donovan McNabb's return couldn't get anymore, well, ridiculous, comes this prop from BoDog.  Ladies and gentlemen, you can now bet on what kind of dorky, post touchdown celebration McNabb will do if he scores a rushing TD on Sunday.  Your choices?

Michael Jackson leg kick dance	+2000
Dunk the ball over the goal post	+2000
Finger roll the ball over the goal post	+2000

What if he kicks his leg then dunks the ball?

By the way, if you bet on this, YOU have a problem.

FBI Looking for a Jayson Werth look-a-like Bank Robber

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The Jayson Werth look is officially in style.  Too bad a bank robber is mimicking it. 

The FBI and Philadelphia police are looking for a man with a scruffy beard and mustache who help up the Citizens Bank (irrrronnyyy) at 8^th and Walnut yesterday.  He presented a demand note to the teller around 3:30pm and walked out with an undisclosed sum of cash.  

The description of the man included being white, of medium height and build wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt over a dark t-shirt.   Good luck finding that, FBI. 

We know it’s not Jayson Werth since he has his new agent, Scott Boras, to make him all the money he wants. Although, if he robbed banks in his spare time it would be pretty badass (without getting caught of course). 

With the description that was given it could be anybody.

Let’s start lining up the frail lumberjack hipsters...good thing he wasn’t wearing flannel or they would never find that guy.

It could be you -- hipster guy that's trying to be unique, but ends up looking like everyone else.  It could be you.

World Series Games to Start Much Earlier

This will look sooo nice on a Phillies jersey

ZOMG! World Series games while you’re actually up.

MLB announced today that most World Series games would start at 7:57PM, approx 30 minutes earlier than last year’s games.  The exceptions are Game 3, which will start at 6:57 PM- the earliest start time since 1987- and Game 4, which will start when FOX's NFL coverage concludes around 8:20.

This move was made to appease fans who complained the late finishes (that’s what she said). 

I actually enjoyed the “deep into the night” thing, it added a layer of drama to the games in a weird way.  But it didn't make for the best of mornings.

Here’s the full schedule, courtesy of FanHouse.  I will now go back to counting all of these unhatched eggs.

Game 1: AL Champion at NL Champion FOX 7:57 (7:30) Oct. 27

Game 2: AL Champion at NL Champion FOX 7:57 (7:30) Oct. 28

Game 3: NL Champion at AL Champion FOX 6:57 (6:30) Oct. 30

Game 4: NL Champion at AL Champion FOX 8:20 (8) Nov. 31

Game 5: NL Champion at AL Champion, if necessary FOX 7:57 (7:30) Nov. 1

Game 6: AL Champion at NL Champion, if necessary FOX 7:57 (7:30) Nov. 3

Game 7: AL Champion at NL Champion, if necessary FOX 7:57 (7:30) 4

Re-enacting the 1999 Draft

Remember this fine moment in Philadelphia sports history:

Well, resident carnival barker Angelo Cataldi of 610-WIP is still apparently not embarrassed about being so wrong about Donovan McNabb vs Ricky Williams and is staying classy by organizing one final booing of McNabb during the pre-game festivities on Sunday afternoon. And it's become national news. 

Sure enough, there's a warm Philly welcome in the works. Angelo Cataldi, a talk-show personality and the leader of the so-called "Dirty 30" — the 30 hardcore Eagles fans who led the boos at Madison Square Garden when the Eagles drafted the Syracuse star over Texas running back Ricky Williams — has organized a "Boo McNabb" parade featuring sign-carrying boo birds, a juggler, some strippers, and a guy on stilts. It remains to be seen if any of them will actually make it to Lincoln Financial Field for the game.

UPDATE: Flava Flav Was 100% Right About Vick Starting

We posted this on August 16th- we wrong.  He was right.  In communist Russia, Flava Flav joke comes back on you!

Flava Flav thinks Michael Vick should start over Kevin Kolb.  Awwwwww shiiiit.  We have ourselves a controversey.

Not really.

That's like the equivalent of a Presidential candidate getting an endorsement from Jim McGreevey.

