Dr. Dunkenstein turns 55 today. Great piece above on him shattering the two backboards. True story: a few years ago when he played on the Sixers, Kyle Korver played quizzo with some friends at the Black Sheep. His team name? Vanilla Thunder. No kidding. Pretty great.
We’re gonna be working on a new project over the next couple of weeks, and we’re going to need your help. We want to come up with a list of the 20 most underrated athletes in Philadelphia sports history…athletes who are underrated by Philadelphians. In other words, not players that people slept on nationally, but […]
On January 6, 1980, the Flyers and Sabres were knotted at 2 heading into the third period. Just 3 minutes and 45 seconds into the final period, Bill Barber scored on Buffalo goaltender Don Edwards to give the Flyers a 3-2 lead. A lead which the Flyers would not relinquish. While a win in January […]
The players were different, but the similarities were freakishly similar between Philly’s last two 8-8 teams. In 2011, Eagles starter Michael Vick threw for 3,303 yards. In 2007, the Eagles starter, Donovan McNabb, threw for 3,324 yards, a difference of 21 yards. Michael Vick threw for 18 TDs and ran for one for a total […]
<a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/5782955/”>What’s the Greatest Moment in Eagles-Cowboys History?</a> Desean Jackson’s Nestea Plunge. Wilbert Montgomery 42-yard run to send the Eagles to the Super Bowl. Donovan McNabb scrambles for 14 seconds and launches the ball 60 yards on the run to Freddie Mitchell. James Willis intercepts Aikman in the end zone, then laterals to Troy […]
With the Eagles taking on the Jets on Sunday, it is interesting to note that the Birds are 8-0 all time against the Jets. That doesn’t mean there haven’t been some great games between these two teams however. Probably the greatest came in 1993, in yet another Miracle at the Meadowlands. The two teams both […]
In 1962, Phillies scout Tony Lucadello (who later signed Mike Schmidt) signed a 19-year old Canadian pitcher named Ferguson Jenkins to a minor league deal. Jenkins spent a couple of seasons in the minors, getting called up to the Phillies bullpen in 1965. He pitched 12 innings that year with a 2.19 ERA. He then […]
Born on December 7th, 1936, Bo Belinsky once said, “It’s no fun knowing that in every home in America your home is celebrated as a day of infamy.” He was known for his self demeaning wit, his playboy persona, and his electric fastball. But by the time his career was over, he was also known […]
When he played for the Chicago Bears, Jim McMahon was known as a brash loudmouth diva. But when he went to the Eagles in 1990, he made almost a complete turnaround. Suffering through a multitude of injuries, he instead got a rep for being tough as nails. And nowhere did he show that grittiness more […]
The Eagles take on the Bears tonight, and while there have been plenty of great games between these two teams, the one that certainly sticks out is the Fog Bowl. It was New Year’s Eve, 1988, exactly a year before their next playoff loss. But this was the more memorable loss. The Eagles had started […]
For Eagles fans, it’s death, taxes and hatred for the Cowboys. Despising America’s Team is instinctual, almost genetic. Just as our fathers passed down the “bleeding green” passion that turns the majority of fans into manic depressives on Sundays, they also imparted the feeling that we should hate Dallas above all others. We don’t know why, […]
The Phillies are out of it, but I’ve still got World Series fever. Therefore, I thought we’d relive the World Series of 100 years ago. I’ll be writing everyday as Hap Jackson, sports reporter for the Philadelphia Bulletin. I got the idea from this site, which started with a bang but shut down a few months […]
