Anquan Boldin

A source told the Arizona Republic that the Eagles offered the Cardinals a third-round pick and starting cornerback Sheldon Brown in exchange for receiver Anquan Boldin. The Cardinals quickly rejected the offer, according to the Phoenix-based newspaper. Obviously not of this matters much now, except that the Eagles said they would trade Brown when he asked to be traded the week before the draft. If the report is true, the Eagles must be less opposed to trading Brown than they have indicated.

The Eagles offered Sheldon Brown and a third-round draft pick for Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin, according to the Arizona Republic. The offer was made before the late April draft and just days after the Eagles cornerback publicly aired his unhappiness over his contract and asked to be traded. Arizona declined to make the swap, the report said. The Eagles had no comment yesterday. On Tuesday, Eagles coach Andy Reid said during an interview on WIP-AM (610) that the asking price for Boldin was too high.

PHOENIX - The Cardinals' running game suffered a blow yesterday. Coach Ken Whisenhunt announced that tight end Stephen Spach will miss the rest of the playoffs with a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered last week against Carolina. Spach tore his right ACL while making a block in the second half of Saturday's 33-13 victory. Spach played 13 games for the Eagles in 2005, catching seven passes for 42 yards. After being waived by the Patriots, Spach was signed by the Cardinals as a free agent Oct. 28 and became the starter against San Francisco on Nov. 10. His blocking was a key to the team's improved running game, and he had a game-clinching 23-yard catch on a third-and-16 situation late in Arizona's 30-24 wild-card victory over Atlanta.

From a post on Daily News columnist THE VOTE IS IN. Anquan Boldin it is. Now all that has to happen is the Cardinals have to agree to trade him. So, we ran our little poll on Tuesday. It was as scientific as astrology, but so what? I happen to think it's a fair reflection of what people around here think. They do want Boldin, the Arizona wide receiver. They don't want Jay Cutler, the quarterback trying to whine his way out of Denver. Me? I think Cutler is pretty intriguing.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin is out indefinitely after surgery on a facial bone he fractured in a helmet-to-helmet hit in last Sunday's game against the New York Jets. Coach Ken Whisenhunt said yesterday that the surgeon who operated Thursday on Boldin's fractured sinus told him that a hockey player who underwent a similar procedure was playing 10 days later. Boldin was ruled out of today's home game against Buffalo. The NFL suspended Jets safety Eric Smith for one game and fined him $50,000 for the hit. Cincinnati activated receiver Chris Henry, setting up a possible matchup today with Dallas cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones, a former West Virginia college teammate.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin is in the process of firing his agent Drew Rosenhaus. Boldin, in a long contract dispute with the team, informed the NFL Players Association in a letter that he intended to replace the agent. The players association said it received the letter on Friday, so with the required 5-day waiting period, Boldin can sign with a new agent tomorrow. Boldin, who has 2 years left on his contract, is upset with the team's management over what he says was a failed promise for a new deal last offseason.

DIKEMBE MUTOMBO, the Rockets' backup center and former Sixer, attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama with his wife, Rose, his oldest son, Regan, and his father, Samuel, who made the trip from his homeland, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "It was really significant, important for me as an African, to see another son of an African man be elected president of the U.S.," Mutombo said. "It's something no one ever [thought] would happen that fast, but to see it happen to a first generation son of an African was important.

BACK TO BASICS The Eagles have only had this kind of run-pass balance in one other game this season, and that was in the victory over the Falcons. It also helped the Brian Westbrook had 25 touches, his third-highest total of the season. He had 28 in the win over the Falcons and 26 a week later, in the win over the Seahawks. LAST NIGHT Runs: 40 50% Passes: 39 48.7% Sacks: 1 THIS SEASON Runs: 300 38.0% Passes: 471 59.7% Sacks: 18 -- -- FOURS WILD FOR BRIAN Brian Westbrook scored four touchdowns last night, tying a franchise record for most in a game and advancing up the ladder in career TDs. Eagles, 4 TDs in One Game Player Date Westbrook 11/27/2008 Irving Fryar 10/20/1996 Wilbert Montgomery 10/7/1979 Montgomery 10/15/1978 Ben Hawkins 9/28/1969 Tommy McDonald 10/4/1959 Clarence Peaks 11/16/1958 Jim Carter 11/6/1934 Eagles, Career TDs No. Player 79 Harold Carmichael 77 Steve Van Buren 67 McDonald 64 Westbrook 63 Pete Pihos 62 Timmy Brown 61 Mike Quick 58 Montgomery 47 Pete Retzlaff 46 Bobby Walston -- -- A CATCHING MACHINE Anquan Boldin missed Games 5 and 6 this season after suffering a fractured sinus in a loss to the Jets; still, his 78 receptions are 25 ahead of the Eagles' top receiver, DeSean Jackson, and he has 11...

A major storm hit the Arizona training camp one day before practice begins, when standout wide receiver Anquan Boldin lashed out at the Cardinals organization for failing to follow through on what he said was a promise for a new contract. He said he had told his agent Drew Rosenhaus to end negotiations and that he would not re-sign with the team. "Right now I don't want a deal," he said yesterday after the players went through a running drill. "You may think I'm funny or saying that just to say it, but for me, I'm tired of it. I washed my hands of the whole situation.