Flav, who was performing at the Trocadero last week, wore a Vick jersey and Yankees hat on stage, saying: [Trentonian]

“Yo! You know what?  I’m wearing this because Mike Vick is my favorite player.  And I think he’s the guy to lead the Philadelphia Eagles."

 

Well, there you have it.

H/T to TedWilliamsHead.com

The New York Metropolitans are a Mess

Since the Phillies are essentially playing spring training games right now, the Flyers are playing preseason games, the Sixers stink, and I’m sure we will have nine more Donovan McNabb posts today, we decided to hate on the Mets for a few.  Because that’s always fun.

This article, which appeared in the New York Daily News several weeks ago, lists all of the Mets’ failures of the past few seasons.  Here is just 2010, you can read the rest at the Daily News.  August 10th, 11th, and 12th are my favorites.

Jan. 13, 2010: Beltran has knee surgery performed by his own physician, angering the Mets who believe Beltran did not follow "protocol" by not allowing them a chance to seek a second opinion. Early projections have Beltran doing three months of rehab before starting baseball activities, leaving all hopeful he could make an early-season return. He does not play a game in the majors until July 15.

February-March, 2010: Both Beltran and Reyes are interviewed by the FBI because they were given platelet replacement therapy by embattled Canadian sports doctor Tony Galea the previous year. Authorities were investigating Galea for alleged drug violations in an HGH scandal.

May 20, 2010: Jerry Manuel and John Maine get into a heated argument in dugout after Manuel, fearing Maine is hurt, pulls the pitcher from a start after five pitches.

May 23, 2010: Rodriguez has a blowup in the bullpen at Citi Field with bullpen coach Randy Niemann before saving a game against the Yankees.

June 4, 2010: Oliver Perez goes on the disabled list for knee tendinitis, but Major League Baseball investigates the Mets' move because they had earlier tried to convince the struggling Perez to go to the minors and he refused. MLB finds that Perez's DL stay is legit.

June 23, 2010: News of a criminal complaint in Florida against ace Johan Santana surfaces. Santana is accused of raping a woman on a golf course. But authorities in Fort Myers, Fla., dropped the case against Santana.

Aug. 10, 2010: The woman who accused Johan Santana of rape files a civil suit against him in the case.

Aug. 11, 2010: Rodriguez punches out the father of his girlfriend in a fracas that starts in the family room at Citi Field.

Aug. 12, 2010: K-Rod is arraigned on assault charges and Mets suspend their closer for two days without pay.

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2010 New York Mets.

Rollins Sets New Record of 737 Home Runs in a Season

He also has "Shortstop" RBIs.  That's a lot- we think.

Despite missing more than his fair share of games this season, Jimmy Rollins managed to accomplish the unthinkable. With three games left to play, Rollins has accumulated 737 home runs over the course of the 2010 season, and hopes to add to the total.

Ryan Howard proposed a lineup change to Charlie Manuel, where Howard would bat leadoff and Rollins clean-up. After looking at the stat sheet, and double checking his finding with the above CSN screen grab from Wednesday night's Phillies game, Manuel decided that the move would be for the best.

I never thought a switch hitter would break Barry Bonds' record of 73 set back in 2001, but we were all clearly proven wrong. Congratulations J-Roll.

Michael Vick Named NFC Player of the Month

Maybe it's not the best move for the long-term, but as I wrote Monday, we were wrong about him.

Now, how much of a hand Roger Goodell had in all this so he could point to a success story?  Well...

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$#*! McNabb Says

 

(Source: AP)

Donovan McNabb held his weekly conference call with reporters today. In the typical overly-guarded McNabb fashion he seemed to go out of his way not to really say anything of note beyond the usual cliches. But there were a few things that stood out.

On Kevin Kolb:
“It’s a tough situation. When a guy gets hurt, you would expect him to get an opportunity to step back in, but concussions are things you can’t really play with. It’s one that’s been a topic of conversation all year and all offseason. I’m sure they were really second guessing the move of trying to put him back out there, but in due time Kevin will be fine."