Nick Piccone
The Eagles opened up the preseason is fantastic fashion, with a 36-10 drumming of the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. Yeah, Cody Parkey missed a few field goals. Yeah, it’s preseason game one. But there was some stuff to get excited about, but also temper expectations for the time being.
Some Tebow highlights for your viewing pleasure, via The Big Lead.
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Chip likes how Timmy threw the football.
Here’s our own Patrick Wall’s review of the game.
The Phillies have cooled down considerably and were swept by the Milwaukee Brewers this weekend. That makes it a clean sweep for the season as the Phillies won’t play the Brewers again this year, and that’s probably a good great thing. The horror is back.
Chase Utley, however, is staying hot and making a great case for a team to take a chance on him if they can land him via trade from the Phillies.
Joel Embiid will reportedly undergo surgery on his foot tomorrow.
Jason Day beat out Jordan Spieth in a hell of a contest to take the PGA Championship on Sunday.
Brewers prospect, David Denson, became the first active Major League Baseball player to come out and say he was gay. Here’s a good story on him.
Chiefs safety Eric Berry returned to the football field Saturday night after being declared cancer-free in May. It was an amazing moment.
New Flyers head coach, Dave Hakstol, took with him a cartel of beat reporters to Olive Garden last week to get to know them.
Geno Smith is throwing the football around with a fractured jaw. The Jets don’t like it.
Steelers linebacker, James Harrison, is making his kids give back their participation trophies. While I understand Harrison’s initial argument that nobody should be entitled to anything, this quote from Patrick Redford of Deadspin is pretty much right on the money.
Approaching everything like it’s a competition isn’t necessarily the healthiest way to go through life either. This mentality works for elite athletes, who often have to have militant self-belief to make it in their field, but cooperation is essential too. Lest we forget, Harrison once beat up his girlfriend, smashed down a door, and broke her cell phone to prevent her from calling the cops over an argument about the baptism of his older son. This is the problem solving strategy of an all-the-time, nonstop competitor.
We’ll be having Corey Furlan on our podcast with Sean Brace tomorrow to talk about the upcoming release of the Sons of Ben movie. The movie will be released Wednesday and I suggest you stay tuned to find out how you can get your eyes on it. For more information on the movie, click here. You can view the trailer for the movie below.
Check out Seth Vigdor’s Fantasy Football sleepers and schmoes for the upcoming season. Seth will be providing our fantasy football coverage all season long, so give him a follow on Twitter (@ViggieSmalls765). His next article is set to drop soon.
Don’t miss our PhillyInfluencer.com CrossFit Night this Wednesday at CrossFit Manayunk as we aim to show you what CrossFit is all about. Despite what you hear, CrossFit is one of the best exercise brands out there, and during our CrossFit Night, we’ll show you why. We’ll have a beginner’s session that night at 7 P.M. followed by a Q&A session, complemented by a DJ and giveaways. Don’t worry, we’ll supply you with some ice cold beer to make your experience even better. There’s no better way to find out what CrossFit can really do for you when you’re properly advised. Please join us! Information here.
Vaughn Johnson and I hit the airwaves last Thursday night and talked about the upcoming WWE SummerSlam event, coming your way this Sunday, on our Straight Shooters podcast on Wildfire Radio. Last week, we were joined by former WWE creative writer, Andrew Goldstein, and had him book what he thinks should go down at the biggest event of the summer. Listen here.
You can listen to us every Thursday night at 6:30pm live on Wildfire Radio, and our podcasts will always be available for your listening pleasure the next day.