Kurt Warner has experienced this storybook stuff before when he made his rise from the Arena League to Super Bowl XXXIV MVP with the St. Louis Rams. But this is different, he said last night at University of Phoenix Stadium after the 32-25 victory over the Eagles. He choked up a couple of times at the postgame news conference. The Giants had benched him four years ago. He went to the Cardinals because he wasn't exactly a hot commodity. "I was just looking for that one team that said, 'We still believe in Kurt Warner,' " he said last night.

PATRIOTS 38, BILLS 30: At Foxborough, Mass., Tom Brady regained his touch against his personal pushovers. The New England Patriots retained theirs against Buffalo with their 14th straight over the Bills. Brady improved to 16-1 against the Bills (0-3) , completing 21 of 27 passes for 252 yards, three TDs and no interceptions. Two of those scores went to Randy Moss as Brady bounced back from a mediocre performance in a 28-14 loss to the New York Jets. Brady hasn't lost to the Bills (0-3)

Arizona Cardinals general manager Rod Graves says he looks forward to working with Anquan Boldin's new agent, Tom Condon. Condon has not confirmed multiple reports he was hired by Boldin, but Graves ended any doubt with his comments after the Cardinals practiced yesterday. "I look forward to working with him on this deal whenever we can get the opportunity to concentrate on it," Graves said. Condon, who represents such NFL stars as Peyton and Eli Manning and Marvin Harrison, did not return messages left at his office and on his cell phone.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin is in the process of firing his agent Drew Rosenhaus. Boldin, in a long contract dispute with the team, informed the NFL Players Association in a letter that he intended to replace the agent. The players association said it received the letter on Friday, so with the required 5-day waiting period, Boldin can sign with a new agent tomorrow. Boldin, who has 2 years left on his contract, is upset with the team's management over what he says was a failed promise for a new deal last offseason.

A source told the Arizona Republic that the Eagles offered the Cardinals a third-round pick and starting cornerback Sheldon Brown in exchange for receiver Anquan Boldin. The Cardinals quickly rejected the offer, according to the Phoenix-based newspaper. Obviously not of this matters much now, except that the Eagles said they would trade Brown when he asked to be traded the week before the draft. If the report is true, the Eagles must be less opposed to trading Brown than they have indicated.

The Eagles offered Sheldon Brown and a third-round draft pick for Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin, according to the Arizona Republic. The offer was made before the late April draft and just days after the Eagles cornerback publicly aired his unhappiness over his contract and asked to be traded. Arizona declined to make the swap, the report said. The Eagles had no comment yesterday. On Tuesday, Eagles coach Andy Reid said during an interview on WIP-AM (610) that the asking price for Boldin was too high.

Pretty good Eagles draft The drafting of WR Jeremy Maclin also likely means the Eagles are not going to acquire Anquan Boldin unless they move one of the receivers already on their roster to get him. The selection of Maclin is a bit curious because the Eagles really don't have a need for another receiver like him, but the team doesn't really have any glaring needs that absolutely must be addressed in the draft. The Eagles don't really have any holes anyway, although many would have preferred if they picked up a possession receiver rather than another speedster.

DeSEAN JACKSON came up huge as a second-round rookie wideout in 2008. Jackson set franchise rookie records with 62 catches for 912 yards. Add him to a healthy Kevin Curtis, along with hard-working possession receivers Jason Avant and Hank Baskett, and you have a pretty solid 2009 wide-receiving corps, despite the puzzling slide into obscurity of once-promising Reggie Brown. But to many Eagles fans, the dominant, superstar wideout is the great white whale. These are the people who thought bringing back Terrell Owens would be a terrific idea, when T.O. was banished from Dallas a few months back.

You have to be careful whom you trust these days. Today you're handing over your hard-earned money to a respected financial guru who promises to make you shamefully rich. Tomorrow you find out your investment wizard has traded in his monogrammed shirts for an unflattering orange jumpsuit and a new client list that includes the guys from cell block D. It's getting harder to tell the honest man from the huckster. Spin and deceit have replaced the once-mighty dollar as America's main currency.

From a post on Daily News columnist THE VOTE IS IN. Anquan Boldin it is. Now all that has to happen is the Cardinals have to agree to trade him. So, we ran our little poll on Tuesday. It was as scientific as astrology, but so what? I happen to think it's a fair reflection of what people around here think. They do want Boldin, the Arizona wide receiver. They don't want Jay Cutler, the quarterback trying to whine his way out of Denver. Me? I think Cutler is pretty intriguing.

First, let's get the really important stuff out of the way. What song will the Boss lead off with during the halftime show? The favorite right now is "Born to Run" at even money, but Double V is opting for "Glory Days" at 3-1. Oh, yeah, we need to talk some football, and this selection has a distinct Arizona slant. No one was on the Cardinals' bandwagon coming into the playoffs, and why would anyone? They lost four of six coming down the stretch, giving up a whopping average of 33 points per game.